When I first read the paper again, I enjoyed the first few paragraphs where I had used the information I had researched. I felt that I was able to make the information and paper flow the best in these paragraphs. The part of my paper that needs the most work would be the ending. Not only do I not have a clear conclusion, but the compare and contrast section does not tie into the rest of the paper. The compare and contrast is needed for the paper in order to meet the requirements of the paper, but it could be tied into the rest of the information better.
My partner helped to point out specific sentences and parts of my paper that were the best like, "Whole isles in the grocery store can be dedicated to this one food." This would help me to add other points similar in order to make the paper even better. For this paper I plan to revise the compare and contrast section of the paper in order to make it stronger and more effective. I also plan to add a clear conclusion to the paper to tie all of the points together.
Chocolate, Chocolate, and More Chocolate!
The ancient cultures of Mexico and Central America were of the first known to develop anything chocolate. Spicy, frothy drinks were their specialty made from ground cacao beans and various seasonings. Later, chocolate was developed upon by Spanish Conquistadors who brought the seeds back home to Spain
According to merriamwebster.com, chocolate is explained simply as a food prepared from ground roasted cacao beans. About.com explains the process more in depth. Cocoa butter and cocoa powder are mixed together with other ingredients to produce chocolate. The cocoa powder and butter are products of the fermenting, roasting, drying, and grinding of cacao beans into cocoa liquor. The different products produced from the cacao bean can be developed into the many favorites of people today. Everyone enjoys a hot chocolate on a cold winter day, or sneaking chocolate chips before mom adds them to her home made cookies.
Not only is chocolate delicious to eat, but it is found to have many health benefits as well. Medterms.com explains how chocolate is rich in flavinoids which act as antioxidants. These flavinoids improve blood flow by regulating the synthesis of nitric oxide which dilates the blood vessels. This basically means that chocolate can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Of course, no one should go around basing their diets only on chocolate, but research goes to show that chocolate is not bad for a person’s health.
In class we had the opportunity to taste and compare different types of chocolate. These chocolates included Dove with almonds, Godiva, Original Dove, Original Hershey, Hershey Symphony, and Lindt. When tasting each of the chocolates, they each had a similar texture, all smooth and creamy, except for the Dove Almond, due to the almonds. Along with texture, they each had very similar tastes as well. All had an overall rich, sweet, and creamy taste. Godiva was a bit dryer than the rest, and symphony had more of a nutty taste than the others. It was difficult to tell whether the different chocolates had any smell at all, but if one were to describe the scent of these chocolates it would be a sweet smell.
The differences between the chocolates were really found in the packaging. Each was wrapped in a unique and fun blanket of aluminum foil and paper. The regular Dove was the only chocolate not produced as a large, breakable rectangle. Instead, they were individual squares wrapped in aluminum foil with inspirational sayings on the back. These sayings show that the chocolates are mostly targeted towards women, meaning the main consumers are women. The other chocolates were large rectangles with pre-cut squares for the consumer to break off. Each had the brand stamped into the chocolate, used as a simple reminder to tell you which chocolate to keep buying. Each was wrapped in foil, either silver or gold. The gold was then wrapped in a paper slip with the brand big and bold right on front. Some of the chocolates like the Hershey Symphony had fun cursive writing and used old fashioned colors, reminding you of an old candy shop. Others like dove had fun colors like bright blue with bold writing. Each of the packages would draw a different consumer, but that is the goal of the company. For example, Dove would draw more of a female based clientele, while Hershey tends to target children. Overall, each company does a fine job of making their chocolates seen and setting their product above the rest.
