chocolate frosting
Traveling through some of the old
cocoa communities, you sense a
pride and purpose that has long
been missing. As one old timer
said "The world is talking about
us again. Ive waited a lifetime
for that to happen. Sometimes I
felt like throwing in the towel,
but now I am glad I didnt."
Pink cocoa pods ripen in the shade
of the trees, in early November
there will be another harvest, the
pods contain a white, sticky pulp
that surrounds the cocoa beans,
and these beans are what is
processed into chocolate.
chocolate frosting
chocolate cookie
Chocolate has been around since
the time of the Aztecs and Mayans
and was served only to the highest
of nobles and the clergy of the
time.
The cocoa production in Venezuela
(along the Caribbean Coast and
Lake Maracaibo) has gone through a
recent revival; a few years ago
plantations had been abandoned due
to a series of droughts and poor
harvests. Yet the decline of the
cocoa industry can be tracked much
further back than that. Before
the petroleum discovery in
Venezuela in the thirties and
forties, cocoa was Venezuelas
number one export. The current
government of Venezuela is fully
aware that cocoa can once again
become a main export and has
invested $10 million dollars in
production and training.
chocolate cookie
Labels: chocolate chip | dark chocolate
