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On the 7th of July except for Pasta Day we celebrate European Chocolate Day. On this date in the distant 1550 in Spain was delivered from America the first batch of chocolate.
That is why it was chosen by the European Union to celebrate the sweet holiday.
The first people to prepare a food product from cocoa were the Aztecs. They called him food for the gods. The word cocoa itself comes from their language, but quickly spread by the Spaniards in Europe.
According to a legend, the cocoa tree is sacred because it was given to the Aztecs personally by the god Coatzecoatl. The Aztecs used cocoa beans for various purposes. Sometimes they performed rituals with their help, and other times they used them as a means of payment.
From cocoa also did traditional spicy drink, which is quite different from our modern idea of a cocoa drink. In addition to cocoa beans, water, vanilla, corn and hot pepper were added.
When the Spanish conquerors invaded Mexico in the 16th century, they found thousands in the treasury chambers of the last Aztec ruler. cocoa beanswhich are then transported to Europe.
At first they were unknown to people, but still sold quite expensively. Old chronicles show that the value of a slave sometimes amounted to a hundred cocoa beans.
In the beginning, cocoa products and especially drinks were drunk bitter, but later they began to be sweetened.
The first chocolate bar was made in the mid-19th century by John Cadbury. He was the first person to think so make hard chocolate.
Then the Swiss Daniel Peter slightly changed the recipe for chocolate, adding milk to the chocolate and thus created the favorite of young and old milk chocolate.
According to scientists, we eat an average of ten thousand chocolate bars for the rest of our lives. The chocolate is a classic delicacy that has a number of useful properties.
It works well on the heart and brain, improves blood pressure and reduces the risk of thrombosis. In the past, healers believed that chocolate improved digestion and helped with anemia, gout and tuberculosis.
To note shock holiday Appropriately, we offer you several sweet recipes with chocolate: Chocolate tart with walnuts, Muffins with chocolate, Chocolate slices, Mega chocolate roll, Chocolate pasta.
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