Manna
According to the Bible, during their sojourn through the desert God provided the Israelites with manna – a miraculous edible substance that the Greeks and Romans described as ‘honey dew’ or ‘secretion from the stars’. Many interpret this as allegorical, but Sicilians claim to have been cultivating manna ever since the Arabs introduced it in the ninth century. They believe manna is the white, creamy sap of the narrow-leaf ash tree, harvested as a sweetener and laxative. The industry collapsed in the 1950s due to cheap sugar and synthetic mannitol, but there are families trying to revive the ancient tradition.
— Wayne Visser
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