Chocolate FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about about chocolate. It deals with eating, cooking with and buying chocolate.
This FAQ about Chocolate was compiled and written by Monee Kidd faq@choco.com with numerous contributions by others.
1. General- A reader of the old alt.food.chocolate once asked:...
- 1.1 What is chocolate? Where does it come from?
- Chocolate is a food made from the seeds of a tropical tree called ...
- 1.2 What is the history of chocolate?
- (Excerpted with permission from the Godiva WWW site)...
- 1.3 How is chocolate made?
- Workers cut the fruit of the cacao tree, or pods open and scoop out ...
- 1.4 What is conching?
- Raw unprocessed chocolate is gritty, grainy and really not suitable ...
- 1.5 What kinds of chocolate are there?
- Depending on what is added to (or removed from) the chocolate liquor, ...
- 1.6 What is this white, blotchy stuff on my chocolate bar?
- A white, filmy residue on chocolate is called a bloom. It occurs ...
- 1.7 I just bought a whole bunch of chocolate. How should I store it?
- Chocolate is best kept at around 68-72 degrees Fahrenheit, the ...
- 1.8 What is lecithin and why is it in my chocolate?
- Lecithin is an emulsifier used to reduce the viscosity, or thickness ...
- 2. Cooking with chocolate
- Chocolate is a very tricky food to cook with. Temperatures that are ...
- 2.2 What is couverture?
- Couverture is a special kind of chocolate that has more cocoa ...
- 2.3 How do I melt chocolate and what's the best kind to use?
- There are two ways to melt chocolate, in a double boiler or in a ...
- 2.4 I was melting some chocolate, and suddenly it changed from a shiny, smooth liquid to a dull, thick paste. What happened?
- As discussed before, chocolate is very sensitive. Any slight variance ...
- 2.5 How do I make chocolate covered strawberries?
- Covering strawberries is not an easy task, but if you exercise a ...
- 2.6 Where can I get some chocolate?
- There is a complete document entitled CHOCOLATE RESOURCES, posted as part ...
- 3. Chocolate trivia
- Chocolate has been the subject of many stories and myths throughout ...
- 3.1 Hey! Did you hear about this lady at Neiman Marcus who wanted to buy a chocolate chip cookie recipe...?
- Stop right there. The story to which you are referring is completely ...
- 3.2 Is chocolate really an aphrodisiac?
- Chocolate is the traditional gift of love, ranking right up there ...
- 3.3 Can I give chocolate to my dog (cat, bird, other pet)?
- Unequivocally, no. The theobromine in chocolate that stimulates the ...
- 3.4 How much caffeine is in chocolate?
- Although there is less caffeine in chocolate that there is in a cup ...
- 3.5 Doesn't chocolate cause acne?
- This is another myth about chocolate. While some people might be ...
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