Sugar was one of the major sweeteners consumed across the Realms and created using several types of plants.
Availability[]
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[]
- Lumped sugar was a treat to horses. A renowned Harper, Danilo Thann, carried sugar lumps to placate the horse of his companion, Arilyn Moonblade in the late 14th century DR.[1]
- Harper agent Olive Ruskettle was an avid consumer of sugar. She added five cubed of the sweet substance to her tea.[20]
- Neifion, the Lord of Bats, served platters of sugar-crusted toasts and miniature sugared pears in his castle, deep within the Feywild.[30][16]
- Samas Kul, a zulkir from Thay, was an avid eater of sweets covered in simple sugar glaze in the late 14th century DR.[9]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Elaine Cunningham (October 1991). Elfshadow. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 7. ISBN 1-56076-117-2.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ed Greenwood (November 2008). The Sword Never Sleeps. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 24. ISBN 978-0-7869-4914-4.
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Richard Lee Byers (2003). The Black Bouquet. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 12. ISBN 978-0786930425.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Elaine Cunningham (April 2000). The Magehound. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 14. ISBN 978-0-7869-1561-3.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Richard Lee Byers (March 2008). Undead. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 978-0-7869-4783-6.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 David Cook (May 1990). Horselords. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 6. ISBN 0-8803-8904-4.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Paulina Claiborne (May 2012). The Rose of Sarifal. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 14. ISBN 0786930268.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Wolfgang Baur (1993). Al-Qadim: Assassin Mountain: Adventure Book. (TSR, Inc), p. 18. ISBN 1-56076-764-X.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Clayton Emery (January 1998). Mortal Consequences. (TSR, Inc.), p. 19. ISBN 0-7869-0683-9.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Clayton Emery (January 1999). Star of Cursrah. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 6. ISBN 0-7869-1322-3.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Bruce R. Cordell (2009). City of Torment. (Wizards of the Coast), p. ?. ISBN 978-07869-5184-0.
- ↑ Anthony Pryor (1994). Marco Volo: Journey. (TSR, Inc.), p. 14. ISBN 1-5607-6869-X.
- ↑ Clayton Emery (November 1996). Dangerous Games. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 6. ISBN 0-7869-0524-7.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (May 2004). Elminster's Daughter. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 13. ISBN 978-0786931996.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Jeff Grubb, Kate Novak (February 1990). The Wyvern's Spur. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 14. ISBN 0-88038-902-8.
- ↑ James Lowder (January 1991). Crusade. (TSR, Inc), chap. 12. ISBN 0-8803-8908-7.
- ↑ Elaine Cunningham (April 2000). The Magehound. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 3. ISBN 978-0-7869-1561-3.
- ↑ Elaine Cunningham (April 2000). The Magehound. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 12. ISBN 978-0-7869-1561-3.
- ↑ Elaine Cunningham (April 2001). The Floodgate. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 10. ISBN 0-7869-1818-7.
- ↑ Elaine Cunningham (April 2001). The Floodgate. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 12. ISBN 0-7869-1818-7.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (February 1998). The Mercenaries. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 0. ISBN 0-7869-0866-1.
- ↑ Paulina Claiborne (May 2012). The Rose of Sarifal. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 7. ISBN 0786930268.
- ↑ David Cook (May 1990). Horselords. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 11. ISBN 0-8803-8904-4.
- ↑ Template:Cite organized play/LJ/A Gathering of Heroes Interactive
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell (December 2008). Plague of Spells (Mass Market Paperback). (Wizards of the Coast), p. ?. ISBN 978-0-7869-4965-6.