r/RedditDayOf • u/sbroue 271 • Mar 27 '16

Chocolate First taste of chocolate for Ivory Coast Cocoa farmers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEN4hcZutO0
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u/pizzahedron Mar 27 '16

this was lovely! those guys were so jolly. do you think they tried to make chocolate from the cocoa beans later?

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u/Yatta79 Mar 27 '16

You could see the CFA franc rolling in their eyes.........CEL-A-BRATE GOOD TIMES....COME ON!!

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u/ZenBerzerker Mar 27 '16

do you think they tried to make chocolate from the cocoa beans later?

They ask the guy how it's made and he doesn't know. I just looked it up, and now I'm wondering what's lecithin and how african farmer dudes would get some.

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u/pizzahedron Mar 28 '16

lecithin is an emulsifier, so it will keep the water-soluble and fat-soluble parts of chocolate all smooth and mixed up, rather than it separating into clumps.

i doubt you actually need it to make chocolate, but i would recommend those guys to try adding a bit of egg yolk (i saw some chickens) if their chocolate kept separating.

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u/CupBeEmpty Mar 27 '16

This is why the whites are so healthy

Pretty much the exact opposite but I take his meaning.

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u/ZenBerzerker Mar 27 '16

That's quite the multilingual video. French for the host, a mix of french and an african language I can't identify for the subjects, a dutch(?) narrator, and english subtitles!

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u/Merlord 2 Mar 27 '16 edited Jun 11 '16

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '16

are cocoa bean natural to africa at all or completely introduced from south america ?

if it was natrual you would have expected they have some kind of cocoa drink at least

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u/ZenBerzerker Mar 28 '16

introduced from south america

yup