Chris Bacon wrote:
Dave Liquorice wrote:
Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:
Someone else wrote, but the attributions were munged *YET AGAIN*:
Cocoa powder isn't cocoa solids though.

So what *is* it? Educate me please!

"Cocoa powder" as bought in the shops to make chocolate drinks is a
mixture of dried milk, sugar and a bit of cocoa. The proportions vary
depending on method of making the drink or intended use. Cocoa powder
intended for cooking (cakes, etc) won't have as much dried milk as one
intended for a drink.

Rubbish. I have two containers of cocoa in the cupboard. One
contains "100% cocoa powder", the other ditto, but "organic".

Cocoa powder is and always has been pure cocoa, as in "Bournville" etc.
Are you buying Drinking Chocolate instead of cocoa powder? That's meant for
drinks..... pure Cocoa is just cocoa, and nothing more; you can make a drink
out of it by adding milk & sugar, but it's the thing you buy if you are
wanting for cooking and baking.... Unless you are lucky enough to live near
a south american food store where you might get chunks of pure mexican cocoa
(intended for drinks, ironically, but much more the real thing).

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