Re: Re: The untimate chocolate

Oh please get a video of that now!

Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: kmrsy@comcast.net
Sent: 1/26/2005 4:55:35 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] The untimate chocolate

Oh, Jim, you brought up the C word....you're going to have Melody going
nuts! Really, it does sound like a fun project. maybe Ms. Fatma will let
you join her clas for show & tell.

Kitty

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> Just received a ripe chocolate [Theobroma cacao] fruit from a friend of 
> mine in Puerto Rico. After taking its picture and whacking it open, I 
> scooped out the seeds and put them in a glass of more-or-less pure 
> water to ferment. The seeds are incased in tart membranes that are most 
> easily removed by fermenting. When the fermentation is finished, I'm 
> going to plant a few of the seeds to see if I can grow a chocolate tree 
> in my front patio microclimate [doubt it] and roast and grind the rest 
> to make raw chocolate. This sounds like a grammar school science 
> project; too bad [just kidding] I don't have that age kids any more. 
> 
> Island Jim 
> Southwest Florida 
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W 
> Zone 10a 
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C] 
> Maximum 100 F [38 C] 
> 
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