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Agave for those of us in the southwest!

On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 12:25:17 -0400
 "Don  Bowen" <don.bowen AT earthlink.net> wrote:
> > This reminds me again of how many different natural 
> > sweeteners there
> > are. I've made maple syrup and sugar; that's something 
> > that anyone can
> > do on any scale. I like maple sugar in almost everything 
> > except coffee.
>
> The processes for making cane sugar is very similar to 
> Sorghum Molasses
> except you go beyond the molasses stage.  You could make 
> sugar from Sorghum
> molasses.  Similar process for beet sugar.
>
> Let's see:
> Honey.  Easy to get, just take the caps off the comb and 
> drain.
> Maple Syrup.  Collect sap in the spring then boil off 
> the water.
> Other trees can also yield a sweet sap.
> Sorghum Molasses.  Grow Sorghum, cut the whole stalk, 
> squeeze out the
> juices, boil off the water.
> Cane sugar. Same as Sorghum except the molasses is taken 
> a few more steps.
> Beet sugar. Grow sugar beets, harvest roots, mash, 
> squeeze, boil off water,
> continue as cane sugar.
>
> Others?
>
> Don Bowen  KI6DIU
> http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html
>
>
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