chocolate facts

some things i recently found out about chocolate. and we all know I love chocolate!!!

1. It is a known fact that chocolate has caffeine in it. But did you know that you would have to eat more then a dozen chocolate bars to get the same amount of caffeine from a cup of coffee? There are about 5 to 10 mg's of caffeine in one ounce of bitter chocolate, 5 mgs in milk chocolate, and 10mgs in a six-ounce cup of cocoa.

2. Chocolate is actually a valuable energy source. A single chocolate chip can provide enough energy for an adult human to walk 150 ft.

3. Chocolate has great health benefits. It helps with depression, high blood pressure, Tumors and Pre-menstrual syndromes.

4. Chocolate does not cause or aggravate acne, this is a myth.

5. One ounce of baking chocolate or cocoa contains 10% of the daily recommended intake of iron.

6. Chocolate can be deadly for dogs. Chocolate contains an ingredient called "Theobromine" which can be toxic to a dogs central nervous system and cardiac muscles.

7. People spend more than $7 billion dollars a year on chocolate.

8. The per capita consumption of chocolate indicates that each person consumes 12 pounds of chocolate each year.

9. Milk Chocolate is the most preferred type of chocolate, however dark chocolate is especially popular among men.

10. In Alfred Hitchcock's movie "Psycho" chocolate syrup was used to indicate blood in the famous shower scene.


source: http://www.infobarrel.com/10_Facts_about_Chocolate

yeast

I baked bread today. I made four loaves, and within an hour, there was only half a loaf left. I got the recipe from my Memoir professor last semester, and have wanted to try it for quite some time. So, today I skipped church and spent a relaxing two and a half hours in the kitchen baking bread.

now that I know I can do it, I want to make different kinds of bread. Aaron suggested tomato Basil like the bread at Panera. I'd imagine I could just add tomato paste and basil to the dough. We shall see.


stay tuned next week for Jollie Green Smoothies, an idea I got from FatFreeVegan.com, one of my new favorite blogs.


I enjoy baking and cooking. I think I'll do it more often. If my bread was a hit and my Hummus was a hit, I'm sure my other ideas will go over well too.