Aztecs

The Aztecs smoking chocolate appears to be nothing more than a Simpsons joke (albeit a very good one).

According to Wikipedia they drank it.

Chocolate

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Meena Mohan,akaMeenakshi ,aka,Miley Howards

Many people consider a kiwi fruit to be an Aztec fruit. A kiwi fruit is typically peeled and cut in slices to serve as part of a fruit salad. It reminds one of a citrus fruit.

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The Aztec's used the cacao beans for money. With that, they would trade with the merchants for other goods.

There is another answer about this that is correct in that it was used to build... more specifically... this is working off old memory, but it was combined into both the mortar/ mud for houses and also for farming. Specific plants need a high pH (more basic) to grow than others.

Lime is also not easily soluble in water, and I believe the Aztecs coated all their structures with lime to protect them from erosion.

They usually spread beans and cheese on them.

Corn was the staple grain of the Aztec Empire but they also included beans and squash. Maize is eaten at almost every meal and in a variety of ways, but the most important is the tortilla.

The Aztecs did have surplus. The surplus they had was food (corn and bean) and with that surplus they had TIME. They had time to do many other things like decorating there house, like art, and with that it leaded them to specialized jobs. Pottery, craftsmen, and many other more. Time is a very big key to surplus

The most important food in their diet was maize. It came in a large variety of styles varying in color, texture, size and prestige and was eaten as tortillas, tamales, ect. They also a variety of plants and ate animals such as fish,squash,corn,jicama, shrimp, deer, turkeys, and even a breed of small dog which is now extinct.

The Aztecs drank a liquid form of chocalte that had no sugar in it and one of their kings drank this form of chocolate by the gallons.

They used pots and pans to cook their food in the midddle of the house and on the roof there is a hole for the smoke to come through!

The Aztecs drank a hot chocolate drink. It was very bitter, as no sugar or cream was added to sweeten it like hot chocolates are commonly made today. Often some Chile powder was put in, too, to add more flavor and spice.

The two more well known drinks that the Aztecs drank were chocolate base drinks and octli.

Ancient Aztencs and Mayan cultures highly values cacao and chocolate. They were used in religious ceremonies (in beverage form), medicinal, and sometimes used as money. Cacao was used in conjunction with flavorings like flowers and chili.They were generally reserved for adult males, priests, high governemtn officials, military officers, distinguished warriors, and occasionally sacrificial victims for ritual purposes. This was because chocolate drink was perceived as intoxicating and stimulating and was regarded as being unstuitable for women and children.

"Among the more well-known spices were chenopodium, coriander and sage. Vanilla, extracted from the pods of a species of orchid, was among the most esteemed flavorings. Chocolate was prepared by grinding roasted cacao beans, sometimes with parched corn, and them mixing the powder with vanilla orchid pods or sweetened with honey. Like tea and coffee, this beverage is rich in caffeine and was much prized in ancient Mesoamerica."

---The Aztecs, Townsend (p. 173)

A first-hand account of Aztec chocolate-making was written in 1556 by an anonymous European explorer:

"These seeds, which they call cacao, are ground and made into powder and put into certain vessels that have a spout. Then they add water and stir it with a spoon, and after it is well mixed they pour it back and forth from one vessel to another until it is foamy. The foam is gathered and put in a cup, and when they are ready to drink the beverage they beat it with some small spoons made if gold. To drink it one must open the mouth wide, for since it has a froth it is necessary to make room for it to dissolve and go in gradually. This drink is the most wholesome and substantial of any food or beverage in the world, because whoever drinks a cup of this can go through the day without taking anything else even if he is on a journey, and it is better in warm weather than in cold, since it is a cold drink."

A common misconception perpatuated online is that the Aztecs drank cacao hot, with milk, or cooked with cacao. The Ancient Aztecs drank chocolate based drinks cold and did not cook with it. The practice of cooking with chocolate was introduced by the Spanish and continues to live through the well known Mexican dish, Mole Poblano. As for the misconception of milk being utilized by the Aztecs, it is well known they had no large domestic animals (unlike the Inca's of Peru) and did not milk animals. New world cattle were introduced to the Americas in 1493 on Columbus' second trip.

Another Aztic drink was the octli, which is an alcoholic drink that was used only by nobility, royalty and warriors. "It was produced from the sap of the maguey plant. The sap was placed in a large jug and allowed to rot. A good maker of octli would boil it until it had the consistency of honey, while bad vendors would water the drink down. If a nobleman consumed too much of the drink and become intoxicated, he was put to death."

The Aztecs had a unusual farming technique. The Aztecs lived in the middle of a lake. So, to solve their farming problem, they wove baskets, put dirt and a crop seed, and finally placed it on the lake. When it's time to harvest the crop, they just pull it toward the land and collect the crop. Too bad that technique isn't used today. :( That would be totally wicked!! :)

Chocolate Drink

Before maize could be processed into nutritionally sound foods, the kernels needed to be shorn from the cob and soaked in an alkaline solution of water, limestone, and a source of calcium hydrochloride called nixtamal. To make tortillas, Aztec women ground the kernels into a flour on a metlatl, or metate (grinding stone), and shaped the dough into flat, thin circular pieces of bread. These tortillas were then cooked on a comalli, or comal (clay griddle) and served fresh or stored for later meals. The presence of the tortilla in several rituals testifies to its significance within Aztec culture. Durán recounts that unmarried girls dedicated to the temple carried offerings of tortillas in ceremonial bowls to the temple at dawn. He also describes a custom during the feast of Tlacaxipehualiztli consisting of people wearing twisted honey tortillas and dancing all day. Sahagún recounts that a tortilla replaced the sacrificial blade in simulation sacrifices. He also witnessed dancing priests wearing S-shaped tortillas. Even in superstition, the tortilla played a role; if a woman's tortilla folded on itself on the comalli, she would say that a visitor coming to see her had kicked it over to signal her arrival. The tortilla provided more than just physical sustenance. A more ancient maize-based creation was the tamalli. A grainy dough, shaped into balls, formed the body of the tamale, which could also be formed into pointed, rolled, and adobe shapes. Stuffed with beans-second only to maize in the Aztec diet and served at every meal-or chilies, the dough was then wrapped in maize leaves and steamed in a large clay pot. Variations of the tamale included fillings of amaranth seeds, maize flowers, honey, beeswax, turkey eggs, and cherries. Both the tortilla and the tamale, in different variations, are still eaten today. Like the tortilla, the tamale also played a significant cultural role in Aztec communities, and Aztec residents acknowledged its importance in the feast of Atamalcualiztli (Eating of Water Tamales). Every eight years, in this seven-day observance, Aztecs ate plain tamales steamed in water; lime, ash, flavoring, chilies, and peppers were not included in the recipe. This pure method of cooking the tamales ritually allowed the maize a moment of freedom from the tortures of being worked and seasoned. Women also ground maize kernels to make pinole, or gruel, in a variety of recipes-gruel with honey, with honey and chilies, and with honey, fish, and amaranth seeds.

Aztecs didn't have any animals from the big five or six (cow-donkey-horse-sheep-pig-camel) and they worked on man power and they only had one animal but it was useless in everything only that it's a food source which is the turkey

The Incas had the llamas but it was used to carry stuff and food source also fur source but wasn't a good transportation animal or war animal

the Aztecs used to eat cocoa beans before war to gain strength. they also used it instead of money.

Wait i will find out and tell u btw good question!

The Aztecs did make tamales

In those times chocolate was a very big thing. It was worth a lot. So this is the reason the Aztecs used chocolate as money. :)

the Aztecs eat food like duck,dogs,cats and fish. they sometimes, if they had no other food available, ate other Aztecs so they were half amphibians .

-I assume you mean cannibals because amphibians are a cold-blooded vertebrate of the animal class of Amphibia

because the aztecs used chocolate as currency