[Sca-cooks] Chocolate Drink for Gunther

ranvaig at columbus.rr.com ranvaig at columbus.rr.com
Sat Sep 27 03:59:00 PDT 2003


>To this I added cinnamon and nutmeg. This was to
>duplicate the taste of xochinacztli, the flower of Cymbopetalum
>penduliflorum.  According to the Badianu Codex, cinnamon replaced
>this in modern Mexican chocolate, but it tasted more like nutmeg.

To those concerned about the use of cinnamon and nutmeg,
the recipe EXPLICITLY says this is a substitute for a native
flavoring with a similar taste.

Ranvaig



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