Listening Comprehension

The process of making chocolate...........

• can be done in your kitchen

• can be mastered quickly

• is done only one way

• all of the above

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

• cacao beans

• sugar

• cacao

• all of the above

In the process of making chocolate. what is the step after after the pods are picked ?

• The beans are put in piles of boxes

• The beans are allowed to ferment

• The pod is cut open with machete

• The pods are put out to dry in the sun

What are mills ?

• long thick knives

• the bags the cacao beans are kept in

• machines that use animal, wind, or steam power to grind things.

• The place where chocolate bars are packed

What key ingredient changed attitudes about chocolate in Europe?

• milk

• sugar

• vanilla

• cocoa butter

What conditions does a cacao tree need to grow well?

• full sunlight when mature

• protection from wind and sun when young

• hot and wet

• dark and gloomy

What are ingredients ?

• packages of cacao

• different food items that go into a recipe

• blooms on cacao plant

• shells from roasted beans

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

• The beans are cleaned to remove pulp and the pieces of the shell

• Shells are removed and nib remains

• The beans are blended to create the flavour

• The beans are roasted to bring out the flavour

How was Hernan Cortes able to grow money on trees?

• He magically turned beans into money

• Cacao beans gave him wisdom

• He plated gold coins in the ground

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

Do you think chocolate will still be popular five hundred years from now? Explain Why?