[Sca-cooks] Sugar production

[Bronwynmgn at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/31/2006 2:34:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
nickiandme at att.net writes:
<<A couple of questions about  sugar:

Has anyone read of how sugar was produced from cane  written/described by 
someone (in period) in a letter somewhere?

Has  anyone tried to grow or otherwise produce their own sugar using period 
methods  to acertain how close the various sugars available to us modernly are 
to period  sugars?

Have you seen any paintings or drawings by artists in period  which might 
show the production of sugar?>>
 
Gavin MacBane here in the East has done a tremendous amount of research  into 
period sugar production.  May I pass your email on to him?
 
Brangwayna Morgan