Glossary

1- Panatelle: The word “Panatelles” derives from the  word “Panatellas”, a Hispanic name that designates valuable cigars.
This delicious long crunchy biscuit, fully chocolate-coated, ressembles the “Panatellas”, hence its nomination.
The chocolate taste perfectly matches this biscuit, which is ideal for your brunches and teas…
It is a real pleasure of the palate appreciated by all gourmets, adults and children.

2- Javelots: The Javelin (Javelot), is a light launch jet. It is a weapon that remotes to Antiquity.
The Javelin is fitted with a belt forming a buckle in which you pass two fingers to launch. This long delicious crunchy “Javelin” is fully coated with a layer of peanut chips, then chocolate-coated.
The chocolate taste perfectly matches this biscuit which is ideal for your brunches and teas… It is a real pleasure of the palate appreciated by all gourmets, adults and children.

3- Cacao: "Xocoatl" is the ancestor name for Chocolate.
Mayas and Aztecs used to offer cocoa beans to their Gods in order to thank them or to praise them for special favors, ever since , chocolate has been referred to as "food of the Gods".

4- Pachuca: The name Pachuca probably comes from the Nahuatl word Pachoaca or Pachoacan , meaning "place of the rulers" or "narrow place"; it may also come from the word Patlachiuhacan , which means "place of silver and gold. Linked to meso-american history.

5- Volador (game): Voladores used to be an ancient Maya and Aztec game. A spectacular game, requiring a lot of courage and skills. While attached to solid ropes, 4 men were throwing themselves, head down, from a high mast while spinning all the way down to the ground.

6- Bachi Bouzouk:
French : bachi-bouzouk est un mot d'origine turque signifiant "tête folle".
English: bachi-bouzouk is a turkish word meaning "Crackbrain"

7- Pralines: The praline (originally spelled prasline ) is said to be named after the French soldier and diplomat Marshal du Plessis-Praslin (1598–1675), whose cook supposedly invented it. The cook, Clément Lassagne, after retiring from the marshal's service, is said to have founded the Maison de la Praline , a confectioner's shop which still exists in Montargis , 110 km south of Paris . The name has certainly existed since the 18th century, but there is no secure connection with the Marshal or his cook .
As originally invented in France , pralines were whole almonds individually coated in caramelized sugar, as opposed to dark nougat , where a sheet of caramelized sugar covers many        nuts. The powder made by grinding up such sugar-coated nuts is called 'pralin' or 'praliné' in French, and is an ingredient in many cakes and pastries.

8- PATOLI: was a gambling game that was played with pebbles and dry beans. In this game you are given six pieces to play with and you have ten jade pebbles to gamble. The board you would play on is an "X" divided into squares. Each player has a home base in the middle of the "X". Now you must decide how many jade pebbles you want to gamble on the whole game. You are given five cacao beans with white dots painted on them. These will be used as dice. If you get one white dot you move one square, if you get two white dots you move two squares and so on, but if you get all five white dots you move ten squares. The pieces must move clockwise. To begin the game you must throw a one. When you make it back to home base, you take that piece off the board; your opponent owes you one jade pebble. You keep playing until one player has lost all of his or her beans.

9- Pok a Toc: Tlachtli or pok a tok, was a ball game that was played between teams using rubber balls. The court was shaped like a capital I and it was 60 meters long by 10 meters wide. One person on each team would have to shoot the ball into a vertical hoop high over their heads with their knees without using their hands. The hoop was placed on opposite walls at the midpoint of the court. In a way this game combined modern day soccer and basketball. Whichever team made the first basket won the game. Sometimes it took hours to complete a game.