Sugar Cane Syrup (Blackshear: to eat, child, porch)

[walkin2e]

When I was a child growing up in the 50's and 60's, one of my uncles had an annual "cane grinding". The smell of cooking sugar cane juice was one I will never forget. There would be dozens of people, all ages, at this event, and we would get to eat fresh ground sausage, homemade biscuits and pancakes, and of course, fresh cane syrup.

One of my uncle's sons, has revived this tradition, and two weeks ago, he made a fresh batch of syrup. I'm fixin' to fry some good hickory smoked bacon, make some french toast, and pour on the cane syrup. I didn't get to go to the event (I was picking up pecans) but one of my brother-in-law's brought me a quart bottle.

I'm makin' it here in the country outside this little ole town of Blackshear in south Georgia.

walkin2e

[lulupalooza]

yuummmoooo I wish I was close I would come join you for breakfast!

[RangerDuke08]

Mmmmmmm havent had sugarcane syup since I was a kid either.

[chinaberry25]

I do not like it, but go ahead. Seen many a mule grinding cane syrup in my day. Of course I use to see milk bottles left on the front porch and cloth diapers.