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Old September 30, 2015   #24
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Originally Posted by Zenbaas View Post
Don't know why I all ways thought sugar can was such a common thing. When we go visit my folks by the coast we always go grab a few pieces of sugar cane to chew on. Nice and Sweet!
I could go on and on about sugar cane and its history from hundreds of years ago.
In many ways it defined the very way we are today.
It is today one of the most economically important crops there is.
More sugar can is grown in the world than any other crop.
One of our neighbors when I lived in Oklahoma grew what they call sweet sorghum.
He would harvest it and run it through a mule drawn 3 cylinder mill in his front yard.
Then cook it down and sell it to the neighbors.
I know for a fact that I have eaten the sorghum syrup he made some 27 years later.
Stored in jars in the cupboard.

It was a sad day when I used up the last jar.
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