Carob in the Years of War and Famine
Carob has been both animal feed and a food used by people in difficult times for centuries in the Mediterranean basin. This fruit, which can bear fruit even in dry years, can be stored for a long time when dried, and is naturally sweet; It has become one of the means of survival during the Spanish Civil War and the subsequent famine years, in besieged Malta during the Second World War and in many rural areas of the Mediterranean.
Read MoreCarob in Ancient Egypt and Greece
Carob left its mark in different ways in the two great cultures of the ancient Eastern Mediterranean, the Egyptian and Greek world. The Egyptians used a sign in the form of a carob pod when writing the concept of "sweet"; The Greeks, on the other hand, compared the pod of the tree to the horn and gave it the name that forms the basis of today's scientific name.
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Carob and Molasses Culture in the Ottoman Empire
Carob is a tree that grows almost all of the Mediterranean coasts where the Ottoman Empire ruled for a long time. In regions such as the southern coasts of Anatolia, Cyprus, Crete, the Levant and Egypt, carob fruit was used as animal feed, sweetener, beverage and trade goods; In many of these regions, carob molasses and sherbet traditions were formed, which are still alive today.
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History of Carob
Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) is one of the oldest cultivated trees in the Mediterranean basin. It turned into a sign meaning "sweet" in ancient Egyptian writing, gained a place in the Greek and Roman world as both a food and weight unit, and became widespread in the Middle Ages with the interest of Arab and Andalusian agricultural writers.
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