Sugar confusion
May. 27th, 2009 12:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Why is it that so many people are so convinced that beet sugar (invented in the Napoleonic era) is *more* ancient and specifically medieval than cane sugar (the original form of sugar)? Why do people think that cane sugar was not available in the middle ages and renaissance?
What can we do to combat this?
What can we do to combat this?