Chocolate Origins Traced to Beer Makers - 3000 years ago
Chocolate Origins Traced to Beer Makers - 3000 years ago
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Chocolate Origins Traced to Beer Makers - 3000 years ago
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Post #1 - March 17th, 2010, 11:15 pmWillie Drye
for National Geographic News
November 12, 2007Chocolate Origins Traced to Beer Makers wrote:People have been enjoying chocolate for more than 3,000 years—about 500 years earlier than previously believed, according to a new study.
Researchers also think that chocolate was discovered by accident—when Central American Indians making beer from the pulp of cacao seedpods found a new use for a byproduct of that process.
The new findings about chocolate's origins were gleaned from traces of cacao found on pottery fragments dating from about 1100 B.C. to 800 B.C.
The fragments were uncovered between 1995 and 2000 at archaeological excavations near Puerto Escondido in Honduras.
...Cathy2
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Post #2 - March 18th, 2010, 7:37 amBy definition, beer is made from starches, mostly grains. Cacao seeds come from the fruit of the cacao tree. If the beverage is made from fruit, it's wine. So they weren't beer makers, they were wine makers.
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Post #3 - March 18th, 2010, 7:49 amnr706 wrote:By definition, beer is made from starches, mostly grains. Cacao seeds come from the fruit of the cacao tree. If the beverage is made from fruit, it's wine. So they weren't beer makers, they were wine makers.
nr706,
Why not write the National Geographic a note on this, they will likely appreciate your insight.
Regards,Cathy2
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