An electuary is a medicine consisting of a powder or other ingredient mixed with something sweet such as honey to make it more palatable."The Doctor and the Buccaneer: Sir Hans Sloane's Case History of Sir Henry Morgan, Jamaica, 1688"
by Richard B. Sheridan, '' Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences'', Vol. 41, No. 1 (January 1986), pp. 76-87. In German and Swiss cultures, electuary (german: Latwerge or ) is also more generally a thickened juice and honey preparation with a thick, viscous consistency that is used in for culinary purposes, such as a (bread) spread or as a sauce ingredient.

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