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Chocolate Quotes, Facts & Anecdotes!

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What is the meaning of life? All evidence to date suggest it's chocolate. (Anonymous)

 

Too much of a good thing is simply wonderful! (Deborah Fox-Rothschild)

 

There are only three things in life that matter - good friends, good chocolate, and , oh dear, what was the other one? (Anonymous)

 

Captain Robert Scott, a British explorer took a 3500lb load of cocoa and chocolate on his Antarctic expedition of 1901-04.

 

The bank of friendship cannot exist for long without deposits of chocolate. (Anonymous)

 

Nothing chocolate - nothing gained! (Anonymous)

 

Self discipline implies some unpleasant things to me, including staying away from chocolate (Oleg Kiselev)

 

If chocolate is the answer, the question is irrelevant. (Anonymous)

 

Anything is good and useful if it's made from chocolate. (Anonymous)

 

The botanical name of the chocolate plant is Theobroma Cacao, which mean "Food of the Gods".

 

It's unacceptable that chocolate makes you fat, but I've eaten my fair share. (Theodore Brassel - from Mission Impossible III)

 

Chocolate is a divine, celestial drink, the sweat of stars, the vital seed, divine nectar...panacea and universal medicine. (Geronimo Piperni - quoted by Antonio Lavendan, surgeon in the Spanish army, 1796)

 

Hold me and control me and then melt me slowly down, like chocolate. (Song lyrics by Kylie Minogue)

 

Chocolate was part of an American soldier's daily ration 200 years ago. They grated it, placed it in pots with other ingredients, and drank the heated mixture.

 

The richest "land of cacao" in ancient Mesoamerica stretched from Chiapas, Mexico to El Salvador. The deep and well drained soils provided optimal conditions for the crop.

 

I'm not overweight. I am chocolate enriched! (Anonymous)

 

An elderly man lay dying in his bed. He smelled his favourite chocolate-chip cookies. he painfully made his way out of the bedroom. When he reached towards a cookie, he was smacked by a spatula. "Stay out of those" said his wife, "they're for the funeral!"

 

If they don't have chocolate in heaven, I ain't going! (Bumper sticker)

 

In the Harry Potter book series, chocolate is used as a remedy for exposure to Dementors.

 

There is a thin person inside of me screaming to get out, but I keep her sedated with chocolate! (Bumper sticker)

 

Nothing is more romantic than chocolate!

 

Conching: The milling and kneading of cocoa mass in its first stage of processing in order to develop its flavour and produce its smooth texture.

 

Studies have shown that dark chocolate can increase good cholesterol by up to 10 percent.

 

Dip it in chocolate; it'll be fine. (Anonymous)

 

Men, coffee and chocolate are all better rich! (Anonymous)

 

Gianduja: the culinary word for the combination of chocolate and hazelnuts.

 

Once you consume chocolate, chocolate will consume you. (Anonymous)

 

Chocolate makes everyone smile - even bankers. (Ben Strohecker, Chocolatier)

 

Kuna Indians of Panama have a high salt diet, but normal blood pressure. They consume locally grown cocoa at every meal.

 

 

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