. Cocoa and chocolate, a short history of their production and use. Cocoa; Chocolate; cbk. 30 COCOA AXD CHOCOLATE. some to the fact that he was extravagantly fond of chocolate ; bv others to his desire to please his confessor; and by others to his gallantry, a queen having first introduced it into France. " The Spanish ladies of the New World, it is said, carried their love for chocolate to such a degree that, not content with partaking of it several times a day, they had it sometimes carried after them to church. This favoring of the senses often drew upon them the censures of the bishop
. Cocoa and chocolate, a short history of their production and use. Cocoa; Chocolate; cbk. 30 COCOA AXD CHOCOLATE. some to the fact that he was extravagantly fond of chocolate ; bv others to his desire to please his confessor; and by others to his gallantry, a queen having first introduced it into France. " The Spanish ladies of the New World, it is said, carried their love for chocolate to such a degree that, not content with partaking of it several times a day, they had it sometimes carried after them to church. This favoring of the senses often drew upon them the censures of the bishop; but the Reverend Father Escobar, whose metaphvsics were as subtle as his morality was accommodating, declared,formallv, that a fast was not broken by chocolate prepared with water : thus wire- drawing, in favor of his penitents, the ancient adage, ^Liqiiiduni non fra ng'it jeju n in;;/."" Chocolate appears to have been highly valued as a remedial agent by the leading physicians of that day. Christoph Ludwig Hoffmann wrote a treatise entitled "Potus Choco- late," in which he recommended it in many diseases, and instanced the C9S,e of Cardinal Richelieu, who, he stated, was cured of general atrophy by its use. The earliest intimation of the introduction of cocoa into Enf{land is found in an announcement in the Public Advertiser of Tuesday, June i6, 1657 (more than a hundred and thirty years after its introduction into Spain), stating that "In Bishopsgate Street, in Qiieen's Head Alley, at a Frenchman's house, is an excellent West India drink, called chocolate, to be sold, where you may have it ready at any time ; and also unmade, at reasonable ;. COOLING KOOM, WALTER RAKER & CO S Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Walter Baker & Company; Bugbee
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