I'm sure you have heard somebody say something such as the following, "Will work for food." or something more like what I would say, "Will work for chocolate." A funny thing is, cacao beans were actually the currency used in the Honduras. When Columbus and his crew found a canoe off the coast of what is now Honduras, the natives were very protective of the cacao beans they had and would pick up each and every seed that fell. This was very strange to Columbus because he did not know their customs. His son noted, "They seemed to hold these almonds [referring to the cacao beans] at a great price; for when they were brought on board ship together with their goods, I observed that when any of these almonds fell, they all stooped to pick it up, as if an eye had fallen." (http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/exploring_chocolate/choc_2.html)
Obviously, chocolate was pretty important back then too, maybe a bit more than now even!
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