Chocolate, language, and thought: A pilot study
Posted in: Opinion
My first and most vivid recollection of chocolate dates back to the fifties when I was a kid in primary school.I was returning home at 4 Pm and was greeted by my parents and grandmother having tea in the loggia of our home in TunisI was given a small bar of Nestle dark chocolate or sometimes Suchard ( because they had color images of exotic places to be glued in an album) with a piece of fresh bread. My parents had tea and "Petits beurre Lu." I was home.I suspect they too had some chocolate but was too busy to noticeSince then, I have enjoyed many good chocolates. Valrhona has consistently been a source of pleasant memories but never as permanent as my 4 o clock humble bar.Since I was not particularly fond of school, it is possible that the combination of fresh bread and slightly gritty chocolate was peceived as an antidote to the hardship of the day and that Nestle was only the catalyst of pleasure by default. Nevertheless, it is a fond chocolate memory.
