Card no 427 – Martine
Banania
Country Card Sent From: France
Place that
Card Sender Lives: Piedogriggio, Corsica
Date Received: 5th
March 2013
Distance Travelled: 942 miles
Time Taken: 3 days
Banania is a popular
chocolate drink found most widely distributed in France. It is made from cocoa,
banana flour, cereals, honey and sugar. There are two types of Banania available
in French supermarkets: 'traditional' which must be cooked with milk for 10
minutes, and 'instant' which can be prepared in similar fashion to Nesquik.
During a visit near
Lake Managua, Nicaragua, in 1909, the journalist Pierre Lardet discovered the
recipe for a cocoa-based drink. When he returned to Paris, he started its commercial
fabrication and, in 1912, began marketing Banania with the picture of an
Antillaise. Her image was replaced in 1915 with the drawing of a widely smiling
Senegalese man.
Martine sent this in
an envelope. These were the stamps.
I love this postcard. It looks sort of vintage and the drink sounds really good.
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