tis late, you know. and as i would love to continue this discussion,
must be on my way. shall we meet again later?
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 22 of 127: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Mon, Dec 8, 1997 (18:58) * 1 lines
So much for chocolate...
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 23 of 127: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Dec 9, 1997 (00:59) * 1 lines
I just heard chocolate is not good for folks with allergies (not me).
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 24 of 127: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Tue, Dec 9, 1997 (11:16) * 1 lines
well sure... if you're allergic to it!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 25 of 127: Wolf (Wolf) * Tue, Dec 9, 1997 (19:23) * 1 lines
besides allergies, folks who suffer from migraines need to be careful too. And that's so sad, chocolate is just plain yummy!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 26 of 127: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Tue, Dec 9, 1997 (19:26) * 1 lines
That would be why I keep my black and green pills on hand... just in case!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 27 of 127: Wolf (Wolf) * Tue, Dec 9, 1997 (19:29) * 1 lines
you poor thing. does chocolate trigger your migraines?
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 28 of 127: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Tue, Dec 9, 1997 (19:32) * 2 lines
stress usually triggers my migranes but I find I eat more chocolate when I'm stressed... se how the two go together.
Not so bad anymore though. I had a migraine last October but before that I had gone 16 months without one! Colorado air, I think!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 29 of 127: Wolf (Wolf) * Tue, Dec 9, 1997 (20:24) * 1 lines
I get stress headaches too. usually after something stresses me.
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 30 of 127: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Wed, Dec 10, 1997 (10:42) * 1 lines
Today it was the six inches of snow that buried my car. Digging out my vehicle is NOT my favorite morning activity. There are so many other things to do in the wee hours!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 31 of 127: Wolf (Wolf) * Wed, Dec 10, 1997 (14:46) * 1 lines
heard that!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 32 of 127: Wolf (Wolf) * Thu, Dec 11, 1997 (00:20) * 4 lines
you know what? i just realized what i said a few lines up. DUH! what i meant
was that i don't experience those headaches until a few hours after the stress
has been resolved. heard that migraines are a result of relaxation of the blood
vessels in the head.
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 33 of 127: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Mon, Dec 15, 1997 (19:29) * 2 lines
Oh, I thought it was someone running an ice pick through your eyballs and curving up toward your head. And with one of those rotart attachments...
Either way... it's bad mojo!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 34 of 127: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (00:21) * 2 lines
Gross.
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 35 of 127: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Dec 16, 1997 (02:28) * 1 lines
Fairly accurate, though.
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 36 of 127: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (11:03) * 1 lines
And back to chocolate...
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 37 of 127: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Dec 19, 1997 (18:33) * 1 lines
Yes, let all them homemade Christmas goodies start rolling in...
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 38 of 127: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Fri, Dec 19, 1997 (19:22) * 4 lines
My students piled cookie upon picture upon baked good on my desk.
*smile*
Made me feel appreciated.
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 39 of 127: Wolf (Wolf) * Sat, Dec 20, 1997 (19:55) * 5 lines
Love all those goodies, everytime I turned around at work there was a new
cookie platter at someone's desk. Yummy! Had a big ol' bag of those hershey's
nuggets at my desk and they didn't last five minutes (no I didn't eat 'em all). Glad
no one brought in a fruit cake (yuck), but did get a couple of rum cakes and this
cheesecake that was out of this world good!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 40 of 127: Wolf (Wolf) * Sat, Jan 3, 1998 (23:35) * 3 lines
I need some chocolate tonight........
(feel better now, just had to let that out)
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 41 of 127: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Mon, Jan 5, 1998 (11:07) * 1 lines
I LIKE fruitcake!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 42 of 127: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, Jan 5, 1998 (11:28) * 1 lines
How about fruitcakes?
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 43 of 127: Wolf (Wolf) * Mon, Jan 5, 1998 (22:29) * 1 lines
gotta luv 'em fruitcakes!! (that's a rare thing, Stacey, more power to ya!)
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 44 of 127: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Thu, Jan 8, 1998 (21:47) * 2 lines
I made the mistake of saying that aloud in school yesterday and got everyone's 4 1/2 y.o. fruitcake tin from "aunt ida" with the 4 1/2 y.o fruitcake.
Perhaps I should amend the statement to good fruitcake? With plenty o' wine?
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 45 of 127: Wolf (Wolf) * Thu, Jan 8, 1998 (22:37) * 1 lines
speaking of which, somebody pour me a stiff one
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 46 of 127: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Jan 9, 1998 (00:41) * 1 lines
Um, I've got a stiff one...
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 47 of 127: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Fri, Jan 9, 1998 (19:14) * 1 lines
LOL!!!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 48 of 127: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Jan 10, 1998 (22:33) * 5 lines
Glad I can still amuse you...*wink*
How about them skiing deaths
emphasizing the fact neither
of us has skiied...or ever
plan too.
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 49 of 127: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (00:19) * 5 lines
Amazing that two prominent politicians, one on the right,
the other on the left, both ran into trees skiiing in the same
week. And that Sonny had talked about buying a helmet the same
day.
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 50 of 127: Wolf (Wolf) * Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (01:00) * 3 lines
ironic, huh?
wer, where's that drink?
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 51 of 127: wer (KitchenManager) * Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (01:46) * 3 lines
Drink?!?!?
I thought you meant...
*deep blush*
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 52 of 127: Wolf (Wolf) * Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (01:54) * 2 lines
do need that drink, can you fix me up?
(I know what you thought I meant and yes, you should blush *grin*)
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 53 of 127: wer (KitchenManager) * Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (02:04) * 2 lines
Sure, what's your virtual poison?
(haven't changed in reality, have you?)
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 54 of 127: Wolf (Wolf) * Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (02:06) * 2 lines
no. just been a fool (and i think you know what i mean). and now am getting
ready to be told just what a fool i've been. so make it a strong one, k
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 55 of 127: wer (KitchenManager) * Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (02:10) * 3 lines
Well, you can't have my jester's outfit,
as much as I wish it wasn't my "job"...
Should I come in and interupt?
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 56 of 127: Wolf (Wolf) * Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (02:17) * 2 lines
know, do just fine without a costume, thanks.
nothing to interupt, really. just a gal being made a fool....
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 57 of 127: Wolf (Wolf) * Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (02:18) * 1 lines
that is "no"
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 58 of 127: wer (KitchenManager) * Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (02:25) * 3 lines
I've got some extra Lindt truffles,
snack on those while I get that drink
ready...
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 59 of 127: Wolf (Wolf) * Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (02:26) * 1 lines
think i just need to go to bed.......
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 60 of 127: wer (KitchenManager) * Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (02:32) * 2 lines
could be, you wanna think about me tonight?
*wink*
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 61 of 127: Wolf (Wolf) * Sun, Jan 11, 1998 (02:45) * 1 lines
LOL
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 62 of 127: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Thu, Jan 15, 1998 (18:51) * 1 lines
saved by a cheesy box of Whitman's this week!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 63 of 127: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Jan 16, 1998 (00:10) * 1 lines
Oooh, the possibilites...
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 64 of 127: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Mon, Jan 19, 1998 (18:12) * 1 lines
They were creams!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 65 of 127: Wolf (Wolf) * Mon, Jan 19, 1998 (21:08) * 1 lines
OK, I need some chocolate tonight and all the stores are closed.
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 66 of 127: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Tue, Jan 20, 1998 (00:15) * 1 lines
Even the 7-11??
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 67 of 127: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Tue, Jan 20, 1998 (19:22) * 1 lines
no 24 hour super markets?
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 68 of 127: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Jan 20, 1998 (19:51) * 2 lines
What city are you in wolf?
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 69 of 127: Wolf (Wolf) * Tue, Jan 20, 1998 (22:16) * 2 lines
well, yeah, got all that, just was in my pj's at the time and didn't want to scare
anybody!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 70 of 127: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Thu, Jan 22, 1998 (17:47) * 1 lines
Man, I go to Safeway in my Jammies and glasses at all hours of the night. When you look that scary, people assume you're sick and they're real nice!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 71 of 127: Wolf (Wolf) * Thu, Jan 22, 1998 (18:19) * 1 lines
LOL!!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 72 of 127: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Jan 23, 1998 (09:30) * 1 lines
Glasses?
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 73 of 127: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Fri, Jan 23, 1998 (10:11) * 1 lines
yes, when my contacts aren't in...
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 74 of 127: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, Jan 23, 1998 (11:09) * 2 lines
I knew that, sorry but the body was awake
while the memory was still sleepin'...
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 75 of 127: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Mon, Jan 26, 1998 (10:38) * 5 lines
that's not necessarily a bad state WER
(moves a groggy arm over your chest)
*yawn*
Oops! Sorry about the incidental contact...
*smile*
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 76 of 127: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, Jan 26, 1998 (23:19) * 2 lines
Do whatever ya want, just don't wake me up.
I don't want this dream to end...
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 77 of 127: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Mar 5, 1998 (13:43) * 4 lines
Hey, folks, I was thinking about killing the two
chocolate topics and reposting the pertinent ones
to a new chocolate topic, with maybe a webring
in the topic header. Whatchya'll think?
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 78 of 127: Wolf (Wolf) * Fri, Mar 6, 1998 (21:20) * 1 lines
just don't take the chocolate away, a webring for chocolate??? cool
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 79 of 127: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Sat, Nov 7, 1998 (23:35) * 1 lines
I bought everything on the list for chocolate fondu, today! And then some more stuff - mainly fruit. Hopefully it won't just be fore eating from bowls.......if you know what I mean :)
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 80 of 127: Riette Walton (riette) * Sun, Nov 8, 1998 (01:28) * 2 lines
Oh, baby!
Do it!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 81 of 127: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Mon, Nov 9, 1998 (23:28) * 1 lines
Well, don't keep us in suspense!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 82 of 127: Mike Griggs (mikeg) * Tue, Nov 10, 1998 (17:44) * 1 lines
Hehehe...dinner went perfectly. Unfortunately because e'd eaten so much the left-over chocolate fondu was distributed amongst house-mates, but we made up for it on Monday morning :-)
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 83 of 127: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Nov 11, 1998 (02:42) * 1 lines
WAY TO GO!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 84 of 127: T Patrick McCourt (PT) * Sat, Dec 19, 1998 (18:13) * 1 lines
In my estimation, there is no such thing as too much chocolate!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 85 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Aug 28, 1999 (15:58) * 18 lines
"Irresistible"
Finding a bottle on the beach, Jake uncorks it and releases a genie.
"Ah, now you get three wishes," says the genie.
"Great!" Jake replies. "First, I want one billion dollars."
Poof! There's a flash, and a paper with Swiss bank account numbers appears in Jake's hand.
"Next, I want a nice ocean-side house in Hawaii." Poof! Another flash, and he is holding
the deeds to an ocean side property in Hawaii.
"Finally," Jake says, "I want to be irresistible to women." Poof! There's another blinding flash,
...and Jake turns into a box of chocolates.
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 86 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Aug 28, 1999 (15:59) * 1 lines
Suddenly Food has a beautiful new look. Thanks to our RG? It is most lovely and so easy to read...I am now not satisfied with Geo. This is too good. Congratulations on your most excellent taste.
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 87 of 127: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Sun, Aug 29, 1999 (14:14) * 1 lines
I comply with this praise!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 88 of 127: John Burnett (mrchips) * Sun, Aug 29, 1999 (17:25) * 3 lines
Chocolate is to most women what beer is to most men.
Life is NOT like a box of chocolates, but the White House is. Nice and pretty on the outside and full of nuts on the inside.
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 89 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Aug 29, 1999 (17:42) * 1 lines
That is good, John
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 90 of 127: John Burnett (mrchips) * Sun, Aug 29, 1999 (22:51) * 1 lines
Actually, I love both beer and chocolate...but not together.
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 91 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Aug 30, 1999 (00:19) * 1 lines
I thought I was just about to find out why they chocolate cover pretzels...!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 92 of 127: John Burnett (mrchips) * Mon, Aug 30, 1999 (01:30) * 1 lines
So people who prefer chocolate to beer will eat pretzels, too.
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 93 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Aug 30, 1999 (01:40) * 1 lines
...sheesh! Of course!...no excuses, Sir! (The things I learn from the Big Boys are truly fascinating...)*grin*
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 94 of 127: Autumn (autumn) * Mon, Aug 30, 1999 (15:16) * 1 lines
LOVE this background!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 95 of 127: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Aug 31, 1999 (08:36) * 2 lines
'Tis gorgeous!!! It looks so appetizing too.
°shamelessly licking the screen°
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 96 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Sep 1, 1999 (22:59) * 1 lines
I wanna new background for Geo...sheedsh...why does food have to get all of the goodies...whine...whinge...nah! Not my style!!! It is fabulous and about time it was a lovely as it can be. Any way to get those tongue smears off my monitor?
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 97 of 127: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Sep 2, 1999 (03:09) * 1 lines
Get the dog to lick 'em off!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 98 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Sep 6, 1999 (01:44) * 2 lines
Ree, you're full of good ideas tonight (this morning or whenever it was posted)
*lol* then what do I use to get the doggie slobber off?
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 99 of 127: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Sep 6, 1999 (02:03) * 1 lines
Why, your hand of course.
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 100 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Sep 6, 1999 (02:13) * 1 lines
But I have chocolate smears on my fingers...
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 101 of 127: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Sep 6, 1999 (06:09) * 1 lines
OH! Kinky! Get someone to lick it off.
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 102 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Sep 6, 1999 (12:24) * 1 lines
...yup!...thought you'd appreciate that! Actually, my monitor is beginning to make everything look like a Van Gogh painting. All of those tongue swirls...
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 103 of 127: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Sep 6, 1999 (16:51) * 1 lines
Say thank you!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 104 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Sep 6, 1999 (16:59) * 1 lines
Mahalo Nui Loa, Dear *grin*
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 105 of 127: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Sep 7, 1999 (01:49) * 1 lines
My new loo wears a halo too...
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 106 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Sep 7, 1999 (01:58) * 3 lines
ma HAH low NOO ee LOW ah
Thank you very much *smile* (I like yours better!)
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 107 of 127: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Sep 7, 1999 (11:16) * 1 lines
Cool language! Must sound nice when spoken.
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 108 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Sep 7, 1999 (17:23) * 2 lines
It is almost musical when spoken, and when chanted, it will raise "chicken skin" all over you. There are loads and loads of vowels in it (they got all of the ones the Welsh spurned), so it flows out of the mouth in a most pleasing manner.
...almost has a built-in rhythm.
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 109 of 127: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Sep 8, 1999 (03:13) * 1 lines
Wow. I'll have to see the place someday. Do you speak the language fluently?
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 110 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, May 7, 2000 (16:40) * 266 lines
http://www.sciencenews.org/20000506/food.asp
Week of May 6, 2000; Vol. 157, No. 19
Chocolate therapies (with recipe for Janet's Chocolate Medicinal Mousse Pie)
By Janet Raloff
Chocolate has made news over
the past few months for the
apparently heart-healthy
properties of some of its
components—antioxidants known
as flavonoids (see Chocolate
Hearts.) These findings, together
with data reported several years
ago on the treats' ability to turn on
opiate receptors in the brain (SN:
10/12/96, p. 235), threaten to
transform the image of chocolate
from dietary vice to herbal
medicine.
To meso-American anthropologists, however, the idea that
chocolate can be health-promoting is old hat—very old hat.
Revered by cultures throughout the Americas for some 3000
years, chocolate has been in cultivation since at least the time
of Christ. Referred to for much of that time as a "food of the
gods," this botanical product has occasionally, in centuries past,
even stood in for currency—its value on par with gold's. For
much of this illustrious past, chocolate has also been a
venerated staple of the herbal pharmacopoeia, observes Louis
E. Grivetti of the University of California, Davis.
At the American Association for the Advancement of Science
meeting last month in Washington D.C., Grivetti shared findings
from his new historical investigation of chocolate's medicinal
history. His team turned up medical texts describing chocolate
therapies dating back to 1522. Though written by Europeans,
they described remedies brought back by explorers who had
visited the New World. So compelling were their reports that
soon Europe was importing huge quantities of cocoa beans to
serve a growing market for therapeutic chocolate.
The earliest texts suggested that cocoa was merely a vehicle for
helping make less palatable medicines go down. Soon,
however, it was regarded as an active ingredient in cures being
offered for a broad range of ails.
Healers pounded cocoa beans into a paste. Diluted into a drink,
they gave it to people suffering from fevers, liver disease, and
kidney disorders. Physicians prescribed ground beans, mixed
with resin, to cure dysentary. A cocoa drink was reputed to
foster needed weight gain—especially if augmented with
ground maize. Hot chocolate was even prescribed as a laxative
and aid to digestion.
By the early 1600s, European researchers were reporting
indications that chocolate may affect moods. Grivetti found a
1631 treatise by the Spanish physician/surgeon Antoino
Comenero de Ledesma, for instance, that said chocolate
makes people amiable, and "incited consumers to . . .
lovemaking."
Indeed, Grivetti says, because chocolate was perceived as an
intoxicant, it was deemed unsuitable for women or children—at
least until the 14th century.
By Ledesma's time, however,
healers realized that chocolate
was not for men only. A love
potion, drinking chocolate helped
women conceive, he reported. If
hot cocoa was drunk during
pregnancy, it helped smooth labor
and delivery.
Three decades later, Henry
Stubb published a monograph
that claimed a drink made by
mixing chocolate and vanilla
would strengthen the brain and
womb. Mixed with Jamaican
pepper, chocolate was supposed
to stimulate menstrual flow.
Combined with resin, it was
reputed to boost breast-milk
production. Cocoa-bean oils even
helped heal a nursing mother's
cracked nipples.
Few conditions aren't improved
by chocolate, according to the
texts that Grivetti's team of
scholars uncovered and
translated. The botanical product
was used to treat tuberculosis,
toothaches, and ulcers. It was
alleged to cure itches, repel
tumors, and foster sleep. By the
1680s, reports emerged that
chocolate could restore energy
after a day of hard labor, alleviate
lung inflammation, or strengthen
the heart. By the 1800s, cocoa
was being mixed with ground
amber dust to relieve hangovers.
Combined with other ingredients,
it became the basis of
treatments for syphilis,
hemmorhoids, and intestinal
parasites.
In traditional healing recipes, chocolate often included little or no
sweetening. Moreover, the Native American view of medicine in
which chocolate therapies evolved was somewhat different from
that practiced in Europe. Rather than illness being caused by
disease, Native Americans viewed health as the state of being
in balance with the environment. Losing that balance—perhaps
through a perturbed diet—could create sickness. Chocolate
was viewed as one means for restoring lost balance.
European adventurers often sampled the native cocoa-based
drinks with scorn, according to Historicus in his late-19th century
book, Cocoa: All About It. These beverages, frequently laced
with cinnamon, chili peppers, oregano, or cloves, struck the
European palate as vile.
Travelers nonetheless brought home recipes for the strange
drinks, together with tales of their reputed therapeutic prowess.
Sugar crept into the recipes, and almost at once, Europeans
developed a huge appetite for chocolate. Today, some of the
most prized chocolates emerge from European candy factories.
In the United States, per capita chocolate consumption already
exceeds 12 pounds per year. Europeans tend to eat even more.
Though physicians no longer prescribe chocolate as aids to
digestion, lung ailments, or ulcers, research suggests that
self-medicating ourselves with at least some of these
products—especially those made from dark chocolate—may
achieve real benefits, especially in maintaining cardiovascular
health.
While this should not be interpreted as reason to overindulge in
these fat-rich confections, Norman K. Hollenberg of the Harvard
Medical School in Boston believes the growing body of
nutritional studies of chocolate are strong enough to argue,
"People should not feel guilty about eating it."
Janet's Chocolate Medicinal Mousse Pie
Serves 8 to 12
This recipe, a household favorite, wows guests who—even after
finishing a sinfully rich slice of pie—never suspect that the main
ingredient is tofu. In the past, I've always billed the dessert as
heart-healthy, based on studies suggesting that soy products
can offer cardiovascular and anti-cancer benefits. In fact, I
adapted this recipe from a fattier and more heavily sweetened
version that was served 6 years ago to me and other attendees
of the First International Symposium on the Role of Soy in
Preventing and Treating Chronic Disease.
Despite the pie's soy base, however, I often felt a twinge of guilt
over the heavy dose of chocolate present in each slice.
With the newly emerging data on dark chocolate's flavonoids, I
now feel less self-conscious about serving this popular dessert.
I can point out that its bounty of chocolate may actually
contribute to the pie's offering of a cardiovascular double
whammy. And the stearic acid in chocolate, although a
saturated fat, is the type that doesn't appear to raise serum
cholesterol.
Want a triple whammy? Serve with a cup of strong,
flavonoid-rich darjeeling tea. The especially good news: This
pie is so rich that it's easy to be satisfied with a very small slice.
2 boxes of low-fat Mori-Nu silken tofu (12.3-ounces each, any
firmness)
1 10-ounce package of semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/3 tsp. sugar
1/3 tsp. water
chocolate-cookie no-bake pie shell
raspberries or strawberries (garnish)
Melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler until the chips
retain their shape but are soft as warm butter. Remove from
heat and let stand a couple minutes.
Puree the tofu in a food processor—about 2
minutes—frequently scraping down the sides of the mixing bowl
to ensure that all of the tofu is converted from a soft brick into a
warm-pudding consistency. Add the water to the sugar, then mix
both into the tofu. Add the softened chocolate and stir until
thoroughly mixed. Pour into a chocolate-cookie pie shell and
swirl the top to make soft peaks, like frosting a cake. Garnish
with berries. Then chill to set. Ready in 1 hour.
References:
Dillinger, T.L., . . . L.E. Grivetti. 2000, Food of the
Gods—Cure for Humanity? A Cultural History of the
Medicinal and Ritual Use of Chocolate. A paper delivered at
the American Association for the Advancement of Science
annual meeting, Feb. 19.
Historicus. 1896. Cocoa: All About It. Sampson Low,
Marston, & Co., London.
Long, E. 1950. Chocolate: From Mayan to Modern. Aladdin
Books: New York.
Young, A.M., 1994. The Chocolate Tree, Smithsonian
Institution Press: Washington, D.C.
Further Readings:
Raloff, J. 1996. Prescription-strength chocolate. Science
News Online (Oct. 12).
_____. 1996. Chocolate: As hearty as red wine... Science
News 150(October 12):235.
_____.1996. ...but we eat it for pleasure. Science News
150(October 12):235.
_____. 1995. Coming: Drug therapy for chocoholics?
Science News 147(June 17):374.
Young, G. 1984. Chocolate: Food of the Gods. Smithsonian
166(November):664.
Sources:
Louis E. Grivetti
Department of Nutrition
University of California
1 Peter J. Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
E-mail: legrivetti@ucdavis.edu
Susan Smith
Chocolate Manufacturers Association
7900 W. Park Drive, Suite A320
McLean, VA 22102-4203
E-mail: ssmith@candyusa.org
WEB: http://www.candyusa.org
Allen M. Young, Vice President
Collections, Research and Public Programs
Milwaukee Public Museum
800 W. Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233-1478
E-mail: young@mpm.edu
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Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 111 of 127: Autumn (autumn) * Tue, May 9, 2000 (23:49) * 1 lines
Marcia, that recipe looks awesome!! I'm printing it out now.
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 112 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, May 10, 2000 (12:59) * 1 lines
Let us know how it turns out. I thought of you as soon as I saw it!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 113 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, May 12, 2000 (14:08) * 25 lines
A Chocolate Flutter - from the Lairds's Table
Ingredients:
-8 tablespoons breadcrumbs
-4 tablespoons drinking chocolate
-4 tablespoons Demerara sugar - or less
-150ml single cream
-150ml double cream
-Grated rind of 1 orange
-dash of orange curacao
Method:
Mix all dry ingredients together.
Beat cream with orange rind and spoon into layers starting
with cream.
Leave some cream and orange mixture for topping.
Serve with a thin slice of orange twist on top and a "dash"
of orange curacao.
Put in fridge overnight.
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 114 of 127: Autumn (autumn) * Fri, Jun 2, 2000 (15:29) * 1 lines
OK, I made the tofu-chocolate pie recipe and it was good; however, the texture was somewhat crumbly (resembles cottage cheese) rather than silky, and after one bite, Juliette said, "this is tofu" and refused to finish it. So I had to eat most of it (it was gone by bedtime).
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 115 of 127: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sat, Jun 3, 2000 (06:05) * 1 lines
Oh don't!!!! I'm on a chocolate fast right now, and I'm getting withdrawal symptoms!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 116 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Jun 3, 2000 (22:36) * 1 lines
LOL Autumn, I think you hit on a way to look like the Good Mother while getting to eat the final product all by yourself! Love it! Wonder if blurring it in a high-speed food processor might smoothe out the lumps?! Or using a softer form of tofu...
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 117 of 127: Maggie (sociolingo) * Sun, Jun 4, 2000 (12:22) * 1 lines
Can I have some chocolate perfume please to take away the withdrawal pangs????
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 118 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Jun 4, 2000 (16:28) * 1 lines
Shall I send you some empty wrappers? Nibble on some bitter chocolate - that should do it!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 119 of 127: Maggie (sociolingo) * Mon, Jun 5, 2000 (17:30) * 1 lines
Nope I like that too much! *rumble* *rumble*
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 120 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Jun 5, 2000 (21:55) * 1 lines
.....uh oh! I wondered what that peculiar sound was outside. Thought it an approaching thunderstorm....Poor Maggie! *Hugs*
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 121 of 127: Maggie (sociolingo) * Fri, Jun 9, 2000 (04:18) * 1 lines
Would you believe daughter 1 bought a 'chocolate scented candle' !!!!!! *sniff* *ahhhhh*
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 122 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Jun 9, 2000 (12:50) * 1 lines
When I am deprived of stuff I really love, I don't want to be anywhere near the stuff. Don't want to smell it or be reminded in any way... Interesting in what works, huh?!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 123 of 127: Maggie (sociolingo) * Fri, Jun 9, 2000 (16:07) * 2 lines
(I hate the smell of the candle, but don't tell her will you!!!!)
Yup abstinence is the only way for me too - I once went on a three day water only fast, and the realy purgatry was cooking for everyone else!
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 124 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Jun 9, 2000 (19:57) * 1 lines
Understand that purgatory! On time I was so ill I lived on water for about 3 weeks. I could not stand the smell of cooking meat and had to reintroduce my system to protein. Most amazing experience.
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 125 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Aug 24, 2001 (01:01) * 29 lines
With thanks to Barbara for this:
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Chocolate
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Chocolate is a vegetable. How, you ask? Chocolate is derived from cacao
beans. Bean = vegetable. Sugar is derived from either sugar CANE or
sugar BEETS. Both are plants, which places them in the vegetable
category. Thus, chocolate is a vegetable. To go one step further,
chocolate candy bars also contain milk, which is dairy. So candy bars
are a health food. Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices
and strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want. The
problem: How to get 2 pounds of chocolate home from the store in a hot
car. The solution: Eat it in the parking lot. Diet tip: Eat a chocolate
bar before each meal. It'll take the edge off your appetite, and you'll
eat less. If calories are an issue, store your chocolate on top of the
fridge. Calories are afraid of heights, and they will jump out of the
chocolate to protect themselves. If you eat equal amounts of dark
chocolate and white chocolate, the calories actually counteract each
other. Money talks. Chocolate sings! ... Beautifully. Chocolate has many
preservatives. Preservatives make you look younger. Therefore, you need
to eat more chocolate. Put "eat chocolate" at the top of your list of
things to do today. That way, at least you'll get one thing done. A
nice box of chocolates can provide your total daily intake of calories
in one place. Now, isn't that handy? If you can't eat all your
chocolate, it will keep in the freezer. But if you can't eat all your
chocolate, what's wrong with you? If not for chocolate, there would be
no need for control top pantyhose. An entire garment industry would be
devastated. You can't let that happen, can you?
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 126 of 127: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Aug 24, 2001 (08:18) * 1 lines
Does chocolate somethings give you a headache? I've heard this, but is it true?
Topic 17 of 88 [food]: Chocolate
Response 127 of 127: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Aug 25, 2001 (01:07) * 1 lines
Not I, but I don't eat much sweet stuff.
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