{"id":461,"date":"2017-07-22T04:45:47","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T04:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/?p=461"},"modified":"2017-07-22T04:45:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-22T04:45:47","slug":"chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chocolate most commonly is found in dark, milk, and white varieties, each\u00a0with its own\u00a0unique\u00a0flavor,\u00a0and most people have their own preferences as to what they like best.\u00a0 For me it\u2019s all about milk chocolate, especially when it accompanies peanut butter, and that could be ice cream or\u00a0the\u00a0coveted Reese\u2019s peanut butter cups.\u00a0\u00a0Chocolate is a commodity I have apparently taken for granted over the years.\"\"In week 3 we completed a Contemplative Practice involving chocolate.\u00a0This practice allowed me to realize the sheer amount of labor that accompanied the production of my beloved treat.\u00a0Cacao farmers and local children that are enlisted to assist gather the seeds of the cacao trees, which are then fermented,\u00a0the beans are dried, cleaned, and roasted. The shell is removed to produce cacao nibs, which are then ground\u00a0powder\u00a0and sold in its most authentic form, with farmers making little to nothing in the process.<\/p>\n

It was interesting to learn that the supply of chocolate may not outlast the demand, that chocolate is something the world may run out of it someday and yet we are still consuming it at an alarming rate.<\/p>\n

As I sat\u00a0at\u00a0my computer with a piece of Hersey\u2019s milk chocolate in front of me while learning of its production, thinking about how it would taste, I was anticipating feeling differently about chocolate once I was able to eat it. The chocolate however tasted just as it always had. It was smooth and melted in my mouth, creamy and sweet. I enjoyed eating it, even in its simplest form, it was delicious. Although being more aware of its creation and the hardships behind its transition from seed to chocolate I was unfortunately un-phased\u00a0in my overall opinion chocolate and the way\u00a0its\u00a0made. This did however inspire me to take a deeper look at chocolate in hopes to learn something else that I may have not thought about.<\/p>\n

Below is an interesting article of interesting facts regarding chocolate. I hope you enjoy!<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/allisonwild\/my-mind-is-blown?utm_term=.oimDe6ZlK#.jbyRr081X<\/a><\/p>\n

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Chocolate most commonly is found in dark, milk, and white varieties, each\u00a0with its own\u00a0unique\u00a0flavor,\u00a0and most people have their own preferences as to what they like best.\u00a0 For me it\u2019s all about milk chocolate, especially when it accompanies peanut butter, and that could be ice cream or\u00a0the\u00a0coveted Reese\u2019s peanut butter cups.\u00a0\u00a0Chocolate is a commodity I have apparently taken for granted over… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[32,66],"class_list":["post-461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-contemplation","tag-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions\/464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}