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Rodolphe Lindt invented the "conche," a revolutionary technique by which he made LINDT Surfin, the world's first smooth melting chocolate.
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The beaches around there had small conche shells covering them.
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The earlier Eng. form was perh. conche, pl. conches, from Fr.: many pronounce kɒnʃ, kɒnʃɪz.
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It. conca, Pr. conca, concha, Sp. and Pg. concha, F. conque 16th c., formerly also conche.
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Then in 1878, a Swiss manufacturer named Rudolphe Lindt invented the conche, a machine which ground cacao beans, sugar, and milk powder slowly for hours and even days, and developed a much finer consistency than had been possible before.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Refining Texture and Flavor The original conche was a mechanized version of the Mayan stone grinding slab: a heavy granite roller moved back and forth over a granite bed, both mixing the ingredients together and grinding the still somewhat coarse particles to a finer size.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Then in 1878, a Swiss manufacturer named Rudolphe Lindt invented the conche, a machine which ground cacao beans, sugar, and milk powder slowly for hours and even days, and developed a much finer consistency than had been possible before.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Refining Texture and Flavor The original conche was a mechanized version of the Mayan stone grinding slab: a heavy granite roller moved back and forth over a granite bed, both mixing the ingredients together and grinding the still somewhat coarse particles to a finer size.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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It is the women, too, who bring water from the fountains for their household use, in A copper vessels (_conche_) holding from two to three gallons: these are placed on the head, and carried self-balancing sometimes for long distances.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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At a fair held at Frosinone, Caper once saw several women, each one carrying on her head two of these conche filled with water, one balanced on the other; and this for half a mile up a steep road, from the fountain at the foot of the mountain, to the town above.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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A machine equipped with heavy rollers that move back and forth through chocolate paste to refine the flavor and texture. The process can take from a few hours to several days.
February 9, 2007