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Cooking & Baking

appalachiablue

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

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 29, 2019, 08:29 PM

Jul 2019

trade history and labor, almost entirely African slaves, of the sugar industry in the Americas. I've seen cane fields, machinery, windmills and plantation remnants for the sugar and rum industries in the Caribbean and Brazil.

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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