Question

What evidence from the passage supports the inference that sugar was expensive and not available to everyone?

"from the great school of Jundi Shapur"
"cooks working for the wealthiest people"
"treated it as a spice, blending it with other tastes"
"They continued to do that for another thousand years"

Answer 1

The lines that support that inference are:

- "cooks working for the wealthiest people" — implies sugar was used mainly by the rich, not widely available.
- "treated it as a spice, blending it with other tastes" — treating sugar like a spice suggests it was used sparingly, as an expensive flavoring.

The other two lines do not directly indicate price or availability.