I am passing this on to the BOONE list, as there is a couple that is pretty much up on their food and their clothes, maybe they can help you. Sheila and Arlie are you guys out there reading this , I hope Margie -----Original Message----- From: G. Lee Hearl <glh@naxs.com> To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com <SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, February 27, 1999 6:20 PM Subject: Re: King's Mountain >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 >