Sugar is a grandpa - Sugar is one of the oldest ingredients,
dating back to 326 BC
I wonder if that’s where the ‘great’ nickname is really coming
from. - In 327 BC, Alexander the Great discovered the sugar cane; it then
spread through Persia and introduced it in the Mediterranean.
Sugar was fancy, now it's a 'cheapo' - In the 1500s sugar was a costly treat and
was called the ‘White Gold’. Until the late 1700's, sugar was a luxury that
European nobility used to validate their rank and social power.
Sugar is beautiful- A grain of sugar under the microscope is
a translucent crystal, reflecting light from its 14 facets like a jewel.
It was worth having sugar
shares - A teaspoon of sugar, 2 centuries ago was still the equivalent to 5€.
Sugar is a worker like us- It is used to slow down the
setting of cement and it is involved in the leather tanning process.
Sugar has ambition to explore other galaxies now that
he conquered us- Glycolaldehyde, an eight-atom sugar, has been found in an
interstellar gas cloud near the centre of the Milky Way.
Freshly cut flowers, (flowers that are about to die) seem to
like sugar, it prolongs their life. Unfortunately, the same doesn't apply to the
human body, no matter how much you soak in sugar.
Sugar is greedy- When you consider the health of your teeth,
it's better to eat 10 jelly beans all at once than it is to eat two jelly beans
every hour.
Now that is not a great recommendation is it? Can you resist this?
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