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Xipe Totec

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1. Del Tropico - Ruben Dario

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Sep 14, 2017, 08:04 PM

Sep 2017

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Y la patrona, bate que bate,
me regocija con la ilusión
de una gran taza de chocolate,
que ha de pasarme por el gaznate
con la tostada y el requesón.

https://www.poemas-del-alma.com/del-tropico.htm

Ruben Dario immortalized the preparation of chocolate by that ancient method in this, one of his most famous poems.

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Watch a Modern Chocolatier Use an Ancient Technique to Make a Delicious Hot Chocolate Drink [View all] Judi Lynn Sep 2017 OP

Del Tropico - Ruben Dario Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #1

So glad to see this poem, and learn about Ruben Dario. Judi Lynn Sep 2017 #4

And the other reference is the title of that novel "Like Water for Chocolate" Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #2

Never knew that, until now! Thank you. n/t Judi Lynn Sep 2017 #3

Should have said hot enough to dissolve chocolate Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #5

Thank you for the deeper explanation. Judi Lynn Sep 2017 #6