Daily slop

[doc benway]

15 hours ago, old3bob said:

 

I read somewhere that chocolate from certain areas is high in heavy metal (cadmium maybe?)

 

 

Yes, raw cacao is grown best in volcanic soil and can have high concentrations of cadmium and other heavy metals. The processing of chocolate reduces those concentrations considerably but you need to be mindful if you consume large quantities of raw cacao.

 

 

[Nungali]

World chocolate supply in danger !  

 

OH NO  ! 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/nov/21/cocoa-crisis-world-chocolate-stash-melting-away

 

Just when the end seemed near .... someone goes to Peru  and in a small poor village ;  'Say , what's that tree in your garden, it looks like cacao ?"  

 

The people there had cacao trees , a different more natural variety  .   We are saved    and   - you never know when or how good fortune may strike  -  poor Peruvian people  , rich 'overnight '  .  

 

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/chocolate-thought-to-be-extinct-rediscovered-in-peru-112189619.html

 

 

 

From the shadow  ;   " Psssst .....  Taomeow .... you want good pure indigenous Peruvian chocolate ?  Pure national with rich and complex fruit and floral flavours ?    For you .....    $100  for 50 gm .  "  

[Taomeow]

39 minutes ago, Nungali said:

From the shadow  ;   " Psssst .....  Taomeow .... you want good pure indigenous Peruvian chocolate ?  Pure national with rich and complex fruit and floral flavours ?    For you .....    $100  for 50 gm .  "  

 

A plausible scenario...  When I was in Peru, all they had in stores was Nestle.  Had zero luck finding coffee beans too, and even ground coffee -- instant was the only thing available in many places.  The locals explained to me that they export everything, nothing is left for domestic consumption.  (And then they buy Nestle and  Nescafe...)    

[Nungali]

You know you are in trouble when all they have is  .....