Kate Connally wrote:


> One of the recipes in it is "Herod's Cheesecake", which
> was supposed to be Herod's favorite food. I'm pretty
> sure they didn't find an actual written recipe for it
> but extrapolated it from other writings by or about Herod.
> But it's a pretty damn good recipe. Adapted to modern
> American ingredients, it contains brown sugar and ground
> almonds and honey, among other things.

Would anything from Herod's time have contained brown sugar?

Cookie

"Cookie Cutter" > wrot

> Would anything from Herod's time have contained brown
sugar?

Not cane sugar certainly. Honey would have been used as a
sweetener.

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"Opinicus" > writes:

>"Cookie Cutter" > wrot
>
>> Would anything from Herod's time have contained brown
>sugar?
>
>Not cane sugar certainly. Honey would have been used as a
>sweetener.

What about date sugar? (Or even just smooshed dates?)

Lee Rudolph