Sugar – The favourite ‘nip’ of the Tudors and Stuarts
Sugar became enormously popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. It was sold in loaves and wrapped in blue paper (patented 1666) to make it appear whiter. A sugar loaf could be from 8″ to nearly 3 feet tall, but the smaller the loaf, the higher the quality and the price. Loaves were cut into […]
date
newest »
newest »
message 1:
by
Phil
(new)
Mar 30, 2016 07:06AM
Watched a BBC documentary on YouTube last year called "The Hidden Killers of the Tudor Home" and sugar was one of the silent slayers. Owing to lack of health knowledge, excess sugar damaged teeth, which in turn resulted in a high volume of dental-related deaths. Sugar: sweet but sinister.
reply
|
flag
