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Hi friends, how are you? I'm fine. I miss you a lot. I want to tell you something.

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When I was looking for information about Roman food, I found interesting information about the origin of the sugar.

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In ancient times, more than 5,000 years ago, sugar cane was already considered a food plant. It was traded by Indian merchants.

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the ancient Greeks and then the Imperial Rome knew sugar as Indian honey sugar

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cane was cultivated in Persia Alexander the Great knew it and very soon the

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The plant passed to Greece and then to Rome. But it was a luxury product. Not everyone could consume it. After the fall of the Roman Empire, sugarcane cultivation fell into oblivion.

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See you soon friends. I love you. Many kisses.

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Thank you.