Sugar confusion

[bunnyjadwiga]

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?

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Re: Gavan MacBane's research

[herveus.livejournal.com]

I saw his display at an EK A&S thingy that happened shortly before his Laurel. I spent a fair bit of time chatting with him (getting smarter about sugar all the while).

Way cool stuff.