The History of Chocolate 巧克力的历史

American-made chocolate and cocoa products number in the hundreds. There is a fascinating story behind these wonderful products. To tell that story and to provide a better understanding of the chocolate industry and its long-standing traditions is the purpose of this booklet.

美国制造的巧克力和可可食品以数百计。在这些奇妙产品的背后蕴藏了一个美丽的故事。这篇文章的主要目的就是为了告诉你这个故事，让你对巧克力工业和它长久以来的传统有更好的理解。
The Story of Chocolate is essentially a layman's introduction to the subject. It will provide readers an opportunity to view the industry as a whole.

这个故事其实是外行人士对巧克力的介绍。它给了读者一个了解巧克力工业的机会。
Chocolate through the Years the story of chocolate, as far back as we know it, begins with the discovery of America. Until 1492, the Old World knew nothing at all about the delicious and stimulating flavor that was to become the favorite of millions.

据这个故事介绍，巧克力最早始源于美国。直到1492年，在巧克力成为百万人的最爱之前，东半球的国家对这种美味根本一无所知。
The Court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella got its first look at the principal ingredient of chocolate when Columbus returned in triumph from America and laid before the Spanish throne a treasure trove of many strange and wonderful things. Among these were a few dark brown beans that looked like almonds and seemed most unpromising. They were cocoa beans, today's source of all our chocolate and cocoa.

在哥伦布从美国凯旋而归，并将他带回来的新奇而奇妙的珍宝敬献给西班牙君王的时候，弗帝纳德国王和伊莎贝拉皇后才首次认识了巧克力的主要成份。其中有一些类似杏仁，看似不起眼的咖啡色豆子。这就是可可豆，现今的巧克力和可可食品的来源。
The King and Queen never dreamed how important cocoa beans could be, and it remained for Hernando Cortez, the great Spanish explorer, to grasp the commercial possibilities of the New World offerings.

国王和皇后从不清楚可可豆的重要性，并把它留给了西班牙探险家的埃尔南多·科尔特斯, 从此开启了新大陆的商机。
Food of the Gods During his conquest of Mexico, Cortez found the Aztec Indians using cocoa beans in the preparation of the royal drink of the realm, "chocolate," meaning warm liquid. In 1519, Emperor Montezuma, who reportedly drank 50 or more portions daily, served chocolate to his Spanish guests in great golden goblets, treating it like a food for the gods.

科尔特斯在墨西哥苦心研究期间，发现阿芝台克的印度人用可可豆来制作他们皇室饮料“巧克力”，被称为热饮。据说在1519年，蒙犬祖玛君王每天都要饮用50杯以上的热巧克力，并将其盛在金色高脚玻璃杯里用来款待西班牙贵客以示对他们的尊重。来自作文地带。
For all its regal importance, however, Montezuma's chocolate was very bitter, and the Spaniards did not find it to their taste. To make the concoction more agreeable to Europeans, Cortez and his countrymen conceived the idea of sweetening it with cane sugar.

尽管巧克力有着帝王之气，但蒙犬祖玛时期的巧克力却非常苦，西班牙人觉得并不合他们的口味。为了让巧克力更符合欧洲人的口味，科尔特斯和他的同伴们想到用蔗糖来调味。 ()