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In article >, (Steve
Pope) wrote:
> Felice Friese > wrote:
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> >"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
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> >> But in "The Gentleman's Companion", copyright 1939, it's
> >> called bar syrup. A synonmyn is "gumme".
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> > OK, you win! Your 1939 citation pre-dates my learning the term,
> > so I'll take it as gospel.
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> Thanks, I like winning, but I would still like to know WHO started
> calling it "simple syrup".
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> Was it the same guy who started calling burittos "wraps"?
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> Steve
I don't know who, but simple syrup is a term used when canning fruits,
too. FWIW. I grew up with the term.
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-Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> 8/3/05 New York-Vermont tab (a
couple pictures added to the 7/29 note on 8/5)
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