tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post8779437898255985489..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Sweet as Candy: A few notes on sugar in the Middle AgesMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-68522920883003311262017-07-01T20:09:48.287+01:002017-07-01T20:09:48.287+01:00Hi. I'm a medieval archaeologist specializing ...Hi. I'm a medieval archaeologist specializing in the sugar industry. Dental caries related to sugar intake started to spike in Europe around the 13th-c. In England specifically, consumption became commonplace among the wealthy by around 1650. For the poor it came slowly, but by the 18th-c., it was a necessity in the diet of most English people. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04093067755562579547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-20225078441212036252014-11-06T15:50:58.654+00:002014-11-06T15:50:58.654+00:00I'm confused. I know that studies of early ske...I'm confused. I know that studies of early skeletons in England show skulls with many intact teeth. After 1500 when the Age of Exploration began, skeletons showed the effect of sugar in the diet--missing teeth and many cavities. So when did sugar show up in England to the extent that dental problems became rampant?<br /><br />Susan Kelly eleanoraqua@comcast.net<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044713182622467217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-29723229787712090242013-08-28T11:32:02.924+01:002013-08-28T11:32:02.924+01:00How sweet. This really is very interesting. Candie...How sweet. This really is very interesting. Candies really have evolved from simple sweets to delectable treats that we have today. <br /><br />-<a href="http://www.sugarshackvt.com/" rel="nofollow">http://sugarshackvt.com/</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16407655363086458732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-23007287270378087362013-07-25T05:26:56.009+01:002013-07-25T05:26:56.009+01:00Thanks for a very useful and interesting post!Thanks for a very useful and interesting post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11946686886708031497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-87293538547902573062013-07-24T12:27:37.850+01:002013-07-24T12:27:37.850+01:00Having recently discovered how great candied ginge...Having recently discovered how great candied ginger is in helping with indigestion, I'm pleased to now discover how historical I'm being! Thank you! Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-18456736672304829392013-07-24T10:19:43.451+01:002013-07-24T10:19:43.451+01:00How interesting! I had no idea that sugar appeared...How interesting! I had no idea that sugar appeared on the rich man's table so early - to be sure, Elizabeth the First had black teeth from eating too many sweetmeats.. I was talking to a Danish woman on Saturday about how British things were much more heavily sugared than Danish - and German - and I was wondering whether this was because, due to the West Indian sugar trade, it was much cheaper in Britain, and thus was used as a source of easy calories. Like Flora Thompson's mother's comment in 'Lark Rise to Candleford' that sugar was 'cheap enough.'Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-56355377576498815052013-07-24T00:54:47.402+01:002013-07-24T00:54:47.402+01:00Fascinating piece - I shall endeavour to balance m...Fascinating piece - I shall endeavour to balance my humours in future.Simon Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798733767120473569noreply@blogger.com