Sugar cone

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Americans consumed increasingly more sugar in the 19th century. Highly refined white sugar was expensive so people usually purchased less refined and cheaper brown sugar for everyday use. All  sugar came in hard cones, called “loafs”, wrapped in blue paper. Because it was not granulated, people used nippers to cut off pieces and pounded the sugar to the desired consistency. West Indies sugar was among the most popular purchases at Orlando Ware’s Deerfield, Massachusetts, store.

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Datecirca 2000
TopicFood, Cooking, Beverage, Alcohol
EraColonial settlement, 1620–1762
Revolutionary America, 1763–1783
The New Nation, 1784–1815
National Expansion and Reform, 1816–1860
MaterialPlant Product
Catalog #M.03
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Sugar cone. ca. 2000. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/m-03/. Accessed on December 8, 2024.

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