[Sca-cooks] Honey Butter? No! No!

[Terry Decker]

>Also sprach Stefan li Rous:
>
>>Sweet oranges were very late in period. I can't remember when the
>>sour orange was introduced. However, either probably requires a
>>fair amount of sugar. Heavily sugared foods were not common earlier.
>
>Remember that the rise in sugar use begins to take place in the 15th
>century, and more or less takes off in the 16th. If this is the same
>thread in which tinned Seville oranges/marmalade concentrate were
>discussed, then we're talking about Seville oranges, which would
>require a fairish amount of sugar, but this is doable in a later
>recipe.

IIRC, sweet oranges are about 1527, but there was a late 15th Century market
in oranges (probably Sevilles) centered around Nice.