Today is Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
National Cocoa Day
It’s
National Cocoa Day! Nothing warms you up better on a cold winter day
than a nice cup of hot cocoa! Cocoa, the dried, fully fermented seeds of
the cacao tree, is the basis for cocoa powder, which is used to make
the hot cocoa beverage we all know and love. Did you know that monkeys
were the first creatures to discover that the cacao plant was edible and
quite tasty? Over 1500 years ago, monkeys began to consume the pulp of
the plant and spit out the beans. Humans soon began to follow the
monkey's example and the rest is history.
Cacao
trees are grown all over the world, but it is believed that the first
cacao trees grew in South America. Cocoa is similar to wine in that its
flavor differs depending on the location where it is grown. It's a good
thing that cacao trees are plentiful because approximately 300 to 600
cocoa beans are needed to make just two pounds of chocolate!
To
celebrate National Cocoa Day, make your favorite type of cocoa to
enjoy. For a holiday twist on a traditional cup of cocoa, try adding a
candy cane!
December is
National Fruit Cake Month & National Egg Nog Month
mages and text courtesy of MyPunchbowl.com" -- http://www.mypunchbowl.com/
for December 13 1961 - Anna Mary Robertson Moses, "Grandma Moses," passed away at the age of 101. 1978 - The Philadelphia Mint began stamping the Susan B. Anthony U.S. dollar. The coin began circulation the following July. 1987 - U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz told reporters in Copenhagen, Denmark, that the Reagan administration would begin making funding requests for the proposed Star Wars defense system. 1991 - Five Central Asian republics of the Soviet Union agreed to join the new Commonwealth of Independent States. |
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"One can have no happiness in this world or the next but by extreme and vehement love."
--Sir Kenelm Digby
--Sir Kenelm Digby
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