[Sca-cooks] No Sugar in 10th Century??

[Philip & Susan Troy]

LrdRas at aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 5/9/01 1:09:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> lilinah at earthlink.net writes:
>
> << Lessee - i know they didn't have diesel ships, airplanes, or air
>  conditioning. They used wooden, not metal boats. Warehouses nowadays
>  are often built of corrugated metal. That's not Medieval or
>  Renaissance. I know they didn't have heat sealed plastic sacks.
>   >>
>
> Correct. BUT.....metal items such as tools were shipped in wrapped oil soaked
> rags in water tight barrels. Properly constructed wooden containers and
> barrels tend to moderate temperature extremes. Containers can (and were)
> sealed with  beeswax and pitch to make them moisture prooof.

AND..... (sorry, it seemed to look right) the kind of staling that has
been referred to is much more of an issue when the spices aren't in
whole form.

Adamantius