Thread:61Storm/@comment-29989042-20180310010918/@comment-29709319-20181028002211

No jelly beans or elephants🐘, something better, C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E.

October 28th: National Chocolate Day and National Mother-in-Law Day.

National Chocolate Day celebrates all things chocolate. As America’s favorite flavor, chocolate is well deserving of its own day of honor and celebration. Chocolate comes from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree🌳. Cacao, which has been cultivated for at least three millennia, is grown in Mexico, Central America and Northern South America. The earliest known documentation of using cacao seeds is from around 1100 BC. The cacao tree seeds have a very intense, bitter taste that must be fermented to develop the flavor. Once the seeds have been fermented, the beans are dried, cleaned and roasted. After roasting, the shell is removed to produce cacao nibs. The cacao nibs are then ground into cocoa mass, which is pure chocolate in rough form. The cocoa mass is usually liquefied then molded with or without other ingredients. At this point in the process, it is called chocolate liquor. The chocolate liquor may then be processed into two components: cocoa solids and cocoa butter. Research has found that chocolate, when eaten in moderation, can lower blood pressure. National Chocolate Day was created by the National Confectioners Association. Here is a list of four different chocolates. 1. Unsweetened baking chocolate–cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions. 2. Sweet chocolate–cocoa solids, cocoa butter or other fat and sugar. 3. Milk chocolate–sweet chocolate with milk powder or condensed milk. 4. White chocolate – cocoa butter, sugar and milk but no cocoa solids.

National Mother-in-Law Day is a special day to honor the mother of your spouse. Some people get along very well with their Mother-in-Law. Others, not so well. No matter which is the case, this is the day to celebrate them. This day, modeled after Mother’s Day, was first observed on March 5, 1934, in Amarillo Texas, where it was initiated by the editor of the local Amarillo newspaper.

🍫🏊‍♀️🍫🏊‍♀️🍫Keep on swimming! I love❤️ chocolate! I sure am glad someone knows how to make it. My mother-in-law passed away back in March from cancer. I got along fine with her though.

Sending chocolate hugs and a wubba toss for toast loaf!