Chocolate in George Washington's America

Have you ever wondered where chocolate comes from, or how it became so common in our society? Did you know that George and Martha Washington also consumed chocolate?
The chocolate we eat today is pretty different from what the Washingtons enjoyed. For one thing, it was not possible to walk into a store and just buy a candy bar. Sometimes George Washington had to wait weeks to receive his chocolate orders. It also tasted very different: chocolate in Washington's time contained no milk or sugar.
And while there are many differences in how we eat chocolate today, the way we make chocolate has not really changed!
Learn more at www.mountvernon.org/chocolate

[@InfidelNewton_1775]

I love Geroge Washington.

[@c_0w770]

Who doesn’t

[@ednakelley814]

@@c_0w770 Liberal democrats don't.

[@Tsar_Nman]

Edna Kelley can we not get history political

[@ednakelley814]

@@Tsar_Nman What did I say that was not true?

[@Tsar_Nman]

Edna Kelley why can’t everyone have there own political views without being Chastised by the other groups

[@bbmeow2740]

I was lucky enough to see this process at Mount Vernon when I visited a few years ago.

[@alorahendershot7264]

i agree

[@amywright2243]

Fascinating! Love seeing the reenactors sharing their knowledge. Now, off to make a cup of hot chocolate!

[@tultsi93]

Thank you very much, George Washington. Now I want chocolate ice cream.

[@Youssoupoff.]

yAY! another video! keep on uploading! this channel is amazing!

[@ligiarodriguez9780]

this is the way hot chocolate is made in Colombia to this day , a very similar pot and wooden mixer thing is found in every home 💕 just made the nerd me very happy

[@jrglenn2]

same thing in mexico too

[@squirrelvert]

That is so awesome! I had no idea this tradition conditioned on there, uninterrupted, for all those years! ¡Gracias, antiguas mesoamericanas, por el regalo del chocolate!!

[@squirrelvert]

@@jrglenn2Very, very cool! My sister-in-law's mother is from Mexico -- I'll have to ask her about what this was like when she was growing up!

[@ericb8217]

Love to see a video in Washington and BBQ. I have read he enjoyed it.

[@jordanhughett9182]

Brenda Parker is absolutely wonderful. She is such a resource for Mount Vernon. Please keep up the good work.

[@7ajhubbell]

Thank you for sharing this delightful experience!

[@pjstatenisland1575]

The tea cups in the 18th century did not have handles and they actually mixed the liquid, usually tea, in the cup then poured it into the saucers, which were more like small bowls, and drank from that!

[@alfredfreedomjones5105]

Y’all are getting more popular 💞

[@alorahendershot7264]

they are

[@tomy.1846]

What an outstanding video! Thank you! 😎👍

[@Sharpbevel]

That was fascinating, educational and fun! Thank you for posting the video. The young lady hosting the video did a great job.

[@kaitlynmckessy4250]

I honestly believed that chocolate wasn't available in the United States until the 1800's.

[@timg3504]

I love Brenda. Such a sweet lady.

[@alorahendershot7264]

same

[@JENDALL714]

Washington should have grown cocoa beans at Mt. Vernon and made his own chocolate, he could have had another cash crop.

[@rosskardon7195]

I do not think cocoa could have possibly grown in the climate of the Mount Vernon area.

[@thatanimekid6060]

Watching chocolate be made makes me want some

[@alorahendershot7264]

i agree

[@piusx8317]

More of these please 👌

[@karencooper-ray6680]

That was SO interesting! Thank you!

[@tholsten8750]

Thank you that was amazing! I will be thinking about this stuff the next time I eat chocolate. :)

[@janineharrison5186]

How informative! Excellent video.

[@carolem9134]

Awesome,awesome video thank you for sharing.🙂

[@susanweaver2866]

I love chocolate. I love my Great Uncle George Washington. I even look like George Washington, but I am a woman. I really don't like that! That I look exactly like him, not that I'm a woman. I like being a woman.

[@alorahendershot7264]

same

[@joeswanson733]

imagine if george washington walks into a supermarket and tried a hershey bar george washington: i'll take everything that you have. pulls out a bag of gold coins.

[@burrichgrrl57]

I appreciate that you were clear about the use of slaves at Mount Vernon.

[@ednakelley814]

Who didnt know there were slaves there? Not like it was a secret.

[@yankeedoodle7365]

Very correct from I know

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Love it!

[@stephenburns3678]

Thank you

[@sandrafrazier3423]

Very informative

[@MB-us9eq]

Gw best president!

[@alorahendershot7264]

oh i agree

[@angelinale1264]

wow yummy i love chocolate it is so good

[@Nickname10344]

Chocolate? Where did you acquire it? It is a delicacy in the Amazon but has not yet been imported to the United States...

[@alorahendershot7264]

i love chocolate

[@KateFergeson]

Love love love you...and chocolate 🍫

[@Gypsyqueen-lt7tq]

Me watching this video while drinking chocolate milk:😎

[@Baby_Xwoozy]

That is so cool about chocolate in in a secret

[@alorahendershot7264]

i am going to eat chocolate everyday now even tomorrow

[@yolandalumpkin1605]

Basically pancakes with syrup.

[@alorahendershot7264]

yes

[@alorahendershot7264]

it is my birthday tomorrow

[@thatanimekid6060]

No sugar ew

[@alorahendershot7264]

gross

[@JENDALL714]

American's may stray, but they'll always return to their dark master.... the cocoa bean!

[@alorahendershot7264]

i agree but gross

[@leifewald5117]

Chocolate? Did you say chocolate?

[@fastsetinthewest]

Looks like the Chocolate plant is faced with diseases. Chocolate might not survive. Eaglegards 🦅...

[@johnkeviljr9625]

Martha Washington did NOT look like the Martha in this production at all.

[@kerenchavez286]

Do you have comments about yourself in how do you do that for being a lady and the first comic how do you know how about this story about

[@Ronbo710]

I've had sugarless chocolate. No thanks.

[@faithlesshound5621]

So North Americans could add milk to their chocolate, but not chillies? Sacrilege!

[@AndreaLaEmpresa444]

I’m surprised this form of chocolate wasn’t enslaved as well...😐 Thank you for the informative video!

[@ednakelley814]

when everything you see is defined by color, this is the comments you see

[@suziecreamcheese211]

Andrea. WTF are you talking about?

[@alorahendershot7264]

@@suziecreamcheese211 why so rude to that person

[@alorahendershot7264]

@@suziecreamcheese211 who

[@tammanthashaw9299]

Chocolate is grown and produce in. Africa, etc, during George Washington times and slavery, it was our people that picked and did the labor. George Washington was just like any other slave owner, didnt give a damn about owning human beings, when two to three or more slaves ran away frim his estate, he put out ads and track them down.

[@Cynnas]

Chocolate from Africa? LOL. And your rant about Washington owning slaves is utterly ridiculous. This video is about chocolate not the horrors of slave ownership. Stop that nonsense, it's OK to talk about different aspects of history especially when they address his slave ownership elsewhere.

[@ednakelley814]

@@Cynnas well they have to virtue signal on every post about history.

[@tultsi93]

Chocolate comes from America, not Africa. Chocolate wasn't known before America was found. And besides, George Washington changed his views about slavery in his old days. It was challenging to him because of his family background and his dependence on slaves, it was still a progress.

[@ednakelley814]

@@tultsi93 You're correct. coco The Aztecs used it. But it was more bitter than sweet.

[@lament666]

OK