We now think of chocolate as sweet,but once it was bitter.We

We now think of chocolate as sweet,but once it was bitter.We think of it as a candy,but once ...
We now think of chocolate as sweet,but once it was bitter.We think of it as a candy,but once it was a medicine.Today,chocolate can be a hot drink,a frozen dessert,or just a snack.Sometimes it’s an ingredient (配料) in the main course of a meal.Mexicans make a hot chocolate sauce called mole and pour it over chicken.The Mexicans also eat chocolate with spices (香料) like chili peppers.
Chocolate is a product of the tropical cacao tree.The beans taste so bitter that even the monkeys say “Ugh!” and run away.Workers must first dry and then roast the beans.This removes the bitter taste.
The word “chocolate” comes from a Mayan word.The Mayas were an ancient people who once lived in Mexico.They valued the cacao tree.Some used the beans for money,while others crushed them to make a drink.
When the Spaniards came to Mexico in the sixteenth century,they started drinking cacao too.Because the drink was strong and bitter,they thought it was a medicine.No one had the idea of adding sugar.The Spaniards took some beans back to Europe and opened cafes.Wealthy people drank cacao and said it was good for the digestion.
In the 1800s,the owner of a chocolate factory in England discovered that sugar removed the bitter taste of cacao.It quickly became a cheap and popular drink.Soon afterwards,a factory made the first solid block of sweetened chocolate.Later on,another factory mixed milk and chocolate together.People liked the taste of milk chocolate even better.
Besides the chocolate candy bar,one of the most popular American snacks is the chocolate chip cookie.Favorite desserts are chocolate cream pie and,of course,an ice cream sundae with hot fudge sauce.求全文翻译

现在我们回味巧克力的甜,但是起初它是苦的;当我们回味巧克力的苦,它曾今就是一种药.今时今日,巧克力可以是一种热饮,一种冷饮,亦或只是一种零食.有时它甚至是主食的一种配料.墨西哥人把一种叫做mole的加热过的巧克力作为调料浇到鸡肉上.墨西哥人也会把把香料和巧克力拌在一起吃,类似于辣酱一样.
巧克力是一种热带可可豆制品.可可豆苦到连猴子尝过都会‘呃’的一声之后远远跑开,所以工人们会第一时间将可可豆脱水之后烘焙,这样可以去除可可豆的苦味.
巧克力一词来自于玛雅文化.玛雅文化是一种曾今存在于墨西哥的文明.玛雅人珍视可可树,当时就有人贩卖可可豆给他人碾碎用以制作饮品来牟利.
当西班牙人在十六世纪到达墨西哥时,他们也开始饮用可可饮品.因为这种饮品强烈的苦,所以西班牙人认为这是一种药品,从没有人想到过往里面加些糖.回到欧洲的西班牙人带回一些可可豆并发明了咖啡.有钱人开始饮用咖啡,并且认为这有利于消化.
1800年,英格兰的可可工厂主发现了糖可以去掉可可中的苦味,这种加糖的可可饮品迅速的成为了一种受欢迎的廉价饮品.随后,一家工厂生产出了甜巧克力棒.之后,另外一家工厂把牛奶和巧克力混合在一起.人们都越来越喜欢这种牛奶巧克力的味道.
除了巧克力棒之外,另外一最受欢迎的美国零食是巧克力豆饼干.最受欢迎的餐后甜点是巧克力奶昔派,当然还有一杯浇上了热软糖酱汁的圣代冰淇淋.
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