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Chocolate In The Rough

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Parent Issue
Day
30
Month
January
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

The (cucan) Ireelsabqut a-longin atiainnp its growth as tlie oranje tree; it mas uoduco in tlui third yeai fiom the seed, "ir il. n.it reach iis full hearing period intiF at the a e of seven or eight. Ltisa ender plant duriiiK the lirt stages of ita growth, and, hke th eoffpp, must be ha.il.ii bygi in. braad leaved jilant lika tlie iluiilain or banana, vvliich, of' quickcr (ioth, tra - i uut, mar the (eed at the ime ot' plunring. Iltatand uioisture are ndüpena&ble 10 its ewutenfe, but one without toe mli.r proves fatal to its!rowth. )nce fitartid in liie witli an cro or sci ui' ieao tretfi, the Degro uk e lor nothin uure, hiswife aqd ohildrea gather the harrst, ,-uiil hc etjoys m idle cxistcnce. Thi1 'run ot' the tecao rcgemWen an over-ripc nmmbcr ábW six inclics in length, ovni nd pointed. Many cl i lie pods prow right mt of trunk of the tree, hat'ginr by hort .-t.ni, ainl ri'inind one of UÏHeM ata. Sume are preen, souio yollow, criinon, or parole, gome rriegstd by veins of' lirt'i Tent colois. K,u;h [iml is dividcd intn ▼e longitudinal oellscontaining aswectish. gti eable pulp, u wliich are enveloped he geeds, From twenty to thirly in iium h't - ;i whi'o, pnlpy sulistaiicc, in a thin heil. W'hcti the fïrst is tnatnre it is üthered, and the seids removed and drird. lotnetimetf they are bdriëd in sand or dry art h, t'nr the porpnse Crf absoibing the noigtilW and pulp. (ïrcat care ia nee' n cuiiiif.' (hem', as they mold Pasily, and he planters genorally pfovide larg platinn mi wrieels on wnicb the stedfl are pread, which thny riui oul frorn undr a belter od sanshiny dsyg. The ative mcthod cf pn paring chboofate flrom he seeds is to roasl tneni and grind finely n a warm, snioolh stptie. Whcn wpïl neadcd it ronng a tenác'roná paste which v i h ndditiön öf o üttle sucar, is made nto sm.-ill rolls or sticks