moskonfyt, noun

/ˈmɔskɔnˌfeɪt//ˈmɒskɒnˌfeɪt/
Forms:
mos comfeit, mos confytShow more Also mos comfeit, mos confyt, moskomfijt, mos konfijt, most konfijt.
Origin:
Afrikaans, South African DutchShow more Afrikaans (earlier South African Dutch mostkonfijt) mos must, new wine + konfyt conserve.
A thick syrup prepared from grapes, used as a sweetener in cookery and in wine production, and as a spread. Also attributive. See also konfyt.
1872 in A.M.L. Robinson Sel. Articles from Cape Monthly Mag. (1978) 282We will undertake never to..pull face at ‘mos comfeit’.
1905 Cape of G.H. Agric. Jrnl 483 (Pettman)The first idea in planting vines is to provide mos confyt, a kind of grape sugar syrup, which is given as part of their rations to the coloured labourers.
1931 T.J. Haarhoff Virgil in Experience of S. Afr. 3‘Moskonfyt’ is used, as it was by the Romans, partly as a syrup and partly to break down the acidity of wines.
c1936 S. & E. Afr. Yr Bk & Guide 306Moskonfijt, or Grape Syrup. Several thousand tons of grapes are yearly made into syrup.
1950 H. Gerber Cape Cookery 36Cream butter and sugar and add coffee essence, egg and moskonfyt.
1953 Cape Times 10 Mar. 2A consignment of 600 110-gallon drums of moskonfyt, which will be processed into wine in Britain.
1967 W.A. De Klerk White Wines 55Whatever was in the glasses when we sat down, it was suitably coloured: a bright orange. It was also as sweet as liqueur, with the consistency of moskonfyt.
1968 D.J. Opperman Spirit of Vine 221 (caption)Cape made most-konfyt bottle..late nineteenth century.
1973 M.A. Cook Cape Kitchen 90In the days when young and old alike in the countryside ate and enjoyed bread-and-fat (often with moskonfyt spread on it), the fat-pot was in daily use.
1981 Oude Libertas (Stellenbosch Farmers’ Winery) Vol.9 No.4, 12For ordinary late harvest wines, a sweetener like concentrated must (moskonfyt) is usually added.
1983 S. Afr. Panorama Apr. 22Moskonfyt, a golden syrup made from must or grape juice...The juice must be skimmed as it boils rapidly, and must then be continuously ladled until it attains the consistency of honey.
1988 D. Hughes et al. Complete Bk of S. Afr. Wine 277Originally started in 1922 with the intention of concentrating on moskonfyt and processed fruits, the Villiersdorp Co-operative was expanded to include wine production in 1976.
1991 Flying Springbok May 71At the Dagbreek Museum, you can buy the local speciality, moskonfyt (a grape syrup).
A thick syrup prepared from grapes, used as a sweetener in cookery and in wine production, and as a spread. Also attributive.
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