Question

The chocolate chip cookie was invented by American chef Ruth Graves

Wakefield in 1930 at the Toll House Inn, a hotel owned by Wakefield and her

husband. Ruth invented the chocolate chip cookie while she was baking a

batch of ‘chocolate butter drop do cookies’, a popular colonial recipe.

Many food experts believe that the cookie was invented by accident when she

added chopped-up bits from a Nestle semi-sweet chocolate bar hoping it

would melt to give chocolate cookies. However, the chocolate bits did not

blend entirely into the batter, it instead gave rise to the famous chocolate chip

cookies. The customers loved the cookies and it became an instant hit. She

called her invention the chocolate crunch cookie.

On the contrary, there are reports that suggest Wakefield knew the semi-sweet

chocolate would not melt into the dough as she was an experienced baker. In

an interview she herself had started, “I was trying to give them something

different. So I came up with the Toll House cookie,” suggesting that she was

fully aware of the type of cookies being baked.

The recipe made its first appearance in print in the 1938 edition of Wakefield’s

“Tried and True” cookbook.

It has also been published in several newspapers and featured in a few radio

programmes. In 1939, Wakefield gave Nestle the right to use her cookie recipe

and the name Toll House. In return, she was assured of free chocolate for life

and was also a consultant of Nestle.

The popularity of the cookie rose during the Great Depression and World War II,

as it was an inexpensive and tasty comfort food. The cookies were a common

constituent in packages shipped to American soldiers overseas.Once World War II came to an end, the chocolate chip cookie moved out of

American households to become a mass-produced dessert. Apart from the

cookies being sold in restaurants and cafes, its refrigerated dough was sold in

supermarkets. Within a few years, the cookie became popular globally. Today,

chocolate chip cookies are prepared in ways to suit local palates and choices.

For instance, in certain west Asian countries, they are topped with chocolate

sauce and eaten with a knife and fork.

(Source: The Hindu; Harshitha D. Kumayaa)

I. On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following questions

briefly.

a) Who was Ruth Graves Wakefield? What was she trying to bake on the day

the Chocolate Chip Cookie was invented?

b) How was the Chocolate Chip Cookie invented ‘accidentally’?

c) Some people believe that the invention of the Chocolate Chip Cookie was

not an ‘accident’. Why?

d) What name did Ruth give to her new invention? What was the reason for it

becoming an instant hit?

e) When and where was the recipe of the Chocolate Chip Cookie first

published?

f) How did the media help in making the cookie more famous in the USA?

g) Which company got the licence to manufacture Chocolate Chip Cookies?

What reward was the inventor of Chocolate Chip Cookie given in return for

the licence?

h) What made the Chocolate Chip Cookie popular during the Great Depression

and World War II?

i) How did the Chocolate Chip Cookie become popular all over the world?

j) How has the Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe adapted to local preferences?​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The answers are as follows

• Answer (a) Ruth Graves Wakefield was an American chef. She owned a hotel, Toll House Inn. She was trying to bake the famous colonial recipe named 'Chocolate butter drop do cookies'.

• Answer(b) Chocolate chip cookies were invented accidentally when Ruth Graves added chopped bit to semi-sweet chocolate to make 'chocolate butter drop do cookies'. She thought the semi-sweet chocolate will melt. However, it didn't disintegrate completely giving rise to chocolate chip cookies.

• Answer(c) Some believed that the invention of the chocolate chip cookie was not an accident as Ruth Graves was an experienced chef and she would be aware that chopped chocolate doesn't completely melt when baked.

• Answer(d) Ruth called the name of the accidental cookie as The Toll House Cookie.

It was an instant hit as the taste of the new cookie was far better than the taste of the conventional chocolate cookie.

• Answer (e) The recipe was first published in the 1938 edition of Wakefield’s “Tried and True” cookbook.

• Answer(f) Media played a crucial role in making the cookie more famous in the USA by organizing interviews with the chef and by featuring its recipe in newspaper and radio programs.

• Answer(g) Nestle got the license to use the recipe to manufacture the chocolate chip cookie.

In return, Ruth Graves was offered free chocolate for a lifetime and she was appointed as a consultant for Nestle company.

• Answer(h) Chocolate chip cookie became very popular during world war ll as it was affordable comfort dessert. it was produced in bulk for American soldiers overseas.

• Answer(i) After World war ll the chocolate chip cookie became a mass product. it was sold in cafes and restaurants.Its Frozen dough was made available in the supermarkets.

• Answer(j) After the global acceptance of chocolate chip cookies. It was prepared in a way to adapt to the local choices and palate.

For example- In West Asian countries, chocolate chip cookies are topped with chocolate sauce and eaten with a fork and knife.

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