Blog #10 Cioccolate
There are many things I learned from my mom. How to play handbells. How to play the piano. How to cook, bake, and clean. How to read. How to appreciate music, musicals specifically. And the biggest one, loving chocolate. I remember my mom used to buy bags of chocolate for her secret stash and attempt to hide them from me. I also remember always finding them and sneaking a bit of chocolate all the time. I also remember drinking hot chocolate with my mom after every epic snowball fight we had. To say we love chocolate might be a bit of an understatement. But for the longest time, I didn't know where chocolate came from. Here's what chocolate originally looks like. That does not look like any chocolate I know. But I do know that you cut open those giant cacao pods and get the beans inside. From there you have to ferment the beans for seven days. During those seven days, the beans turn from that gunky white to the darker, brown chocolate color. You need to stop fermentatio
