It was sacred and an plentiful crop.
The Mayans believed it had a medicinal purpose. the "witch doctors" or healers, would mix cocoa with water, honey, and chili peppers for the sick to drink. they would include cocoa in religious ceremonies and offerings for the gods.
The Mayans introduced the concept of zero to mathematics and an astronomical calendar. Much of modern Mexican cuisine is Aztec, including the use of chilis and cocoa. They also domesticated the turkey.
they were in a sense but they had a different economy. for example they used cocoa beans (main chocolate ingredient) as a major amount of money
Chocolate as we know it today is made from cocoa mass and cocoa butter and a lot of other chemicals. Before chocolate today was invented cocoa was used as a flavoring. People would have eaten most things apart from chocolate.
I think that the paste contains a lot of fat, called "cocoa butter" which is extracted..
cocoa beans
Mayan and Aztec Civilizations.
Cocoa beans.
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Culturally as well as demographically: Many ancient Mayan and Aztec traditions are well preserved such as the cultivation of cocoa, tomato, beans and corn; the cult to many ancient idols that later were "exchanged" for Christian Saints or many small but present details such as the different uses of the letter 'X' in Mexico. On the demographic side, both Aztec and Mayan people had interracial marriages with the invading Spanish conquistadores, resulting on the distinctive ethnic group that composes almost two thirds of Mexico's population: the mestizo people.
it is calld coco.
beans
CHRISTIANITY, COCOA, AND GOLD
The Aztec were the first to use the cocoa bean as a food resource
The word comes from Southeastern Mexico and Central America including the Aztec language. An area from which Cocoa originates
mandatory education amung their peoples. cocoa bean (chocolate!) popcorn antispasmadic medication (relaxed muscles..today, helps with surgeries)