Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Everett Phillips Cane Syrup

Sometimes you get lucky and have a day that's fun. That's how I felt after spending a delightful day with the Phillips family and their friends.

Now, for all you Yankee's ( including me) you don't shake hands when you meet someone new- you hug. That's what I was told by Mrs. Phillip's. I really like that because everyone needs a good hug right?

Marie and Ted and their daughter Amanda invited me to see how Mr. Phillip's makes cane syrup. I now have had the first hand experience on how it is done.

Sugar Cane is a perennial crop. The canes are harvested after Thanksgiving or before the first  frost. The cane is harvested with a machete and cut close to the ground. Sugar cane is a cold-sensitive perennial, the roots are covered which will keep the plant safe until next spring when a whole new batch of homegrown sugar will rise from the ground as soon as the soil warms up enough.



The cane is cut, stored and ready to crush. To do this someone rides a tractor in a circle which turns the press and sugary juice comes out of the cane.



As the pole is turned you have to remember to duck, otherwise you are gonna have a good bump on your head.



I made up an album of other photos that I think you might like. 

Many, many thanks to Marie and Ted for inviting me and to Everett and Kathy Phillips for their hospitality.

9 comments:

  1. What a great day you had! And what an operation! It's amazing to see how some of these things go from field to package isn't it? Looks like they're doing it the good ol' fashioned way....why mess with success?

    That's quite an undertaking for sure....and it looks like you were a very good assistant too. :)

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    1. I don't know about that but I did have lots of fun.

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  2. How very neat for you to see and experience this process! Certainly a time consuming process. Did you get to take some home and if so, how will you use it?

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    1. I sure did and you know you will see a recipe soon!!!

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  3. This looks like such a fun thing to do. It must have been so interesting. I agree Carol, it i s amazing to see how the foods we use everyday are made. I am going to check out the album.....Thanks for sharing this fun time with us.

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    1. I never heard of cane syrup until get got down here. Have you heard of it before?

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  4. How cool is that? All those times while we were in maui I never got to see the factory where they processed the cane sugar. Maybe next year since we skipped this year. Bet you had a blast!

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    1. Come to visit and I'll take you over to Everett's!

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