#xocolatl

Kroelian SINISTEA & POLTEAGEIST (Fire/Fairy)

They are based in traditional mexican hot chocolate, their hotness and spicyness are why they are a fire type, as they are so hot they constantly produce steam, their spicyness is a reference to how originally chocolate was made with chilli, this is also why there are some little chillis included in the design

their shiny colors are based on "Arroz con Leche" a traditional sweet rice pudding often served hot and also spiced with cinammon, just like chocolate

SINISTEA is based on a Mayan spouted cup, the spout is used pretty much like a straw to drink the chocolate

POLTEAGEIST is based on the Rio Azul chocolate vessel, a pot that was used to store chocolate

The wooden club POLTEAGEIST is holding is a "Molinillo", is a wooden tool used during the preparation of Chocolate to mix the solid chocolate with the milk or water in the pot, you need to give one to SINISTEA for it to evolve into POLTEAGEIST

I love that the Mayans were in ways a chocolate based society, like they were the closest we have gotten to a sweet utopian society!💜

The huge baby formula recall at the first of 2022 (and the resulting massive shortage because so few companies produce it) really highlighted just how central baby food is to a culture, even though it doesn't really get discussed much until something goes wrong. People also forget companies like Nestlé had huge scandals in the 70s and 80s for trying to scare women away from breast milk.

The reality is, without the companies involved, powdered drinks have an incredibly long and fairly well documented history. Groups like pre-contact Natives hydrated themselves and their babies with nutrient rich sources using a variety of techniques.

Corn milk, much like almond milk or soy milk, is produced by soaking and then grinding the seed and straining out the fluid. This provides both a high-grain mush as well as all the various micronutrients from the plant. This can also be done with sunflower seeds, or potato.

So I just made xocolatl inspired from Bruno's recipe in "Among the Emeralds" by @thecrazyashley-blog :

Xocolatl

1 tablea chocolate (or quarter cup dark chocolate)

1 cup water

1 cup milk

1 dash cinnamon

1 dash chili powder, adjust for preference

1 tbsp honey

Splash of rum, optional

Boing boing boing!

There was a time when Shailaja couldn't stand up yet. Unfortunately this time didn't last long ... X ')

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Boing boing boing !