I was craving something sweet tonight. It reminded me of going to the grocery store with Mama when I was a kid. There were big stalks of sugar cane. She'd get them for me and my sisters as a treat. Pure, unadulterated sugar. We'd chew and suck on the stalks, which were like chewing on these tough shreddy stalks of bamboo or something. But it was good. It was sweet and the texture was pleasant when you got used to it. I never see sugar cane in stores anymore, unless I go into a Latino store. I'm always tempted, but I think at my age it would probably make me sick. I love that image and memory of the sugar cane, though.
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This is a memory we sort of share!
ReplyDeleteWe had it growing next to a house I lived in when I was around three to four. Even when they were no longer planting it, some still grew along the road! (Don't ask me how!?) There was still a market for it in those days, as you could by local syrup and molasses in the area, and some grocery stores still sold cane too.
Thanks for the memories. :-)
I was recently telling my son about this, and he was incredulous that such a thing was possible. This was about the only way I got sugar as a kid (processed sugar was a tool of the devil?).
ReplyDeleteYes, Fletch, we were not allowed to have a lot of processed sugar. We never had soda or much candy. That cane was a special treat for us.
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