The story of Dove Chocolate: In the spring of 1919, the Royal Family of Luxembourg.
Leon, the kitchen helper, had been cleaning dishes and plates all day, and his hands had many cuts. When he was scrubbing the wounds with salt water, a girl came over and said to him: Hello!
Does it hurt?
This girl was Princess Bazaar who later influenced Leon's life.
This is how the two young people met.
Because Bazaar is only a distant relative of Prince Felix, her status in the royal family is very low, and it is not her turn to taste the rare delicacy - ice cream.
So Leon sneaked into the kitchen every night to make ice cream for Bazaar.
Bazaar teaches Leon English.
The sweetness of the first love lingered between the two young people.
However, in that conservative era where superiority and inferiority were clearly distinguished, due to their special status and situation, none of them expressed their love and buried this feeling silently in their hearts. At the beginning of the 20th century, in order to make Luxembourg the leading position in Europe.
As the status became stronger, Luxembourg and Belgium entered into an alliance. In order to consolidate the relationship between the two countries, royal marriage was the best way, and the chosen one was Princess Bazaar.
For several days, Leon couldn't see Bazaar, and he was very anxious.
Finally, a month later, Basha appeared at the dinner table, but she looked extremely haggard.
When Leon was preparing dessert, he wrote a few English letters in hot chocolate. "DOVE" is the English abbreviation of "DO YOU LOVE ME".
He believed that Basha must have guessed what he was thinking, but Bazaar was in a daze for a long time until the hot chocolate melted.
A few days later, Basha got married.
A year later, Leon left the royal kitchen and quietly came to a high-end restaurant in the United States with a hidden pain in his heart.
The boss here appreciated him very much and promised his daughter to him.
The passage of time, a stable career, and the birth of his son failed to heal the trauma deep in Leon's heart.
His thoughts did not escape his wife's eyes, and she left sadly.
Since then, Leon has been single with his son and running his candy shop.
One day in 1946, Leon saw his son chasing an ice cream truck, and the door of his memory was suddenly opened.
Since Bazaar left, Leon has never made ice cream again.
This time Leon decided: continue the unfinished research.
After several months of careful development, an ice cream rich in cream and wrapped in fragrant chocolate came out, and was engraved with four letters: Dove.
Dove ice cream was very popular when it was launched.
At this time, Leon received a letter from Luxembourg. The letter was written to him by a partner who also worked in the royal kitchen. In the letter, Leon learned that Princess Bazaar had sent people back to the country to inquire about him.
, hoping that he could visit her, but learned that he had gone to the United States.
Due to the impact of World War II, when this letter arrived in Leon's hands, it was already a full year and three days late.
After all the hardships, Leon finally found out about Bazaar.
Basha and Leon were both old at this time. Bazaar lay weakly on the bed, and her once clear eyes became gray.
Leon threw himself beside her bed, big tears falling on the back of her pale hands.
Basha reached out her hand and gently stroked Leon's hair, calling Leon's name in a voice so weak that she couldn't hear it.
Bazaar said that at that time in Luxembourg, she loved Leon very much, refused to marry with a hunger strike, and was detained for a month. She knew that she could never escape the fate of marriage, not to mention that Leon never said he loved her, let alone
Any commitment.
In that era, she finally had no choice but to compromise with her fate. She wanted to have afternoon tea before leaving Luxembourg, because she wanted to say her final farewell to Leon there.
She ate the chocolate ice cream he gave her but didn't see the melted letters.
Hearing this, Leon burst into tears, and the past misunderstanding finally had an answer.
But everything came too late!
Three days later, Basha passed away.
Leon heard from the servant that since Bazaar married, he had been depressed all day long, which led to illness. After learning that he left Luxembourg and got married in the United States, he became ill.
Leon was infinitely sad. If the hot chocolate on the ice cream hadn't melted, and if Bazaar understood his feelings, then she would definitely change her mind and elope with him.
If the chocolate was fixed, the words would never melt and he wouldn't lose his last chance.
Leon decided to create a solid chocolate that would last longer.
Extended information: Taboo ways to eat chocolate: Diabetic patients should eat less or no chocolate (but they can eat sugar-free chocolate).
People with heart pain should avoid eating chocolate, especially if their heart feels burning after eating chocolate, they should stop eating it.
This is because chocolate contains a substance that stimulates stomach acid.
Mothers need to breastfeed their newborns after delivery. Excessive consumption of chocolate will have adverse effects on the baby's development.