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Taken from Flickr user guelphguy
Cacao pods in Chuao
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Taken from Flickr user Lall
Splitting a Cacao Pod
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Taken from Flickr user Bibi
The cacao of A-name comradeship. Моscow
I have always wanted to own a fresh cacao pod. Yes, really.
I would like to take the brightly-coloured pod and split it open and see the seeds inside it, the bits that I know go on to become chocolate. I have always wanted to smell the seeds inside and find out if they smell chocolatey or just like so much vegetable mush; also to smell the raw cacao when it’s been dried- I imagine that plunging my nose in I would find it has a really complex aroma.
Of course I would also like to eat it. I suppose it will be quite sharp but again filled with interesting flavours, and I guess it would be quite chewy. I must buy some bits to munch and explore, but it wouldn’t be as exciting to me as having the pod, even if it does turn out to smell and taste like a potato.
