Chocolate! - La Cioccolata!

Ciao!

...All this for a cup of chocolate:
...Tutto ciò per una tazza di cioccolata:

“ODE TO THE MOST EMINENCE AND MOST REVEREND
PRINCE FRANCESCO MARIA
CARDINAL BRANCACCIO
AUTHOR OF THE DISPUTE
ABOUT DRINK OF CHOCOLATE
of LUIGI FERRONI S.J.

Oh tree made in far countries
and glory of the Mexican banks
rich of juices that you are proud
the chocolate heavenly nectar

To you cede each plants
and every product of the flowers:
the laurel that the glories
interlaces in the triumphs, the oak, the alder
and the precious cedar of Lebanon

They says Adam, founder of the Humanity
banished from the glorious seats
have introduced in West India a tree
that acclimatized at the hospitable ground made from the trunk

seeds of longevity
gift of Bacchus of Opimio,
wines reported since many lustre
to them their eldery destroyed the name and the Homeland

Uncorked in honour of Bacchus the wines of Crete and of Mexico
On the condition that living rain
generatrix of beneficial thought
and vein of wits sprinkles my chest

O mood sent from the stars
and famous divine drink!
Dew of Castalda, stay away
This wave flow for poets from perennial stream.

O glory of purple flaming
and star of the Vatican glory
o Francesco, how many juice must have
to your daring and to your pen!

They said that damages the fasting:
you shining torch of truth
and avengers of the Celestials,
you untie the brakes of the tyranny

You sweetly flow from the deep whirpool of sentences;
from your sides resounds the beautiful wave,
that you go on the field of Latini
or on the plains of the Greeks.
Intolerant of most narrow frontier
you cover with big freedom the circle of hight cultur,
in the way of the river Idaspe
floating of gold you spread richness and spiritual treasures.

O sun of the world,
honour of the scientists and erudites!
If you were been present as pal next Adam,
with your protection the heavy disdain of the Divinity would be placated.

Don’t the Senna with her revolutions,
neither the Tevere inflexible would have tired the angers of Italy;
but the noble peace brought on her quadrille
would have conciliated the famous people

But days of more glad destiny will come
the days of gold of Leone,
under his Pontificate,
moderator of the devote world.

TO ROME
for Zaccaria Domenico Acsamitek a Kronenfeld,
of Prague, in the year 1664
WITH THE PERMISSION OF SUPERIOR”

- Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Marchioness of Sevigne to her daughter:
“The Marchioness of Coetlong having drunk too chocolate , while she was pregnant,
made a black child like the devil that after will die”

- Giuseppe Balsamo, Count of Cagliostro in the course of his sojourn in Paris
made some croquettes of chocolate flavoured with perfumes attached to these
aphrodisiac power and also power of rejuvenation. His idea have had a big success.

- Voltaire had the habit to drink 12 cups of chocolate mixed to the coffee every day.

- From the Gastronomic Almanac of Jarro (pseudonym of Giulio Piccini)
“Mortify yourself during the Lent? - The confessor asks
Yes - the penitent answers - instead the coffee I drink the chocolate that I prefer”

- Story (and recipes) of chocolate
http://tinyurl.com/2q9c9o
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate
http://www.choco-story.be/

- Art of chocolate - Arte di cioccolato
http://www.foodisart.co.uk/foodisart.html
http://tinyurl.com/2q5nus

- Storia (e ricette) del cioccolato
http://www.chococlub.com/cioccolato/stor...
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cioccolato

Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Marchesa di Sevigne alla figlia
“…La Marchesa di Coetlong avendo bevuta troppa cioccolata , mentre era incinta, fece un bambino nero come il diavolo che poi è morto”

Giuseppe Balsamo Conte di Cagliostro durante la sua permanenza a Parigi realizzò delle croquettes di cioccolato aromatizzato con profumi attribuendoli poteri afrodisiaci e di ringiovanimento. La sua idea ebbe molto successo.

Voltaire aveva l’abitudine di bere 12 tazze di cioccolata miste a caffè ogni giorno.

Da Almanacco Gastronomico di Jarro
(pseudonimo di Giulio Piccini http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarro)
“Vi mortificate nella quaresima? - Domanda il confessore
Si - Risponde la penitente - invece del caffé e latte prendo la cioccolata che mi piace di più”

“ODE ALL’EM.MO E REV.MO PRINCIPE
FRANCESCO MARIA
CARDINALE BRANCACCIO
AUTORE DELLA CONTROVERSIA
SULLA BEVANDA DI CIOCCOLATO
di LUIGI FERRONI S.J.

O albero prodotto in estreme regioni
e gloria delle sponde messicane
ricco di succhi dei quali va superba
la cioccolata nettare celeste

A te ceda ogni pianta
e ogni prodotto dei fiori:
l’alloro che le glorie
intreccia nei trionfi, la quercia, l’ontano
e il prezioso cedro del Libano

Si dice che Adamo, capostipite dell’Umanità
cacciato dalle gloriose sedi
abbia introdotto nell’India occidentale un albero
che acclimatatosi al suolo ospitale produsse dal tronco

semi di longevità
doni di Bacco di Opimio,
vini segnalati da molti lustri
ai quali l’età avanzata distrusse e il nome e la Patria

Sturò in onore di Bacco i vini di Creta e del Messico
purché una viva pioggia
generatrice di pensiero benefico
e vena d’ingegno m’irrori il petto

O umore inviato dagli astri
e inclita divina bevanda!
Rugiade di Castalda, state lontano
quest’onda sgorghi per i poeti da un perenne ruscello.

O gloria di porpora fiammante
e stella della gloria vaticana
o Francesco, quanto succo deve
ai tuoi ardimenti ed alla tua penna!

Si diceva che intaccasse il digiuno:
tu brillante fiaccola di verità
e vindice dei Superi,
sciogli i freni della tirannia

Tu dolcemente scorri dal gorgo profondo di sentenze;
dalle tue parti risuona lo splendido flutto,
sia che tu vada nei prati dei Latini
sia sulle pianure dei Greci.
Intollerante di più stretta frontiera
tu percorri con molta libertà il campo di alta cultura,
alla maniera del fiume Idaspe
fluttuante d’oro diffondi ricchezze e tesori spirituali.

O sole del mondo,
onore degli scienziati e dei dotti!
Se tu fossi stato presente come compagno a fianco di Adamo,
con la tua protezione il grave sdegno della divinità sarebbe stato placato.

Non la Senna con le sue rivoluzioni,
né il Tevere inflessibile avrebbe stancato le collere d’Italia;
ma l’alma pace portata sulle sue quadriglie
avrebbe conciliato i popoli illustri.

Ma verranno giorni di più lieto destino
i giorni d’oro di Leone,
sotto il suo Pontificato,
moderatore del mondo devoto.

A ROMA
per Zaccaria Domenico Acsamitek a Kronenfeld,
di Praga, nell’anno 1664
COL PERMESSO DEI SUPERIORI”

Gnam gnam
;-) Katya

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plw12752anderson's picture
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Dear Katya, We have missed you. Thank you for the chocolate goody. I enjoyed it! Love, Pam

http://www.fieldmuseum.org/Chocolate/his... -----------------------------Truth is stranger than fiction.

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If they made chocolate into a God, I would believe in it.

Thanks for the links Katya, I will wallow in the stories and pics and treat myself to some chocolate while I do so.

You come up with the most interesting and tasteful posts!

shadows

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Ciao Pam, ciao Shadows!

Thanks for the fine link Pam.

Lately I have had (and continue to have)big techincal problems with my internet connection and I am changing company, so often I can't read my mail or visit the websites :-(

Big hugs and I hope see you soon!
Katya

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Ciao Katya

This is a fantastic link! Chocloate is the perfect food! It will also help you relax and go to sleep at night! If you eat chocolate about an hour or so before you go to bed, it will usually make you feel drowsy. As for the hour, you can sip on a glass of wine, a can of beer, a cup of sake, or a glass of shouchu!

Thank-you very much for posting this wonderful post!

What do you think?

cnnek

{You Can Teach People How To Think Or What To Think; But, You Can't Do Both! It Is Better To Teach People How To Think!!!}

Marissa's picture
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HERE is the chocolate lol

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Marissa

Katya is a very nice person and this is a very good post!

What do you think?

cnnek

{You Can Teach People How To Think Or What To Think; But, You Can't Do Both! It Is Better To Teach People How To Think!!!}

Marissa's picture
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a WONDERFUL post!

ok... now I can go beat myself up properly lol

Marissa's picture
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geeze.. I meant to say WHERE is the chocolate lol

I do apologize.. oh my goodness I feel so terrible..

no wonder you thought i was a.. um.. well.. not nice..

forgive me please.. I was up late last night.. had coffee too late so I could pick up my daughter from work....sigh

wont drink two cups that late again.. shoulda had chocolate!

forgive me.. all here please

I do apologize...it was a typo.

Ask Argosfalcon. he knows me very well.

hugs

marissa

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Marissa wrote:

WHERE is the chocolate lol

is what it was supposed to say

sigh.. my silliness doesn't go well with tired eyes late at night