[Sca-cooks] Medieval Jewish Banquet

[Sharon Palmer]

>Ranvaig wrote:
>"But they are passing along this nonsense ""White
>sugar was considered a spice," Toaff said."
>
>Well, they're probably being sloppy with information.  Sugar was, I 
>believe, kept locked up with the spices when it was rare and 
>expensive.  And, I think it was also listed along with spices when 
>listing them, but I would agree that it wasn't believed to be a 
>spice.  It just was lumped in with them in household accounts.
>

That wasn't the part that I objected to.  With better editing my 
comment would be

But they are passing along this nonsense "spice... also hid any spoilage."

Ranvaig