Oldest chocolate (cacao beans) in N. America discovered in Moab, Utah (link provided)

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Posted by: tamboruco ( )
Date: January 25, 2013 11:31AM

Interesting article on LDS church owned KSL.com. Interesting that we have things like barley in the BofM but JS missed listing the very popular cacao beans.

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=23842043&nid=1012&title=earliest-evidence-of-chocolate-in-n-america-discovered-near-moab&s_cid=queue-13

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Posted by: Richard the Bad ( )
Date: January 25, 2013 11:36AM

Re: Oldest chocolate (cacao beans) in N. America discovered in Moab, Utah (link provided)

Ugh. They have a rather biased definition of "North America". Older examples have been found in Mexico, which, by definition is in North America.

Nonetheless, a very cool find. Really shows how extensive the trade networks were.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/25/2013 11:53AM by Richard the Bad.

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Posted by: forbiddencokedrinker ( )
Date: January 25, 2013 05:41PM

Re: Oldest chocolate (cacao beans) in N. America discovered in Moab, Utah (link provided)

God turned the barley into cacao, and the wheat into maize because they were not being righteous enough.

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Posted by: Chicken N. Backpacks ( )
Date: January 25, 2013 11:43AM

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Maybe a senine is actually a Hershey bar--I mean, you can divide that up easily, and it tastes a hell of a lot better than barley...

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Posted by: albertasaurus ( )
Date: January 26, 2013 12:20AM

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Chicken N. Backpacks Wrote:
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> Maybe a senine is actually a Hershey bar--I mean,
> you can divide that up easily, and it tastes a
> hell of a lot better than barley...

Unless the barley is in liquid form...

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Posted by: justrob ( )
Date: January 25, 2013 03:38PM

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The excuse I usually hear is that they mention medicinal herbs in the BoM. So any plant that we find in America that wasn't referenced in the BoM must have just been used for medicinal purposes.

After all, why would they mention the Cacao Bean if they just used it for headaches, when they said they have medicine?

I know... it's weak. But, I have heard it.

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Posted by: nickname ( )
Date: January 25, 2013 03:40PM

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Its weak, but its all they've got: the story of Mormon apologetics!

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Posted by: breedumyung ( )
Date: January 25, 2013 09:24PM

Re: Oldest chocolate (cacao beans) in N. America discovered in Moab, Utah (link provided)

I will be in Moab soon.

I'll be sure to check out the hot chocolate there...

NOT !!!

Thinkin sumpin more like a Coors or Vodka-soaked drink...

Breedum

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Posted by: donbagley ( )
Date: January 25, 2013 10:04PM

Re: Oldest chocolate (cacao beans) in N. America discovered in Moab, Utah (link provided)

That chocolate was a product of the Oompa Loompa tribe, the pygmies of the BoM.

Source: Willy Wanker of the Little Factory group.

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Posted by: justrob ( )
Date: January 25, 2013 11:30PM

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I just literally laughed out loud.
Well done don.

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Posted by: druid ( )
Date: January 26, 2013 02:21AM

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Dammit Don stop making me laugh when I am trying to be miserable with the flu....LOL.

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Posted by: kokaubeammeup ( )
Date: January 27, 2013 04:21PM

Re: Oldest chocolate (cacao beans) in N. America discovered in Moab, Utah (link provided)

joe may have missed the cacaobean but he knew about the kokaubean

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