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Settings and Products. Santo Domingo. cocoa beans coconuts bananas. ice cloth. Maine. Drying in the sun takes out the bitterness. From Pod to Bean. Scoop out the white pulp and pale beans. Split the ripe pod open. Spread the beans and pulp on banana leaves.
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Settings and Products Santo Domingo cocoa beans coconuts bananas ice cloth Maine Drying in the sun takes out the bitterness. From Pod to Bean Scoop out the white pulp and pale beans. Split the ripe pod open. Spread the beans and pulp on banana leaves. Cover everything with more banana leaves. Let them dry in the sun. Conch You can hear the sea if you hold the shell to your ear. Mama steams the conch and picks out the meat A type of shellfish. Trading in Santo Domingo The first person to get to the schooner will have a better chance to trade for what they want. Ice and cloth are traded for cocoa beans, bananas and coconuts. The girls trade a conch shell and a balsam bag through Uncle Jacob.
Ice Harvesting If it snows, the ice won’t freeze, so holes are tapped in the ice. After the river freezes, the ice is first grooved with a cutter. The ice is then cut and put in the icehouse. Trading the Ice The ice is loaded into the schooner. The ice is covered with sawdust and hay so it won’t melt. The Girls’ Thoughts Both girls like chocolate.
