![Making Cane Syrup in the Florida Panhandle [A Documentary by David The Good]](https://www.allforgardening.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1668039725_maxresdefault.jpg "Making Cane Syrup in the Florida Panhandle [A Documentary by David The Good]")
In the middle of acres of cotton, Marcus Stewart shares how he makes cane syrup with an antique Golden’s Cane Crusher and a giant cast iron cauldron in his syruping station. We see how to make cane syrup from juicing sugarcane, to boiling it down and jarring it up. The events in this documentary took place from 9AM to 6PM on Friday, November 4th, 2022.
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A documentary on old-fashioned sugarcane syrup making in the Florida Panhandle, with Marcus Stewart, Joshua Ussery and Elyan Blanton. The sugarcane press is a century-old Golden’s Sugar Cane Mill, powered by a Sears lawn tractor.
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Contaminated by Cotton Defoliant, everything
Is there a way to crush small batches of sugar cane?
Man I felt like I was at my Gramma’s house. This was pure awesomeness
Would this be considered brown sugar
That was really neat. I wonder how much longer you have to cook it to make "wet sugar" like they do in Jamaica.
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Looked like a fun day.
Did they mention how many batches they do every year?
Wander what the original gravity, or Brix values is before it’s boiled down.
That was cool. Thanks
Probably get about 15 gallons of rum off that batch!
Where can I get sugar cane starts in The Panhandle? I've been trying to source since I moved here…
We would cook to 225 -228F and you can start to see the hard rock candies on the rim forming. But we had a kane boiler that was big and shallow. So it prob different for that deep pot.
Thank you so much this was a wonderful film very informative and just love to see people come together and work together for a common purpose.
Thank you for sharing this with us, DTG! Takes me right back to childhood….we had a big field of sugar cane for a backyard and I could smell that syrup cooking through the screen. And, guess what my favorite way to eat cane syrup is? On a biscuit 😂😂
great video. Reminds me when daddy and them would make sorghum syrup. I miss that a lot.
Great video David. It was a pleasure having you and your family out filming and pitching in and helping. We made three batches for a total of 22 gallons. We will also be running off another batch this coming up Saturday.
There was about a month where I consumed an uncomfortable amount of sugarcane videos. The history of sugar is fascinating, and this is very well done.
Very informative video, David!
That pour at 14:28 🤤
My sister and her family have a cane grinding every year. It has become a big celebration of the old ways of farming. Lots of people show up and they have a demonstration of cooking the cane juice down and making cane syrup and make some sugar cane candy. It's always a fun day. They do this in northeast Florida.
Thank you for putting this video together, David! Very informative and they were so “sweet” to share their process of making syrup 😊
A column of air with a hemispherical top allows for higher rates of compression in a motor. Maybe sugar makers need to test using evaporators with curved bottoms 🧐
Great watch!
Awesome video!! Amazing process of making cane syrup thanks for sharing
This was really well shot David, nice work! Looks professionally filmed/edited…wait a minute you ARE a professional! In all seriousness, you did a phenomenal job! Maybe you can head to Deep South when Mr Danny makes his cane syrup this fall???
Meet Marcus at the conference , we talked a while about cooking ,never have cooked in a pot , we use pans in Central Ala , I need to get him some sorghum seed , enjoyed the video
Amazing video. I know Mr Danny at deep south is supposed to do this soon. Would love to help him out too learn. Thank yall very interesting and love the learning aspect of the video. Growing cane for the first time and really want to try this. Forgot to add photography was great.
very cool
That was awesome!
Super interesting!!! Lots of work goes into this
This brings back memories of when I was a kid in Sopchoppy (on the panhandle) I got into some trouble for playing in the syrup-making shed. LOL
Sweet!
What is this syrup used for? What’s the taste?
Marcus' cane syrup is available at the Ussery Roast in Pace – see here on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theusseryroast/ Should be great in coffee!
Would it be to late to seed start some carrots and beets in 8b
I bought a press this year and processed my backyard cane. I got 4 pints when I finished. I'm very happy with it. Alot of hard work but it's well worth it.
i live in spring hill florida, an can not fine sugar cane to plant..does anyone in my area have any stalks for planting. would like the green an some red cane..grew it when i was younger.
Great light!
I'm not from the south, even though I live here now… but this was really interesting… thank you!
Beautifully done video.
I have a neighbor that grows the cane and makes his syrup. To save time he uses an old hit and miss engine to power his crusher and then pumps the liquid to his kettles in a pole barn. He fires the kettles with propane to keep a more even temperature. It's definitely a science and he takes it very seriously. I alway get several bottles a year. He makes a blend for folks that don't like pure cane syrup. Great video!
Very Interesting! My parents were from Georgia. We would always go there a couple of times a year when I was a kid to visit family. My Dad drove all of us kids around one time showing us all of the old farms from his child hood. One of the places he showed us was the old community cauldrons and press that was used for the sorghum. We miss out on a lot by only going to the grocery store now.
Fantastic work on the film David! 💙
The old ways will be lost to history without people like you DTG. Thank you.
Great video,David. It was very interesting to see the process. And to see the people who do it. Thank you.
Strangely interesting for a foreigner.
Golden pancreas…😄
S. Ugar Fiend. 🤣
Southern sugaring. 'Cept you don't have to collect all the buckets of sap in the snow .
Thanks for showing us .