Sugar canes and sugars...facts

[NHLee]

Sugar cane is a giant member of the Gramineae, the grass family, often growing up to six metres tall. Its closest living cousins are maize, rice, and sorghum, but sugar cane looks like bamboo - a long, thick stem joined in segments like an insect's leg. Some are thick burgundy with the midnight-grey galucous bloom of a plum, or vermillion, with turquoise joints; others are flushed pink, with a pearly suffusion at the end of each segment, the colour of a crustacean's inner claw. Yet another variety can be mustard yellow, tinged with the brown of dying leaves.

Wild sugar cane, Saccharum spontaneum, looks more like grass with low sugar content.

But the grass that changed the world sugar economy was Creole. the creole cane is a freak of nature - it's sterile; it cannot survive without human help, susceptible to disease and, above all, its thick, segmented stem is packed full of sucrose!

Most plants store their energy by converting glucose to starch to tide them through harsh months. Very few plants store glucose as sucrose, a more complex sugar, which is the sandy-type of sugar we buy in packets Sucrose is an odd choice as a means of storing excess energy in sugar cane because it has to be dissolved and held in liquid form.

[shiruikage]

and other than extracting the drink from the cane and drinking it, the point of this thread would be...?:h:

[NHLee]

All about sugars, sugar cane, and related facts....the grass that changed the world.:)

[shiruikage]

All about sugars, sugar cane, and related facts....the grass that changed the world.:)
omg...i've been drinking grass all my teenage life! urghh!!! but sweet! lol. waitaminute, arent grass is another name for marijuana?

[dragoncity99]

Do u think if i plant a bush of sugarcanes and i siram with salt water, will it be possible to turn the sugarcane into saltycane? :blink:

If i wan to put coloring, can i siram with air sirap and i get red sugarcanes? :blink:

Im so curious, why i dint do that when i was in Sitiawan...aiseh...

[Chris C]

NHLee....which is the best type of sugar/sweetenings?:)

[dragoncity99]

The yellow one?

The purple one ?

[KongMing]

Sugar in sugar cane & sugar are similar but different. Am I right? Sugar in general(white sugar) is a processed food, some say it's toxic, you google and see. Sugar in sugar cane is natural. Natural doesn't mean good as well.

[Ah Boh]

Sugar in sugar cane & sugar are similar but different. Am I right? Sugar in general(white sugar) is a processed food, some say it's toxic, you google and see. Sugar in sugar cane is natural. Natural doesn't mean good as well.

but between the two, i'd rather drink sugarcane juice than sugar water anytime...

[Odysseus]

but between the two, i'd rather drink sugarcane juice than sugar water anytime...
any difference other than taste?

[Voon Chan]

liquid molasses NHLee....which is the best type of sugar/sweetenings?:)

[SS2006]

Do u think if i plant a bush of sugarcanes and i siram with salt water, will it be possible to turn the sugarcane into saltycane? :blink:

If i wan to put coloring, can i siram with air sirap and i get red sugarcanes? :blink:

Im so curious, why i dint do that when i was in Sitiawan...aiseh...
Yalor...we got so many sugarcanes in front of our houses in S'wan...why no one did this experiment?
Drago...if successs, you can start selling red sugarcane, purple sugarcane, spicy sugarcane...
But i do drink before salty sugarcane...tasted weird. People said if you grow sugarcane on burnt soil, you'll get salty sugarcane...must be excess of sodium there. Yeah..the salty sugarcane i've tasted was grown in burnt soil.

[NHLee]

omg...i've been drinking grass all my teenage life! urghh!!! but sweet! lol. waitaminute, arent grass is another name for marijuana?

This is referring to grass family. The grass for marijuana is like a bahasa kasar for the drug because it smell like "toasted grass". I smelled it before...during one pharmacology module..in univ.

[NHLee]

Sugar is produced in 121 countries worldwide including Philippines, Barbados, Indonesia, Australia (Brisbane), India...and exceeds 120 million tonnes (average) globally per year!

[Chris C]

liquid molasses
:huh: ....what's that???....:o

[LiLiaN]

molasses is a bit like honey, sticky sweet liquid...
sometimes also known as treacle...

[Chris C]

molasses is a bit like honey, sticky sweet liquid...
sometimes also known as treacle...
Oh...and it's the extract from?....and what's good about it?:smile-2:

[NHLee]

NHLee....which is the best type of sugar/sweetenings?:)

I prefer brown sugar or those rock sugar bought from the herbal shop...my opinion. Don't go for those artificial, low calory sweetener..the aspartame..this is not natural sugar.

Of course, too much natural sugar is never good..likewise too much of eating is no good either. Eat and drink in moderation. Never too extreme..everything we do, we eat and action taken too extreme has its own consequence/s.:)

[LiLiaN]

Oh...and it's the extract from?....and what's good about it?:smile-2:extracted from sugarcane or processed beet root...
found a good article in wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molasses), check it out... :)
i usually use molasses for baking...

[NHLee]

Fellas, how about sugar from maple syrup from the bark..is the sugar structure the same...maltose..fructose..sucrose...glucose..xylos e...?..hehehe:D

[LiLiaN]

hmm... maple syrup with pancake and butter.... *drool*

[Chris C]

I prefer brown sugar or those rock sugar bought from the herbal shop...my opinion. Don't go for those artificial, low calory sweetener..the aspartame..this is not natural sugar.

Of course, too much natural sugar is never good..likewise too much of eating is no good either. Eat and drink in moderation. Never too extreme..everything we do, we eat and action taken too extreme has its own consequence/s.:)
I used those too....not a fan of artificial sugar and hardly uses white sugar for drinks or food...


extracted from sugarcane or processed beet root...
found a good article in wikipedia, check it out...
i usually use molasses for baking...
Thanks sweetie....;)

[NHLee]

Here is another stuff about sugar cane I want to share. Do give your discussion, critic, comment, opinion, etc.:)

Sugar has been described as a medicine in ancient days. Has been one of substance in medicinal ingredients. A necessity, a kind of drug for soothing and sort of. But its tale is one of both life and death -- sugar is in every cell of our bodies. Remember for phosphate transfer in ATP production, sugar has been the substrate for cellular metabolism and activity. Our DNA contains ribose sugar..precursor derived from glucose.

Humans are all dependent on sugar for centuries, but it also responsible for the enslavement and death of millions of people. It is the root of one of today's most serious health problems...obesity!:)

[NHLee]

Our lust or rather say desire for sugar for its sweetness has changed the shape of global economy, culturally and socially.

Even in Milton's Paradise Lost....honey, nectar and ambrosia ..dined by gods and goddess..:) :) . All for the desire of sweetness.

The juice of the sugar-cane, if the stalk is chewed with the aid of the teeth, increases the body cooling, purges the intestines, promotes nutrition and corpulency and excites the phlegm. ...from Charaka, in Charaka-Samhita, AD 78.:)

[Fishingman]

Maple Syrup is good, yum yum! But dem expensive-lah.

[NHLee]

Maple Syrup is good, yum yum! But dem expensive-lah.
Ang Moh stuff mah? Price is the factor..hehe!:D

[andrewjpan]

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e212/andrewjpan/a34e434c.jpg


YUM!!! SUGAR CANE!!!

[athena]

errr which part is sugar? and which part is cane?

[andrewjpan]

errr which part is sugar? and which part is cane?
use your imagination my dear... but i think the guys can imagine this one better...

[athena]

explain la brother....

[NHLee]

errr which part is sugar? and which part is cane?

Librarian by day....Bacardi by night is the significant hint already lah!

[NHLee]

Sugar...sugar...sugar, for generations after generations. Is there a way to stop this desire??:)

[Fishingman]

use your imagination my dear... but i think the guys can imagine this one better...
What's there to imagine? Rum is made from suger cane mah.:smile-2:

[athena]

finally....a man wif the answer! :)

[NHLee]

Like the Jamaican Rum....gives the burning heart sensation but use sugar-cane...as sweet as the taste. What a conversion after fermentation!!

[andrewjpan]

you mean that there is rum that is not made from sugar cane?

[NHLee]

you mean that there is rum that is not made from sugar cane?

I meant sugar cane is so tasty for its sweetness but once turned into rum...its content can give alcohol burning sensation!!:D

[andrewjpan]

I meant sugar cane is so tasty for its sweetness but once turned into rum...its content can give alcohol burning sensation!!:D
it applies to all forms of alcohol...

apples into cider

malt to beer

cereals to vodka

and last but not least

honey / fruits into wine...

[Chris C]

it applies to all forms of alcohol...

apples into cider

malt to beer

cereals to vodka

and last but not least

honey / fruits into wine...
The ones u mentioned above, any health benefits?

[andrewjpan]

The ones u mentioned above, any health benefits?
OF COURSE!!!

look at all the healthy stuff it's all made off... fruits and cereals!!!

[NHLee]

polyphenols in red wine helps in dilating blood vessel/artery. :D

[andrewjpan]

polyphenols in red wine helps in dilating blood vessel/artery. :D
Warfarin

[Chris C]

OF COURSE!!!

look at all the healthy stuff it's all made off... fruits and cereals!!!
:laugh: ....but after fermentation and with alcohol...still have meh?....don't tarik my legs....:sus:

[andrewjpan]

:laugh: ....but after fermentation and with alcohol...still have meh?....don't tarik my legs....:sus:
if u put it that way ah... u take a chicken... throw in a pot... add herbs and boil... after that.... still got health benefits meh?

[Chris C]

if u put it that way ah... u take a chicken... throw in a pot... add herbs and boil... after that.... still got health benefits meh?
Eh, meat and fruits diff lah.......

[andrewjpan]

Eh, meat and fruits diff lah.......
the herbs leh?

[Chris C]

the herbs leh?
Herbs and fruits also diff leh......fruits' benefits r very sensitive, u'll loose them easily.....

[NHLee]

the herbs leh?

I shoould think the Bak kut teh soup should be ok..make sure put enough garlic to brew. Warfarin is an anticoagulant..I would recommend only for post operative patient, especially those undergone heart surgery. If not, rather take aspirin..reduce platelet stickiness (too sticky promotes thrombus formation).

[andrewjpan]

Herbs and fruits also diff leh......fruits' benefits r very sensitive, u'll loose them easily.....
so if fruits are cooked there are no benefits?

[Chris C]

so if fruits are cooked there are no benefits?
.....u'll loose most of the benefits definitely when they r cooked, especially when there's heat involved....that's why the healtiest way to eat vegs and fruits, r to have them raw....

[andrewjpan]

.....u'll loose most of the benefits definitely when they r cooked, especially when there's heat involved....that's why the healtiest way to eat vegs and fruits, r to have them raw....
ok... what about ceriels?

[Chris C]

ok... what about ceriels?
Cereals r more of fibre.......that's why i'm wondering, once used for alcohol, like malt drinks, is there still any benefits left or just calories....nothing more......I love malt drinks too, but once i read an article in the newspaper that says, there's really no benefits in alcohol drinks, only calories that u're cosuming....:squeeze:

[andrewjpan]

Cereals r more of fibre.......that's why i'm wondering, once used for alcohol, like malt drinks, is there still any benefits left or just calories....nothing more......I love malt drinks too, but once i read an article in the newspaper that says, there's really no benefits in alcohol drinks, only calories that u're cosuming....:squeeze:
*HiC*

[Chris C]

*HiC*
:laugh: ......u wanna loose some weight, then cut down on alcohol...

[NHLee]

The culprit is alcohol..liver cirrhosis, hepatic hypertension...death comes knocking at doorstep!!

[alfred98]

The culprit is alcohol..liver cirrhosis, hepatic hypertension...death comes knocking at doorstep!!
To get this one need to be called alcoholic lah....Drinking thru out the day and night......

[LiLiaN]

at the end of the day, moderation is the key...

[NHLee]

Get drunk and fell into Swan River....broken hearted me! :p