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To: Louis Foxwell

Europeans added sugar to make the modern chocolate. Sugar is an old world entity. The ancient MesoAmericans did not have sugar, which was imported by the Portuguese to the Americas after Columbus.


11 posted on 11/03/2018 8:00:18 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: nwrep

Perhaps sugar from cane was missing. Agave nectar, Yacón syrup, and Stevia leaves are sweeteners sourced from the Americas.


12 posted on 11/03/2018 9:52:20 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: nwrep

The Mayans also had vanilla... which is the “bean” pod of an orchid native to the Americas.


15 posted on 11/03/2018 10:14:06 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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