Lily
14th February 2005, 08:33 AM
True or false:
1.The Baby Ruth candybar was created in 1920 by Curtiss Candy Co. They named this bar after the baseball player Babe Ruth
False. It is named after President Cleveland's Daughter
2.In the chocolate making process, what are “nibs”
a.Broken pieces of chocolate
b.Rejected beans
c.Irregular raw bean fragments
d. Coco butter part of the bean
After beans are roasted, they breaks up into pieces called Nibs
The first 3 Musketeers bar originally sold for how much:
3 cents
4 cents
a dime
one cent
5 cents
4.Mozart loved chocolate so much he wrote about it in an opera
True or false
True. In Mozart’s opera “Cossi Van Tutti” he made a reference to chocolate
5. In Hersehy, PA, the street lights on the main street are all shaped like Hershey Kisses
True or False
6. A chocolate cake should be baked at a little lower temperature than any other kind of cake. True or False
Chocolate burns easily
7.Which continent produces the most chocolate
a.Africa
b.Europe
c.North America
d.South America
Africa, produces close to double the tonnage of chocolate than South American Plantations
8.Hershey was the first company in the US to manufacture chocolate
True or False
False. It was actually first produced in 1765 by the John Harmon company9. Cocao is a native plant to Hawaii. True of false
. False. The cacoa bean (tree) was brought to Hawaii around 1830.
10. Baking chocolate doesn’t have any milk solids in it. True or False.
True. Unsweetened baking chocolate is bitter. It comes closest to the raw, natural bean
11. Cocoa butter is made by blending chocolate syrup with butter and spread on French pastries. True or false.
False. Cocao butter is a result of the fat being removed from the cocoa bean. It is mostly used as a skin moisturiser and not for cooking at all
12. Trinitario is Italian for any tri-coloured chocolate bar, dessert, cake etc. True or false
False. Trinitario is really beans (made from hybrid cocoa plants)
13. Chocolate is just as good for you as a glass of red wine. True or false
True!!! Isnt this good news!
14. Monks and Nuns in the early 16th century were forced to eat chocolate in secret because it was considered evil. True or false.
False. Monks and other clergy who had to fast openly indulged in eating all the chocolate they could. Why? Because it helped them feel not so fainty when they were on their fastings
15. Early Mexican history states that the cocoa bean was once used as
a. A Gift from the Gods and forbidden to eat
b. B. Women were not allowed to eat cocoa, only men
c. The beans were used as money
.Money. When Cortez came to Mexico he found the native Indians using the beans as money.
16.Which country consumes the most chocolate per person per year
a.Belgium
b.United States
c.Switzerland
d.France
17.The cocao plant grows how tall?
a.10 feet
b.15 ft
c.20 - 25ft
18.The cocao pod comes from the trees:
a.seeds
b.Flowers
c.Leaves
d.None of the above, it makes the pod as is
19. Ripe pods are how long?
a.5”
b.6”
c.8”
d.10”
1.The Baby Ruth candybar was created in 1920 by Curtiss Candy Co. They named this bar after the baseball player Babe Ruth
False. It is named after President Cleveland's Daughter
2.In the chocolate making process, what are “nibs”
a.Broken pieces of chocolate
b.Rejected beans
c.Irregular raw bean fragments
d. Coco butter part of the bean
After beans are roasted, they breaks up into pieces called Nibs
The first 3 Musketeers bar originally sold for how much:
3 cents
4 cents
a dime
one cent
5 cents
4.Mozart loved chocolate so much he wrote about it in an opera
True or false
True. In Mozart’s opera “Cossi Van Tutti” he made a reference to chocolate
5. In Hersehy, PA, the street lights on the main street are all shaped like Hershey Kisses
True or False
6. A chocolate cake should be baked at a little lower temperature than any other kind of cake. True or False
Chocolate burns easily
7.Which continent produces the most chocolate
a.Africa
b.Europe
c.North America
d.South America
Africa, produces close to double the tonnage of chocolate than South American Plantations
8.Hershey was the first company in the US to manufacture chocolate
True or False
False. It was actually first produced in 1765 by the John Harmon company9. Cocao is a native plant to Hawaii. True of false
. False. The cacoa bean (tree) was brought to Hawaii around 1830.
10. Baking chocolate doesn’t have any milk solids in it. True or False.
True. Unsweetened baking chocolate is bitter. It comes closest to the raw, natural bean
11. Cocoa butter is made by blending chocolate syrup with butter and spread on French pastries. True or false.
False. Cocao butter is a result of the fat being removed from the cocoa bean. It is mostly used as a skin moisturiser and not for cooking at all
12. Trinitario is Italian for any tri-coloured chocolate bar, dessert, cake etc. True or false
False. Trinitario is really beans (made from hybrid cocoa plants)
13. Chocolate is just as good for you as a glass of red wine. True or false
True!!! Isnt this good news!
14. Monks and Nuns in the early 16th century were forced to eat chocolate in secret because it was considered evil. True or false.
False. Monks and other clergy who had to fast openly indulged in eating all the chocolate they could. Why? Because it helped them feel not so fainty when they were on their fastings
15. Early Mexican history states that the cocoa bean was once used as
a. A Gift from the Gods and forbidden to eat
b. B. Women were not allowed to eat cocoa, only men
c. The beans were used as money
.Money. When Cortez came to Mexico he found the native Indians using the beans as money.
16.Which country consumes the most chocolate per person per year
a.Belgium
b.United States
c.Switzerland
d.France
17.The cocao plant grows how tall?
a.10 feet
b.15 ft
c.20 - 25ft
18.The cocao pod comes from the trees:
a.seeds
b.Flowers
c.Leaves
d.None of the above, it makes the pod as is
19. Ripe pods are how long?
a.5”
b.6”
c.8”
d.10”