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Chocolate

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Aztec. Man Carrying a Cacao Pod, 1440–1521. Volcanic stone, traces of red pigment. Brooklyn Museum.

Chocolate describes a number of raw and processed foods that originate from the tropical cacao tree. It is a common ingredient in many kinds of sweets, chocolate candy, ice creams, cookies, cakes, pies, and desserts. It is one of the most popular flavours in the world.

Quotes

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Cinema

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  • Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.
  • Well, folks, it looks like we're up chocolate creek without a popsicle stick.

Experience

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  • In the warmth of his mouth, the chocolate explodes into glorious peppery chocolate yum. For a second he closes his eyes against the delicious darkness, all his senses receding into sensation of pure bliss dancing on his tongue.
    • Ysabeau S. Wilce, The Lineaments of Gratified Desire (2006), reprinted in Rich Horton (ed.) Fantasy: The Best of the Year 2007, p. 178
  • "Today I had some Spanish chocolate and it tasted so good that I felt as though I were in heaven."

Miscellaneous

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  • So why did Montezuma give his guest,
Hernain Cortes, that rather bitter "tea"
his Aztec farmers had carefully pressed
from the tropical seeds of the cacao tree?
And why did the Dominican friars bring
it back to Spain, from where, by chance,
the young Maria, engaged to the Bourbon King,
would introduce the "sweetened" drink to France?
And why, from London, did Mr. Fry present
to the waiting world the "chocolate bar," well worth
its weight in gold, and why did Nestle invent
"milk" chocolate, the greatest thing on earth?
To please, of course, my love, watching her VCR,
emparadised, eating her chocolate bar.
  • "I am pursued by chocolate... I can’t remember having ever lived without it... it’s part of me. When I read a book I eat chocolate, when I go to the movies, I eat chocolate, when I travel I eat chocolate. I keep chocolate hidden in a special place at home and it happens that sometimes I share it, but only with my sisters. Chocolate is a drug and a mystery you shouldn’t try too hard to solve."
    • Sonia Rykiel, Crafting the Culture and History of French Chocolate, 2001. page. 247
  • "Asking someone whether they prefer 60%, 70% or 80% chocolate is like asking them whether they prefer a wine with 10 or 12% alcohol."
    • Frédéric Bau, Encyclopédie du chocolat (2010)
    • [fr] "Demander à quelqu’un s’il préfère du chocolat 60 %, 70 % ou 80 %, revient à lui demander s’il préfère un vin titrant 10 ou 12 degrés d’alcool."
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