Chocolate in George Washington's America
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- Опубликовано: 18 июн 2024
- Have you ever wondered where chocolate comes from, or how it became so common in our society? Did you know that George and Martha Washington also consumed chocolate?
The chocolate we eat today is pretty different from what the Washingtons enjoyed. For one thing, it was not possible to walk into a store and just buy a candy bar. Sometimes George Washington had to wait weeks to receive his chocolate orders. It also tasted very different: chocolate in Washington's time contained no milk or sugar.
And while there are many differences in how we eat chocolate today, the way we make chocolate has not really changed!
Learn more at www.mountvernon.org/chocolate
I was lucky enough to see this process at Mount Vernon when I visited a few years ago.
i agree
I love Geroge Washington.
Who doesn’t
@@c_0w770 Liberal democrats don't.
Edna Kelley can we not get history political
@@Tsar_Nman What did I say that was not true?
Edna Kelley why can’t everyone have there own political views without being Chastised by the other groups
Fascinating! Love seeing the reenactors sharing their knowledge. Now, off to make a cup of hot chocolate!
yAY! another video!
keep on uploading! this channel is amazing!
Thank you very much, George Washington. Now I want chocolate ice cream.
this is the way hot chocolate is made in Colombia to this day , a very similar pot and wooden mixer thing is found in every home 💕 just made the nerd me very happy
same thing in mexico too
That is so awesome! I had no idea this tradition conditioned on there, uninterrupted, for all those years! ¡Gracias, antiguas mesoamericanas, por el regalo del chocolate!!
@@jrglenn2Very, very cool! My sister-in-law's mother is from Mexico -- I'll have to ask her about what this was like when she was growing up!
The tea cups in the 18th century did not have handles and they actually mixed the liquid, usually tea, in the cup then poured it into the saucers, which were more like small bowls, and drank from that!
Love to see a video in Washington and BBQ. I have read he enjoyed it.
Brenda Parker is absolutely wonderful. She is such a resource for Mount Vernon. Please keep up the good work.
Thank you for sharing this delightful experience!
Y’all are getting more popular 💞
they are
What an outstanding video! Thank you! 😎👍
I honestly believed that chocolate wasn't available in the United States until the 1800's.
That was fascinating, educational and fun! Thank you for posting the video. The young lady hosting the video did a great job.
Washington should have grown cocoa beans at Mt. Vernon and made his own chocolate, he could have had another cash crop.
I do not think cocoa could have possibly grown in the climate of the Mount Vernon area.
More of these please 👌
I love Brenda. Such a sweet lady.
same
Watching chocolate be made makes me want some
i agree
I love chocolate. I love my Great Uncle George Washington. I even look like George Washington, but I am a woman. I really don't like that! That I look exactly like him, not that I'm a woman. I like being a woman.
same
That was SO interesting! Thank you!
imagine if george washington walks into a supermarket and tried a hershey bar
george washington: i'll take everything that you have. pulls out a bag of gold coins.
How informative! Excellent video.
Awesome,awesome video thank you for sharing.🙂
Thank you that was amazing! I will be thinking about this stuff the next time I eat chocolate. :)
I appreciate that you were clear about the use of slaves at Mount Vernon.
Who didnt know there were slaves there? Not like it was a secret.
wow yummy i love chocolate it is so good
Love it!
Very informative
Thank you
Chocolate? Where did you acquire it? It is a delicacy in the Amazon but has not yet been imported to the United States...
Very correct from I know
Me watching this video while drinking chocolate milk:😎
Gw best president!
oh i agree
i love chocolate
Love love love you...and chocolate 🍫
That is so cool about chocolate in in a secret
Basically pancakes with syrup.
yes
i am going to eat chocolate everyday now even tomorrow
it is my birthday tomorrow
American's may stray, but they'll always return to their dark master.... the cocoa bean!
i agree but gross
No sugar ew
gross
Looks like the Chocolate plant is faced with diseases. Chocolate might not survive. Eaglegards 🦅...
Martha Washington did NOT look like the Martha in this production at all.
Chocolate? Did you say chocolate?
Do you have comments about yourself in how do you do that for being a lady and the first comic how do you know how about this story about
I've had sugarless chocolate. No thanks.
So North Americans could add milk to their chocolate, but not chillies? Sacrilege!
I’m surprised this form of chocolate wasn’t enslaved as well...😐 Thank you for the informative video!
when everything you see is defined by color, this is the comments you see
Andrea. WTF are you talking about?
@@suziecreamcheese211 why so rude to that person
@@suziecreamcheese211 who
Chocolate is grown and produce in. Africa, etc, during George Washington times and slavery, it was our people that picked and did the labor. George Washington was just like any other slave owner, didnt give a damn about owning human beings, when two to three or more slaves ran away frim his estate, he put out ads and track them down.
Chocolate from Africa? LOL. And your rant about Washington owning slaves is utterly ridiculous. This video is about chocolate not the horrors of slave ownership. Stop that nonsense, it's OK to talk about different aspects of history especially when they address his slave ownership elsewhere.
@@Cynnas well they have to virtue signal on every post about history.
Chocolate comes from America, not Africa. Chocolate wasn't known before America was found. And besides, George Washington changed his views about slavery in his old days. It was challenging to him because of his family background and his dependence on slaves, it was still a progress.
@@tultsi93 You're correct. coco The Aztecs used it. But it was more bitter than sweet.
OK