[Sca-cooks] Re: Blown Sugar is Chinese Apparently
Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius
adamantius.magister at verizon.net
Thu Oct 27 03:13:23 PDT 2005
On Oct 27, 2005, at 3:20 AM, Volker Bach wrote:
> As an aside, economic historians have estabnlished that until the 18th
> century, per-capita sugar consumption in both China and India was
> higher than
> in Europe. That may or may not reflect a long-standing tradition,
> but it
> shows that sugar could be sourced regionally in quantity.
>
> Giano
Well, then there's the sort of anecdotal evidence stating that for
centuries, cane sugar has been the primary fermentable in India, as
opposed to the grapes/apples, malt or honey of Europe. As far as I
can tell, there are probably few instances of cultures whose primary
booze outlet doesn't center around the most abundant/readily
available/cheapest sugar source.
Adamantius
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brioche!" / "If there's no bread to be had, one has to say, let them
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