All About Chocolate

The process of making chocolate __________________.

• can be done in your kitchen

• can be mastered quickly

• had many steps

During conching, cocoa butter and cocoa powder are mixed with __________ until smooth

• sugar

• cacao

• cacao beans

In the process of making chocolate, what us the step after the pods are picked?

• The beans are allowed to ferment

• The pod is cut open with a machete

• The pods are put out to dry in the sun

Which of the following is the best summary statement for this book?

• Chocolate has been around for a long time and still takes many steps to make it ready to eat

• Chocolate was first used by people in Central and South America and came to Europe in 1500

• There are many beans in every cocoa pod

What are plantations?

• people who pick and process cacao

• large green leaves on the cacao plant

• large farms that grow various crops

What key ingredient changed attitudes about chocolate in Europe?

• vanilla

• sugar

• milk

What conditions does a cacao tree need to grow well?

• hot and wet

• protection from wind

• full sunlight

What are ingredients?

• different food items that go into a recipe

• blooms on a cacao plant

• shells from roasted beans

What is the first step in the process of making chocolate from fermented dried beans?

• The beans are blended to create flavor

• The shells are removed

• The beans are cleaned to remove pulp and pieces

How was Hernan Cortes able to grow money on trees?

• He magically turned beans into money

• He planted cacao trees so he could use the beans as money and not for chocolate

• He planted gold coins in the ground