Question

Make notes in an appropriate format about chocolate 15 marks

Answer 1

1) Very few foods people are passionate about

  ◆     a) people love caramel, whipped cream, bubble gum etc

b) for a chocoholic, just thinking invokes pleasure

2) Wife and I travelled to amazon

◆ a) guide showed cacao tree

           i) dozens of yellow-green pods hung from stem

    ii)strange sight

◆ b) guide cut the outer layer, gave us chunks of the fibrous fruit

◆ c) two local kids waited for their turn – girl cut open the fruit skilfully  

           and shared with her brother

3) Very few people taste the fruit

◆a) mild tasting, has bitter-sweet choco flavour

b) pulp has dark purple seeds

◆  i) these when processed & dried, used as chocolate beans

4) Theobroma cacao (a type) native to Central and South America

◆ a) now cultivated in Carribbean, Africa, South-east Asia, Samoa, New