Hábitos alimenticios - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 14:13:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Hábitos alimenticios - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Presence of chocolatiers in Burgos households during the 18th century https://historylab.es/presence-of-chocolatiers-in-burgos-households-during-the-18th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=presence-of-chocolatiers-in-burgos-households-during-the-18th-century Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:20 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/presencia-de-chocolateras-en-los-hogares-de-burgos-durante-el-siglo-xviii/ Table showing the percentage of Burgos households that had chocolate makers among their possessions during the 18th century

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]]> During the 18th century, the consumption of chocolate was increasingly present in the material culture and in the diet of a large part of the population, and chocolate was found in Castilian households on a regular basis, but it did not reach everyone equally. According to the professions and income levels, chocolate could be found to a greater or lesser extent in homes, as we will see below.
As far as the presence of chocolate makers is concerned, a steady increase can be seen in 18th century Burgos households, which points to a growing consumption of this product with the tools to prepare it already in place in the homes. It is not just a question of the mere ingestion of chocolate, but of trends that affect the material culture of the eighteenth century in a contrasting way.
The use of chocolate pots and their introduction and enjoyment in the different social classes shows great contrasts, with the most privileged showing a clear fever for eating chocolate – reaching 100% of households – while the humblest families, with fewer possibilities of acquiring foods considered exotic, did so in a more sustained way. Clergymen were the most likely to incorporate these foods into their diet, rising from 60% of households between 1700 and 1730 to no less than 94.7% by the end of the century.

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