[Sca-cooks] Sugar WAS Spices in England
rattkitten
rattkitten at hughes.net
Mon Jan 1 17:46:02 PST 2007
I have never tried to make it but down here in South Carolina I have
seen sugar cane at the Flea Markets, as well as at some of the open air
markets. (Farmers Markets) I believe I also saw sugar can in Atlanta at
the International Market.
Ya know I have never even thought about making Sugar from the Cane....
but damn they sell it so I guess there must be a way right? Hmmmm might
just have to check that out on line to see how it is done.
Nichola
Stefan li Rous wrote:
> Sharon asked:
> <<< Has anyone on the list ever made sugar from sugar cane or sugar
> beets? How
> did it go? >>>
>
> I've only seen pieces of sugar cane a few times in my life. I suspect
> the total length of what I've seen in the grocery store would only be
> a couple of feet. So where would you find raw sugar cane today? Other
> than perhaps flying to Hawaii?
>
> I did ask this same question here in the past few months, but got no
> replies.
>
> I suspect that getting a useable amount of sugar from sugar beets
> would be much more difficult at home than from starting with sugar cane.
>
> Perhaps this file, which talks about sugar production techniques in
> Cyprus in the Middle Ages might be of interest:
> Cypriot-Sugr-art (54K) 8/ 5/06 “From Cane To Kitchen: An
> Investigation into
> Medieval Processed Sugar” by
> Gavan
> MacBane. Sugar processing in
> Cyprus.
> http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-SWEETS/Cypriot-Sugr-art.html
>
> I do seem to remember that Gavan does describe his experiments at
> recreating some of these processes at home.
>
> Stefan
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