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Cooking & Baking

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1. WTF??? "2000 years ago fruit was the only source of sweetness"?!?!?

Mon Jul 29, 2019, 04:39 PM

Jul 2019

Honeybees have been around WAY longer, and apiary culture goes back longer than 2000 years.

baffledly,
Bright

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'A Cultural History of Sugar: From Status Symbol to Sweet Poison' [View all] appalachiablue Jul 2019 OP

WTF??? "2000 years ago fruit was the only source of sweetness"?!?!? TygrBright Jul 2019 #1

Honey goes way back as a sweetener! Several sources note appalachiablue Jul 2019 #3

Book rec: Sweetness and Power eppur_se_muova Jul 2019 #4

That looks very good, thanks. There's so much to the economics, appalachiablue Jul 2019 #6

Hmmm NJCher Jul 2019 #2

Here's to sugar! Those baked goods sound awesome. Profiteroles appalachiablue Jul 2019 #5