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25 minutes ago, chromedome said:For shaving a block of chocolate? (based on that last remark...)
Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner! Yes, it's made to shave block chocolate to serve the demand of 17th Century Europeans crazed for hot chocolate. Ironically, this craze was a major driver of the world's slave trade well into the 1800s.
2 minutes ago, chromedome said:For shaving a block of chocolate? (based on that last remark...)
Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner! Yes, it's made to shave block chocolate to serve the demand of 17th Century Europeans crazed for hot chocolate. Ironically, this craze was a major diver of the world's slave trade well into the 1800s.
By Dave Hatfield,
