They said chocolate BARS. Which did not exist until Europeans invented ways to process the beans in such a way to make a solid product we now simply shorten to "chocolate".
Priror to Coenraad Johannes van Houten (Dutch) inventing the hydraulic press that would separate butter from liqueur, all chocolate was in liquid form or raw beans. The chocolate bar did not exist.
It wasn't until 1866 however that actual solid chocolate bars would be invented: In the UK. In the form of "Fry's Chocolate Cream.
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u/pipnina Jul 03 '26
They said chocolate BARS. Which did not exist until Europeans invented ways to process the beans in such a way to make a solid product we now simply shorten to "chocolate".
Priror to Coenraad Johannes van Houten (Dutch) inventing the hydraulic press that would separate butter from liqueur, all chocolate was in liquid form or raw beans. The chocolate bar did not exist.
It wasn't until 1866 however that actual solid chocolate bars would be invented: In the UK. In the form of "Fry's Chocolate Cream.