Dictionary for sugar
collectors:
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here are some sugar facts to sink your teeth into
(unlike sugar, these facts don't promote tooth decay :-)
(unlike sugar, these facts don't promote tooth decay :-)
The first recorded cultivation of sugar cane was in
New Guinea
New Guinea
Persian
Hindi
Tunisian Arabic
Israeli Hebrew
You've might notice that the word sugar in
different languages are very similar.
"Sugar" comes from the Sanskrit word
"Sharkkara" meaning a substance in a
granular form.
different languages are very similar.
"Sugar" comes from the Sanskrit word
"Sharkkara" meaning a substance in a
granular form.
Tibetan
Azucar- Spanish
Acucar- Portugese
Sugar- English
Sucre- French
Zucker-German
Zaxap- Greek
Sukker- Danish and Norwegian
Siucar- Gaelic
Siucra- Irish
Caxap- Russian
Uykop- Ukranian
Gula- Indonesia
Zucchero- Italian
3axap- Bulgarian
Sladkor- Slovenian
Cukor- Hungarian and Slovakian
Seker- Turkish, Croatian, Umag and Bosnian
Cukr- Czech Republic
Cukier- Polish
Suiker- Dutch
Sykur- Icelandic
Siwgur- Welsh
Sheger- Albanian
Suga- Nigerian
Sonkor- Somali
Saaxala- Aleut
Saccharum- Latin
Asukal- Tagalog
Acucar- Portugese
Sugar- English
Sucre- French
Zucker-German
Zaxap- Greek
Sukker- Danish and Norwegian
Siucar- Gaelic
Siucra- Irish
Caxap- Russian
Uykop- Ukranian
Gula- Indonesia
Zucchero- Italian
3axap- Bulgarian
Sladkor- Slovenian
Cukor- Hungarian and Slovakian
Seker- Turkish, Croatian, Umag and Bosnian
Cukr- Czech Republic
Cukier- Polish
Suiker- Dutch
Sykur- Icelandic
Siwgur- Welsh
Sheger- Albanian
Suga- Nigerian
Sonkor- Somali
Saaxala- Aleut
Saccharum- Latin
Asukal- Tagalog
Sugar Cane is a member of the grass
family, Saccharum Officinarum, which is
also shared with Sorgum and Maize.
family, Saccharum Officinarum, which is
also shared with Sorgum and Maize.
Siuga is the word given to the first refined sugar in New
Guinea. This word is considered from Pidgin English.
Guinea. This word is considered from Pidgin English.
You might have heard the word "Sweetmeat."
Sweetmeat is not meat as in beef, but rather an
encompassing term for food. So Sweetmeat is
referring to all foods that are sweet. This is an
archiac term.
Sweetmeat is not meat as in beef, but rather an
encompassing term for food. So Sweetmeat is
referring to all foods that are sweet. This is an
archiac term.
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Treacle, starting around the 17th century, means molasses in English
usage. Originally in England it referred to a medicinal antidote
composed of many ingredients, including honey. Treacle and honey
were used as medicines and to sweeten medicines before refined white
sugar made from sugar cane made its way to England for the first time
in the 13th century.
When sugar first arrived it was scarce and expensive. It slowly
became more widely available and affordable to all people. Sugar then
began to replace treacle in medicinal usages and by the 17th century it
was a European food. Sugar also replaced honey in other uses such as
a food preservative. It became easier and cheaper to use sugar to
pack meat and sugar was also better at the task. Sugar was also
easier to find than treacle and less work had to be done by the
consumer to transport and maintain sugar.
This information is from the essay "Time, Sugar, and Sweetness" by
Sidney W. Mintz.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treacle"
Treacle, starting around the 17th century, means molasses in English
usage. Originally in England it referred to a medicinal antidote
composed of many ingredients, including honey. Treacle and honey
were used as medicines and to sweeten medicines before refined white
sugar made from sugar cane made its way to England for the first time
in the 13th century.
When sugar first arrived it was scarce and expensive. It slowly
became more widely available and affordable to all people. Sugar then
began to replace treacle in medicinal usages and by the 17th century it
was a European food. Sugar also replaced honey in other uses such as
a food preservative. It became easier and cheaper to use sugar to
pack meat and sugar was also better at the task. Sugar was also
easier to find than treacle and less work had to be done by the
consumer to transport and maintain sugar.
This information is from the essay "Time, Sugar, and Sweetness" by
Sidney W. Mintz.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treacle"
There are many types of sugar. One way of telling
a sugar is: any word ending in ose is a sugar. Here
is a list of some sugars...
a sugar is: any word ending in ose is a sugar. Here
is a list of some sugars...
Galactose
1. Galactose is more commonly found in the disaccharide, lactose or
milk sugar. It is found as the monosaccharide in peas.
Galactose is classified as a monosaccharide, an aldose, a hexose, and is
a reducing sugar.
Galactosemia - Genetic Enzyme Deficiency:
One baby out of every 18,000 is born with a genetic defect of not being
able to utilize galactose. Since galactose is in milk as part of lactose, it
will build up in the blood and urine. Undiagnosed it may lead to mental
retardation, failure to grow, formation of cataracts, and in sever cases
death by liver damage. The disorder is caused by a deficiency in one or
more enzymes required to metabolize galactose.
The treatment for the disorder is to use a formula based upon the sugar
sucrose rather than milk with lactose. The galactose free diet is critical
only in infancy, since with maturation another enzyme is developed that
can metabolize galactose.
Ribose
1. Ribose and its related compound, deoxyribose, are the building
blocks of the backbone chains in nucleic acids, better known as DNA
and RNA. Ribose is used in RNA and deoxyribose is used in DNA.
The deoxy- designation refers to the lack of an alcohol, -OH, group as
will be shown in detail further down.
Ribose and deoxyribose are classified as monosaccharides, aldoses,
pentoses, and are reducing sugars.
1. Common Carbohydrates
Name Derivation of name and Source
Monosaccharides
Glucose From Greek word for sweet wine; grape sugar, blood
sugar, dextrose.
Galactose Greek word for milk--"galact", found as a component of
lactose in milk.
Fructose Latin word for fruit--"fructus", also known as levulose,
found in fruits and honey; sweetest sugar.
Ribose Ribose and Deoxyribose are found in the backbone
structure of RNA and DNA, respectively.
Disaccharides - contain two monosaccharides
Sucrose French word for sugar--"sucre", a disaccharide containing
glucose and fructose; table sugar, cane sugar, beet sugar.
Lactose Latin word for milk--"lact"; a disaccharide found in milk
containing glucose and galactose.
Maltose French word for "malt"; a disaccharide containing two
units of glucose; found in germinating grains, used to make beer.
1. Galactose is more commonly found in the disaccharide, lactose or
milk sugar. It is found as the monosaccharide in peas.
Galactose is classified as a monosaccharide, an aldose, a hexose, and is
a reducing sugar.
Galactosemia - Genetic Enzyme Deficiency:
One baby out of every 18,000 is born with a genetic defect of not being
able to utilize galactose. Since galactose is in milk as part of lactose, it
will build up in the blood and urine. Undiagnosed it may lead to mental
retardation, failure to grow, formation of cataracts, and in sever cases
death by liver damage. The disorder is caused by a deficiency in one or
more enzymes required to metabolize galactose.
The treatment for the disorder is to use a formula based upon the sugar
sucrose rather than milk with lactose. The galactose free diet is critical
only in infancy, since with maturation another enzyme is developed that
can metabolize galactose.
Ribose
1. Ribose and its related compound, deoxyribose, are the building
blocks of the backbone chains in nucleic acids, better known as DNA
and RNA. Ribose is used in RNA and deoxyribose is used in DNA.
The deoxy- designation refers to the lack of an alcohol, -OH, group as
will be shown in detail further down.
Ribose and deoxyribose are classified as monosaccharides, aldoses,
pentoses, and are reducing sugars.
1. Common Carbohydrates
Name Derivation of name and Source
Monosaccharides
Glucose From Greek word for sweet wine; grape sugar, blood
sugar, dextrose.
Galactose Greek word for milk--"galact", found as a component of
lactose in milk.
Fructose Latin word for fruit--"fructus", also known as levulose,
found in fruits and honey; sweetest sugar.
Ribose Ribose and Deoxyribose are found in the backbone
structure of RNA and DNA, respectively.
Disaccharides - contain two monosaccharides
Sucrose French word for sugar--"sucre", a disaccharide containing
glucose and fructose; table sugar, cane sugar, beet sugar.
Lactose Latin word for milk--"lact"; a disaccharide found in milk
containing glucose and galactose.
Maltose French word for "malt"; a disaccharide containing two
units of glucose; found in germinating grains, used to make beer.
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Jaggery
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Preparation of JaggeryJaggery is the traditional unrefined sugar of
India. Although the word is used for the products of both sugarcane
and the date palm tree, technically, jaggery refers solely to sugarcane
sugar. The sugar made from the sap of the date palm is called gur, and
is both more prized and less available outside of the districts where it
is made. Hence, outside of these areas, sugarcane jaggery is
sometimes called gur to increase its market value. The sago palm and
coconut palm are also now tapped for producing jaggery in southern
India. In Mexico and South America, similar sugarcane products are
known as panela, or piloncillo.
All types of the sugar come in blocks or pastes of solidified
concentrated sugar syrup heated up to 200°C. Traditionally, the syrup
is made by boiling raw sugarcane juice or palm sap in a large shallow
round-bottom vessel as shown here.
Jaggery is considered by some to be a particularly wholesome sugar
and, unlike refined sugar, retains more mineral salts. Moreover, the
process does not involve chemical agents. Indian Ayurvedic medicine
considers jaggery to be beneficial in treating throat and lung
infections; Sahu and Saxena found that in rats, at least, jaggery can
prevent lung damage from particulate matter such as coal and silica
dust (1994).
Jaggery is used as an ingredient in both sweet and savory dishes
across India and Sri Lanka. It is also a delicacy in its own right. The
great Indian chef and cookbook author Madhur Jaffrey writes about a
jaggery board, like a cheese board, as a type of dessert course in a
Bengali dinner, with varieties of palm and sugar cane jaggeries
offered, differing in taste, color, and solidity. Jaggery is also molded
into novelty shapes as a type of candy. Other uses of jaggery include
jaggery toffees and jaggery cake made with pumpkin preserve,
cashew nuts and spices.
Jaggery
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Jump to: navigation, search
Preparation of JaggeryJaggery is the traditional unrefined sugar of
India. Although the word is used for the products of both sugarcane
and the date palm tree, technically, jaggery refers solely to sugarcane
sugar. The sugar made from the sap of the date palm is called gur, and
is both more prized and less available outside of the districts where it
is made. Hence, outside of these areas, sugarcane jaggery is
sometimes called gur to increase its market value. The sago palm and
coconut palm are also now tapped for producing jaggery in southern
India. In Mexico and South America, similar sugarcane products are
known as panela, or piloncillo.
All types of the sugar come in blocks or pastes of solidified
concentrated sugar syrup heated up to 200°C. Traditionally, the syrup
is made by boiling raw sugarcane juice or palm sap in a large shallow
round-bottom vessel as shown here.
Jaggery is considered by some to be a particularly wholesome sugar
and, unlike refined sugar, retains more mineral salts. Moreover, the
process does not involve chemical agents. Indian Ayurvedic medicine
considers jaggery to be beneficial in treating throat and lung
infections; Sahu and Saxena found that in rats, at least, jaggery can
prevent lung damage from particulate matter such as coal and silica
dust (1994).
Jaggery is used as an ingredient in both sweet and savory dishes
across India and Sri Lanka. It is also a delicacy in its own right. The
great Indian chef and cookbook author Madhur Jaffrey writes about a
jaggery board, like a cheese board, as a type of dessert course in a
Bengali dinner, with varieties of palm and sugar cane jaggeries
offered, differing in taste, color, and solidity. Jaggery is also molded
into novelty shapes as a type of candy. Other uses of jaggery include
jaggery toffees and jaggery cake made with pumpkin preserve,
cashew nuts and spices.
Arabic
Bengali
Armenian