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>>"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
>>> Who, where, why and when did they start calling bar syrup
>>> "simple syrup"?

> Felice Friese > wrote:
>> Au contrai Who, where, why and when did they start calling
>> simple syrup "bar syrup"?
>
>> Google shows 48,000 hits for simple and 855 for bar; Epicurious
>> gives 10 recipes for simple and 0 for bar!

Steve shot back with:
> Thanks Felice.
>
> But in "The Gentleman's Companion", copyright 1939, it's
> called bar syrup. A synonmyn is "gumme".
>
> No mention of simple syrup.

OK, you win! Your 1939 citation pre-dates my learning the term, so I'll take
it as gospel.

Felice