On food and cooking the science and lore of the kitchen ( PDFDrive ) 1228
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effectsofotherfoodsandenhancethe
digestiveprocess.Anumberofsoothing
medicinalsweetsremainpopulartothisday,
includinglozenges,pastilles,andcomfits.
ConfectioneryforPleasure
It’sthoughtthatthefirstnonmedical
confectioninEuropemayhavebeenmade
around1200byaFrenchdruggistwhocoated
almondswithsugar.Medievalrecipesfrom
theFrenchandEnglishcourtscallforsugarto
beaddedtofishandfowlsauces,toham,and
tovariousfruitandcream-eggdesserts.
Chaucer’sTaleofSirTopas,a14th-century
parodyofthechivalricromance,included
sugarinalistof“royalspicery,”alongwith
gingerbread,licorice,andcumin.Bythe15th
century,wealthyEuropeanshadcometo
appreciatethepurelypleasurablevirtuesof
sugaranditsabilitytocomplementthe
flavorsofmanyfoods.TheVaticanlibrarian
Platinawrotearound1475thatsugarwas
beingproducedinCreteandSicilyaswellas
IndiaandArabia,andadded,
Theancientsusedsugaronlyinmedicines,
andforthisreasonmakenomentionof
sugarintheirfoods.Theycertainlymissed
outonagreatdelight,sincenothinggiven
ustoeatissoflavorlessthatsugarcannot
makeitsavory….Bymeltingit,wemake
almonds…pinenuts,hazelnuts,coriander,
anise,cinnamon,andmanyotherfoods
intobeautifulthings.Thequalityofsugar
thenalmostcrossesoverintothequalities
ofthethingstowhichitclingsinthe
confection.
FoodWords:SugarandCandy
Our language bears the traces of sugar’s
passage from India through the Middle
East to Europe. The English wordsugar
comes from the Arabic imitation of the
