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Chocolate love
posted by jenni on November 9th, 2014 at 11:05AM

"Apparently, the most notable example of chocolate rage occurred in 1648 when the women of Chiapas Real arranged for the murder of their bishop who forbade them to drink chocolate during mass"
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posted by dennisn on November 9th, 2014 at 8:26PM

Hmmm. That's a cute story. Might work well on a chocolate box. But there is no doubt a lot more depth behind it if one cared to look. Ie., they didn't really kill him because of the chocolate prohibition.