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Things You'll Need

·    Large pot

·    Sugar cane

·    Rollers

·    Water

·    Large pan

Instructions

o   1

Buy sugar cane from a retailer, such as Fresh Sugar Cane in California. Most vendors perform a preliminary wash before putting the cane out to sell, but you want it to be free from clinging dirt before you cook it.

o   2

Wash the sugar cane for several minutes with running water. Press the sugar cane repeatedly with large rollers.    

o   3

Boil and cook the resulting liquid and allow the water to evaporate. Get rid of the dirty foam that accumulates on the top of the syrup.

o   4

Discard the fibrous product left over and pour the resulting syrup into a large pan to cook further. Continue boiling until crystals occur. The result is raw sugar that is brown in color.

o   5

Dry the sugar in a dryer that uses hot air. After it is dry, blow cool air over it for several days.

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          PS  Where I live in East Tennessee people also use a sugar cane look alike called sorghum. It works pretty well, too. It actually looks more like corn growing, to me. And sorghum molasses is made from it in the local Mennonite Community. And it is a Fall timeframe tourist attraction, too.  Lot's of wildlife like it, too. Like deer and hogs. Even I have grown it for deer food. One can extract the pulp from it for a homemade lollypop. And don't forget hard maple trees, too. I also make maple sap, maple syrup, and maple sugar, just to prove I can do it. I suspect other trees, like sweet gum, might do just as well, but I have not tried it. In both cases, the maple and the sweet gum, one wants to deal with an older and thicker tree.