chocolate mousse
The name (Theobroma cacao) was
actually given to the plant in
1753 by Carl von Linne, who was a
Swedish scientist. The binomial
system we now use to classify all
living things was created by this
scientist, his system replaced the
more complicated Latin sentences
used to describe things. He gave
the cacao or chocolate tree the
first part of its name Theobroma
because it actually means food of
the gods. Von Linne was known to
be a lover of chocolate, but he
felt the word cacao was archaic so
he put it at the end as the actual
name of the tree. Because
binomial names are rarely used in
everyday language, the tree and
all of its products before
processing became known as cacao.
chocolate mousse
chocolate fondue
