FratFiles

• Save Paper

History of Brownies

Chocolate, made from native American cocoa beans, was first consumed as a beverage like coffee, soon afterwards sweetened with sugar, which itself was very expensive until the mid-18th century. By 1780 John Hanan had opened the first chocolate factory under the financing of Dr. James Baker (the inventor of "Baker's Chocolate," a product still made by General Mills, Inc.). Cocoa powder didn't come along until 1828, and the first chocolate bar, made by the Cadbury Company of England, didn't come along until 1842. Chocolate cakes, were not popular and it was probably an American baker who baked the first of them, and the brownie, which would be made with unsweetened or dark chocolate, was among the first. Its texture is somewhat chewy rather than cake-like, gives the brownie its appeal, and there are those who prefer it more like fudge than cake, which further sets it apart from traditional cakes. The first known recipe for Brownies was published in the 1897......

View the rest of this paper...

Approximate Word Count: 788
Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

Similar Essays

1. Ode On A Grecian Urn
   

   ode on a grecian urn. "Always is as scary a word as never. That phrase relates
   to the theme of Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn", which ...

2. Ode On A Grecian Urn
   

   Ode on a grecian urn. Ode on a Grecian Urn John Keats uses symbolism in Ode on a
   Grecian Urn. ... Ode on a Grecian Urn and Ode to a nightingale are fairly familiar. ...

3. Differences In &Quot;Ode On Grecian Urn&Quot; And &Quot;Sailing To Byzantium&Quot;
   

   Differences In "ode On Grecian Urn" And "sailing To Byzantium". ... In the "Ode on a
   Grecian Urn" and "Sailing to Byzantium" we see these differences. ...

4. Differences In &Quot;Ode On Grecian Urn&Quot; And &Quot;Sailing To Byzantium&Quot;
   

   Differences In "ode On Grecian Urn" And "sailing To Byzantium". ... In the "Ode on a
   Grecian Urn" and "Sailing to Byzantium" we see these differences. ...

5. Ode On A Grecian Urn - Critical Analysis
   

   Ode On A Grecian Urn - Critical Analysis. "More happy love! ... However, this
   is not the case in John Keats's poem, Ode on a Grecian Urn. ...