SC - SC-Sugar Stuff!

[Mark Harris]

Adamantius  said:
Mark Harris wrote:
> Then  Adamantius replied:
> > Sounds suspiciously similar to the syrup on Baklava, doesn't it? Sounds
> > like cane honey, too, given the translations of "mel sucre", etc.
> 
> Maybe. What are the translations of "mel sucre" and "mel de calamele" for
> those of us less educated in foriegn languages? So is this sugar syrup on
> Baklava made from just sugar and water?

Mel is honey, as in hydromel, a form of mead made from honey, water, and
some form of wild yeast. Sucre is a cognate of sugar, used in this case
as an adjective, meaning, more or less, sugar honey.

>>>>>
Mel sucre then sounds more like dried, sugary, honey rather than a thick
solution of sugar that looks like honey. Sugared honey. Or is this what
you had in mind?

Stefan li Rous

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