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Sugar was one of the major sweeteners consumed across the Realms and created using several types of plants.

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In the days of the ancient Netheril, sugar maple trees were used to produce sugar, a technique learned from the elves. The maple-sugaring season took place in winter and it filled the forests with a sweet tangy aroma.[14] Sugar cane was used in production of sugar in the Calim Empire[15] as well as in the nations of Kara-Tur, including the islands of Wa, where it was created via boiling it into raw sugar or candy.[12]

Sugar extracted from sugar beets was a common sweetener used in the Interior Faerûn, some of which was produced in Berdusk.[17]

Usages[]

The Netherese made a snack food of sugared dates.[18]

In the Calim Empire and later in Calimshan, cane sugar was used in marinating frogs' legs, and sweetening mint tea.[15]

In the Central Faerûn, Suzail's nobles were known to have platters of breaded and fried, sugar-dusted soft-shelled crabs served to their guests,[3] sugar-nuts were served as a snack,[19] and tea was served alongside sugar pressed into small cubes.[20][21] Sembia and its capital city of Selgaunt were known for its sugar-ice street vendors, beloved by children.[4] And following introduction of cocoa from Maztica, the Great Mother's House in Berdusk began making chocolate fudge, sweetened with sugar.[5]

Cormyr's cubbed sugar was a product of Amn, which, in turn, was stolen from Maztica following its colonization. Amnite sugar cubes were a popular and expensive novelty until House Dhostar imported an especially large quantities of sugar from Maztica, lowering its price dramatically in the Year of the Shield, 1367 DR.[2]

Sugar received wide use in the Shining South. People of Halruaa consumed much sugared wine, popular even among youths,[22] sugared pastries,[8] and a street food called the Hangman's noose was generously dusted with finely ground sugar, allspice, cardamom and mace,[23] and sugared figs and other fruits were a common snack food.[24][25]

In the Border Kingdoms and in the city of Oeble, milk tea was sweetened with sugar.[7]

The Utter East, folk liked fanciful mixed drinks, generously doctored with dyes and sugar-powder. They often were prepared and dispensed from bars in establishments like Donder's Dancing Masques in Tharkar of the Free Cities of Parsanic.[26]

On the Moonshae Isles, cakes were decorated with delicate sea-foam icing made of sugar and vanilla.[27]

The folk of Al Qahara in Raurin used sugar mixed with four, eggs, and milk to make chocolate chip cookies.[11]

People of the far-away Endless Wastes and Ra-Khati used chunks of sugar to sweeten their hot butter tea.[10][28]

Zakharan cuisine used sugar sparingly for some dishes as chickens stuffed with mint and sugar.[13]

Brown sugar was produced in the distant lands of Malatra and the Malatran Plateau. The sugar was traded in large rock-like hard clumps and was considered a valuable commodity.[29]

Notable Consumers[]

Appendix[]

See Also[]

Appearances[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Elaine Cunningham (October 1991). Elfshadow. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 7. ISBN 1-56076-117-2.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Jeff Grubb and Kate Novak (July 1995). Masquerades. (TSR, Inc), chap. 3. ISBN 0-7869-0152-7.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Ed Greenwood (November 2008). The Sword Never Sleeps. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 24. ISBN 978-0-7869-4914-4.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Template:Cite book/The Halls of Stormweather/The Butler
  5. 5.0 5.1 Anthony Pryor (1994). Marco Volo: Journey. (TSR, Inc.), p. 12. ISBN 1-5607-6869-X.
  6. Greg A. Vaughan, Skip Williams, Thomas M. Reid (November 2007). Anauroch: The Empire of Shade. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 9. ISBN 0-7869-4362-9.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Richard Lee Byers (2003). The Black Bouquet. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 12. ISBN 978-0786930425.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Elaine Cunningham (April 2000). The Magehound. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 14. ISBN 978-0-7869-1561-3.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Richard Lee Byers (March 2008). Undead. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 978-0-7869-4783-6.
  10. 10.0 10.1 David Cook (May 1990). Horselords. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 6. ISBN 0-8803-8904-4.
  11. 11.0 11.1 Paulina Claiborne (May 2012). The Rose of Sarifal. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 14. ISBN 0786930268.
  12. 12.0 12.1 Curtis Smith, Rick Swan (May 1990). Ronin Challenge. Edited by Jon Pickens, Steve Winter. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 54–56. ISBN 0-88038-749-1.
  13. 13.0 13.1 Wolfgang Baur (1993). Al-Qadim: Assassin Mountain: Adventure Book. (TSR, Inc), p. 18. ISBN 1-56076-764-X.
  14. 14.0 14.1 Clayton Emery (January 1998). Mortal Consequences. (TSR, Inc.), p. 19. ISBN 0-7869-0683-9.
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 Clayton Emery (January 1999). Star of Cursrah. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 6. ISBN 0-7869-1322-3.
  16. 16.0 16.1 Bruce R. Cordell (2009). City of Torment. (Wizards of the Coast), p. ?. ISBN 978-07869-5184-0.
  17. Anthony Pryor (1994). Marco Volo: Journey. (TSR, Inc.), p. 14. ISBN 1-5607-6869-X.
  18. Clayton Emery (November 1996). Dangerous Games. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 6. ISBN 0-7869-0524-7.
  19. Ed Greenwood (May 2004). Elminster's Daughter. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 13. ISBN 978-0786931996.
  20. 20.0 20.1 Jeff Grubb, Kate Novak (February 1990). The Wyvern's Spur. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 14. ISBN 0-88038-902-8.
  21. James Lowder (January 1991). Crusade. (TSR, Inc), chap. 12. ISBN 0-8803-8908-7.
  22. Elaine Cunningham (April 2000). The Magehound. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 3. ISBN 978-0-7869-1561-3.
  23. Elaine Cunningham (April 2000). The Magehound. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 12. ISBN 978-0-7869-1561-3.
  24. Elaine Cunningham (April 2001). The Floodgate. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 10. ISBN 0-7869-1818-7.
  25. Elaine Cunningham (April 2001). The Floodgate. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 12. ISBN 0-7869-1818-7.
  26. Ed Greenwood (February 1998). The Mercenaries. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 0. ISBN 0-7869-0866-1.
  27. Paulina Claiborne (May 2012). The Rose of Sarifal. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 7. ISBN 0786930268.
  28. David Cook (May 1990). Horselords. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 11. ISBN 0-8803-8904-4.
  29. Template:Cite organized play/LJ/A Gathering of Heroes Interactive
  30. Bruce R. Cordell (December 2008). Plague of Spells (Mass Market Paperback). (Wizards of the Coast), p. ?. ISBN 978-0-7869-4965-6.
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