CHOCOLATE - for taste, lust and joy!

© This post was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/

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Chocolat un moment de vèritable plaisir...did you know that chocolate stimulates the same lust center in the brain as sexual activity?
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'Mozartkugel', truffles and home made chocolate for christmas. We made almond paste and marzipan this year out of which we then formed round balls of Walnut paste with Cognac dipped in dark chocolate. Also, we made a version of Mozartkugel, or ‘Mozart bonbons’, in the shape of a loaf consisting of nougat, marzipan, almond paste and dark chocolate - and yes some Congnac as well, it was heavenly…

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The Chocolate girl/ Chokladflickan

Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-89).

Pastellmålning på pargament av Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden bild från wikipedia

The beautiful fruit pods on the cacao tree, here in various stages of ripening.

While chocolate is regularly eaten for pleasure, there are potential beneficial health effects of eating chocolate. Cocoa or dark chocolate benefits the circulatory system. Other beneficial effects suggested include anticancer, brain stimulator, cough preventor and antidiarrhoeal effects.wikipedia

Kakao för hälsan....

Kakao ökar transmissionssubstanserna seratonin och endorfin i hjärnan, vilka lindrar smärta (!) och höjer stämningsläget. Jag läste just i Hans Bertil Junebys bok Fytomedicin, en fickhandbok om medicinalväxter, att kakao stimulerar samma lustcentrum i hjärnan som sexuell aktivitet, ojdå!

Just a few days left on 2008...

oh yes ...soon I can start with the seeds!

Lots Of Love/ Tyra