cost of living 86 years ago - eviltoast
  • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Damn, that’s a lot of sugar. Everything else seems to be sold in “reasonable” amounts, why is the sugar so out of proportion?

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        10 months ago

        I can, given that most families did a hell of a lot more baking/cooking themselves instead of going to restaurants, buying processed food, etc.

        Edit: plus, I forgot about making their own preserves and canning food, both of which require a fair bit of sugar, too.

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            10 months ago

            Well, lots of demand for an extended period of time (ie centuries), plus a crop that grew well in areas that didn’t take to traditional cash crops, and sugar was relatively easy to process into a form that shipped well even back in the Age of Sail (molasses and rum).

            Frankly, there are a lot of reasons that sugar cane was a popular crop.