The guava […] is seldom eaten except when preserved with sirup or sugar.1871, Charles Washburn, The History of Paraguay:
Honey, maple sirup or sugar, molasses, and various commercial sirups can well be used in the place of cane or beet sugar.1918 November, “Lesson 121: Sugar-saving desserts and confections”, in The Cornell Reading Course for the Farm Home. Food Series. Published and Distributed in Furtherance of the Purposes Provided for in the Act of Congress of May 8, 1914, Ithaca, New York: New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University: