SC - sugar
Alderton, Philippa
phlip at morganco.net
Mon Feb 9 20:17:07 PST 1998
It's available, just have to look around. Sugar cane has a few wonderful
qualities- it's easy to grow, in the right climate. it's sweet, and it
doesn't have a bunch of angry, stinging insects hanging around to protest
your right to harvest.
phlip at morganco.net
Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider that cain't be throwed.
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: A little over a week ago, Bear said:
:
: I can't give you a value, but sugar was a widely grown and used product in
: the Islamic lands. It originates in India. It was transplanted to the
: Euphrates before the rise of Islam and it is probably there that it was
: first refined. These areas became part of al-Islam before 700 CE.
:
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: Why would someone go to the trouble to transplating it a great distance
: unless it was already being refined? Or is there evidence of people
: squeezing the juice onto/into food directly from the plant? I seem to
: remember chewing on raw sugar cane years and years ago and it being
: sweet, though. I dont even know if it is still available that way. I
: dont remember seeing the raw cane in years.
:
: Stefan li Rous
: stefan at texas.net
:
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