Ishimitsu - Ishimitsu

Japanese: 石みつ - いしみつ
Ishimitsu - Ishimitsu

...The Wakan Sansai Zue (1712) says that sugar syrup is made by adding syrup to sugar, and that in recent times this has been falsely referred to as syrup, but while real syrup is yellow-white in color, fake syrup is black and dries easily. The Nihon Sangai Meisan Zue also says that syrup stored in the hollows of large trees is called wood syrup or mountain syrup, and that syrup found between rocks is called stone syrup. Syrup was the first sweet food known to mankind, and its importance is vividly reflected in the folklore of many ethnic groups. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "ishi mittsu" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…《和漢三才図会》(1712)は,砂糖みつは砂糖に水あめを加えてつくるもので,最近はこれをみつだといつわって用いているが,ほんもののみつは色が黄白なのに,にせもののみつは色が黒く,乾きやすいといっている。また《日本山海名産図会》は大木のうろに蓄えられていたものを木みつ,あるいは山みつ,岩石の間にあるものを石みつと呼ぶ,などとしている。みつは人類が最初に知った甘味食品で,その重要性は多くの民族の伝承の中に色こく投影されている。…

※「石みつ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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