RETURN TO SENDER, ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN. Date sent: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 21:34:28 -0600 To: "Edgar A. Howard" <ehoward@conknet.com> From: nancy hammes <nhammes@net66.com> Subject: Re: Maple & Cane sugar 2/27/99 Hi All! I do know that sugar used to be made (how or why? I dont know>) into sugar cones and sugar loafs. You would have to scrape the sugar from the cone or loaf to use it. I believe that some of the wealthier people of those times also had special spoons they used to scrape the sugar. I would like to know the history on why sugar was put into this cone or loaf mold instead of being loose like it is today. I am sure there is a very reasonable and practical answer. The only thing I can think of is it would be easier to transport. Maybe someone in our group knows the answer. I really love this list when we are all sharing and caring about our pasts and each other! Nancy/Illinois > >On SUGAR & CANE: >Daniel Boone bought loaf sugar at a trading post in southwest Virginia. >Does anybody know wht "loaf sugar" was? Maybe brown sugar? My great great >grandfather had a large sugar maple grove on his farm, with large pans and >boiling kettles where he made syrup and sugar..but from the reports I have >read concerning the amount he made, I don't believe the pioneers could have >depended on maple sugar for their needs..I believe the pioneers probably >made molasses which turn into sugar after a while if they are made >thick....I helped restock a cane mill a couple of years ago which looked >like it was brought over on the Mayflower!! >The creeks and other places with "cane" in the names were probably named >for the wild cane which grew in low areas when the first Longhunters and >explorers came..I don't know if it had syrup juice in it or not..Cattle and >horses could eat it.. >G. Lee H... > > >==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== >#4 Chain letters, gossip, non-genealogical notes, commercial ads, pleas for help, etc. are >PROHIBITED on this List. Violators will be promptly locked out. -sysop > >Feminism AIN'T ladylike > > >==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== >#3 Support the fight against unrequested junk e-mail (SPAM). >Visit the webpage at: http://www.cauce.org/ > -sysop > > Feminism AIN'T ladylike