2012 Guatemala

2012 Guatemala
Casa del Mundo

Monday, February 20, 2012

The Chocolate Museum - Connor Heckler

Ah yes, Chocolate!  The dark chocolate is extravagant and good for you.  The chocolate museum was an excellent little store.  We learned a bit about chocolate, then made our on concoctions.  Here’s a quick list to review the steps:
  1. Smash and strip- We were given cacao beans in their shells to separate. (Señora, you did fairly poorly.   I beat you easily.)
  2. Ground and Pound- We then took the beans and pulverized them into paste.  There was a first prize for the fastest past.  The winners are: 1. Troy, 2. Jackson, 3. Don’t remember 4. ME!
  3. Chug! Chug! Chug!  We drank two kinds of chocolate stuff: 1. Dark, very water-like and incredibly bitter.  Lots of honey was poured in this. 2. A lighter, sweeter beverage.  I would have enjoyed a thicker beverage.  
  4. Customize our Chocolate- YUM!  We were given bowls of chocolate and about a dozen possible ingredients.  I wanted milk-chocolate, so I added powdered milk to it.  I should have added more as it is still bitter.  
Overall it was an excellent, most delicious activity.

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