- published: 22 Mar 2007
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A sugarloaf was the traditional form in which refined sugar was produced and sold until the late 19th century when granulated and cube sugars were introduced. A tall cone with a rounded top was the end product of a process that saw the dark molasses-rich raw sugar, which had been imported from sugar cane growing regions such as the Caribbean and Brazil, refined into white sugar..
It is not known when sugarloaves were first made. The earliest record to date appears to be 12th century in Jordan. In Europe, they were made in Italy from 1470, Belgium 1508, England 1544, Holland 1566, Germany 1573 and France 1613. When refining from sugar beet began in mainland Europe in 1799, loaves were produced in the same way and are still common in some parts, especially in Germany, where small loaves are a required ingredient for the Christmas season drink Feuerzangenbowle.
Until the mid-19th century, the British government used a system of punitive taxes to make it impossible for its colonial producers in the Caribbean to refine their own sugar and supply Britain with finished sugarloaves. Previously the Amsterdam industry had been similarly protected from the importation of East India white sugar. Instead, a dark raw sugar or muscovado, produced on the plantations by initial boilings of the fresh cane juice, was shipped in hogsheads to Europe on what was the third leg of the infamous Triangular Trade.
Actors: Patrick Warburton (actor), Ron Smerczak (actor), Rick Marx (writer), Avi Lerner (producer), Harry Alan Towers (writer), Harry Alan Towers (producer), Eartha Kitt (actress), Oliver Reed (actor), Gérard Kikoïne (director), Herbert Lom (actor), Andre Jacobs (actor), Ernest Ndhlovu (actor), Charles Comyn (actor), Len Sparrowhawk (actor), Claudia Udy (actress),
Plot: In 1747, a handsome but rebellious Scotsman named Richard Abdee is auctioned off as a slave on a Caribbean island controlled by French and British sugar-planters. When caught having sex with his owner's wife, Abdee is given 100 lashes with the dreaded "dragonard" whip. This sentence is meant to be fatal but Abdee survives and later joins in a slave revolt which puts an end to the island's era of savage whippings.
Keywords: 1740s, bad-landlord, based-on-novel, briton, caribbean, female-nudity, first-part, french, landlord, one-word-titleI want to feel that you're near whenever I call
I need to be in your eyes ten feet tall
Slow down, my head's spinnin 'round
Like I just stood up too fast
Woman you heal, my hungry feel
Each time you walk past
I would give you nearly everything
If you would only tell me just how much
You really really really really love me
Baby
You're something that I've never
Run into before
It's nice to know that your head has
Opened up the door
I would give you nearly everything
If you would only tell me just how much
You really really really really love me
(LP Version)
I want to feel that you're near whenever I call
I need to be in your eyes ten feet tall
And when I see you walking down the street
You know how my head gets that funny feelin'
You have me actin' like a man insane
Right now I get feelin' high just on your name
Slow down, my head's spinnin 'round
Like I just stood up too fast
Woman you heal, my hungry feel
Each time you walk past
I would give you nearly everything
If you would only tell me just how much
You really really really really love me
Baby
I know I've never seen a woman quite like you
You move slow and that's a sign
Of changes you've been through
You're something that I've never
Run into before
It's nice to know that your head has
Opened up the door
I would give you nearly everything
If you would only tell me just how much