Why is raw sugar expensive?

[Nyogtha]

Originally Posted by DBMaster
Originally Posted by hatt
Some old fellows make cane syrup a mile down the road. They grow the cane too. It's even wood fired. Not FDA approved.


Do they ship? I'd love to get my hands on some of that!

Fain's cane syrup made in TX is available via Amazon if you just don't want Steen's, the biggest brand, which does ship everywhere.

https://www.amazon.com/Fains-Ribbon-Cane-Syrup-quart/dp/B01ELXWVKS

Woody's is another smaller brand that ships.

https://woodys-smokehouse.com/product/ribbon-cane-syrup/

 

[hatt]

Originally Posted by DBMaster
Originally Posted by hatt
Some old fellows make cane syrup a mile down the road. They grow the cane too. It's even wood fired. Not FDA approved.


Do they ship? I'd love to get my hands on some of that!

I don't think so. The next event is in March. If I remember I'll try to pick up some.

 

[hatt]

Originally Posted by Nyogtha
Originally Posted by DBMaster
Originally Posted by hatt
Some old fellows make cane syrup a mile down the road. They grow the cane too. It's even wood fired. Not FDA approved.


Do they ship? I'd love to get my hands on some of that!

Fain's cane syrup made in TX is available via Amazon if you just don't want Steen's, the biggest brand, which does ship everywhere.

https://www.amazon.com/Fains-Ribbon-Cane-Syrup-quart/dp/B01ELXWVKS

Woody's is another smaller brand that ships.

https://woodys-smokehouse.com/product/ribbon-cane-syrup/

That looks like mass produced stuff. You may as well head down to the supermarket.
Here's how it's made. This guy is about a half hour away. The local setup is pretty much the same except they use the old rotary type mill he shows powered by an animal and cook in an old tin shed.

 

[Nyogtha]

Yes, but the other poster asked if your find would ship and I never saw you answer.

Can you describe the flavor difference between mass produced and your find?

An old link, but this festival still goes on in East Texas AFAIK.

http://myetx.com/tag/ribbon-cane-syrup/

Another from Facebook

https://m.facebook.com/ribboncanesyrup/

Not even Steen's was available at ANY market I visited when I lived in the Great Lakes region. There was sorghum molasses but that's not nowhere the same as cane syrup.

Steen's had to drop the "ribbon" designation from their label because they couldn't guarantee none of the cane used got pollinated by another variety but growing up the word "ribbon" was always on the can on our cupboard. Usually Steen's yes from the local store unless we'd picked up some more rural product on family road trips (when Sugar Land, TX was honestly about sugar) although Abbeville, LA ain't no metroplex!

https://steensyrup.com/history/

 

[Nyogtha]

Here's where & when to go for cane syrup from a mule powered press in Texas

http://www.hendersontx.us/14/Heritage-Syrup-Festival

I'm fine with Steen's that I can get year round

 

[PandaBear]

Originally Posted by philipp10
Originally Posted by Kestas
Isn't raw sugar unrefined sugar? This suggests it is cheaper to produce by bypassing a processing step. So why is it more expensive?

Why do you want "raw sugar". It's just as bad for you as refined. It's not like rice or wheat where the raw version have the fiber and minerals still in them.


Because it taste different? The same as why people won't drink food grade ethanol but drink vodka.

 

[PandaBear]

Asian super market?

 

[Garak]

Originally Posted by Nyogtha
Here's where & when to go for cane syrup from a mule powered press in Texas

OT, but at least for a number of years, a fair bit of the sugar used in this province was from Manitoba sugar beets. I haven't read a sugar bag in ages to know if that's still the case.

 

[hatt]

Originally Posted by Nyogtha
Yes, but the other poster asked if your find would ship and I never saw you answer.

Can you describe the flavor difference between mass produced and your find?

Nope. I don't eat much syrup. I do know hand crafted products have a quality all their own.