Talk:History of chocolate

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[edit] Medicinal usage

This article fails on just about every level, not to mention ignoring two of the most important parts of the history of chocolate: its controversial origins in the Olmec language and its medicinal use as outlined in the Aztec codices. —Viriditas | Talk 04:39, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm not in agreement that those are the most important things to include in this article about the history of chocolate, but if you've got the time, why not add what you know to the article instead of complaining about what you see as missing? As for the olmec, since Cacao usage spread before the olmec, and apparently from south to north, I'm not sure the cacao linguistic data is all that interesting. The article doesn't even begin to cover the interesting parts of precolumbian chocolate usage. Where's the cacao beverage that intoxicates? Where is cacao in ritual? and so forth. Rsheptak 23:25, 22 August 2007 (UTC)