My latest best-friend-forever has appeared on the shelves of Walgreens in the Tall City. It's Lindt Excellence Chili Chocolate - the latest offering from those crazy Swiss confectioners."This combination of fine dark chocolate with exquisite chili pepper delivers an absolutely unique taste experience," we are told. "When savoring this new creation, chocolate connoisseurs will experience how the initially mild, delicate flavor of cocoa gradually gives way to a full-bodied but harmoniously spicy touch. Seductively piquant!"
"A new creation" ... well ... in a way, I guess. The two actually have a long association with one another. Conquistadors and other European visitors to the New World found the micture of cacao and chili to be a time-honored practice. Aztec Emperor Montezuma was particularly partial to the combination, which could be used to pay tribute and taxes ... but civilizations that had flourished and vanished from the scene by the time the Aztecs arrived - the Maya, the Teotihuacano, the Olmec and the Ceréno - also enjoyed the combination.
Vive la tradición!
2 comments:
The pepper counteracts the sugar, so it may very well be no cal. You think?
Ah, George, it tastes so good, I completely forget the calories!
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