Comments on: Five Generations and Cane Syrup (recipe: Cane Syrup Cake) https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/ Southern food, simple life, sweet memories Sat, 24 May 2014 21:17:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: Jackie Garvin https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-46866 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 04:48:56 +0000 http://syrupandbiscuits.com/?p=3#comment-46866 In reply to Carolyn Vick.

Carolyn,

Steen’s sells cane syrup which is different than molasses. There are two kinds of molasses: sorghum and blackstrap. I keep sorghum molasses in my pantry and it’s close in flavor to cane syrup. It’s not exactly the same. Here’s a link to an article that might help you: http://grandmaspantryva.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/September-Scoop09.pdf

]]> By: Carolyn Vick https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-46865 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 03:12:28 +0000 http://syrupandbiscuits.com/?p=3#comment-46865 I have long been searching for a taste of my growing up years in MS. I am now 70 but so remember my grandfather stirring butter into syrup and then putting it on his biscuit. We called it molasses and it came in silver cans. Every molasses item I have tried is not the syrup of my childhood. What I have tried seems to be harsh and dark tasting. What I remember is a succulent bit of heaven. My immediate family moved away and for many years we came back to visit our grandparents. We always brought back shrimp on ice, pecans gathered from the trees in their yard, and of course, our can of molasses. Everyone is gone now but I long for a taste of that syrup. My grandfather grew some cane but he did not process it (I think his friends did) and he would cut pieces for us to suck and chew. I have tried something from Steen’s (don’t remember exactly one it was), but it sure was not the syrup of my childhood. I always thought molasses was molasses until I tried to find my memory molasses. Can you help me figure out what I had? Your thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you.

]]> By: Jackie Garvin https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-46103 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 02:08:29 +0000 http://syrupandbiscuits.com/?p=3#comment-46103 In reply to Linda Duff Niemeir.

How wonderful! God bless your Mama.

]]> By: Linda Duff Niemeir https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-46101 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 21:20:57 +0000 http://syrupandbiscuits.com/?p=3#comment-46101 Judy Burnham, how interesting that your father/law used a lwn mower to power his sugar cane mill! My mother grew up in the countryside of North Louisiana and helped Grandpa work a surgar cane mill as a teen (about 1939). She has painted an oil painting from memory, depicting Grandpa and herself working in the mill. It is a family treasure. Mama is now 87 yrs. old.

]]> By: Jackie Garvin https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-45831 Sat, 21 Sep 2013 13:49:31 +0000 http://syrupandbiscuits.com/?p=3#comment-45831 In reply to Vickie.

Vickie,

This is the first blog post I did. While my writing and photography have improved, my heart’s still the same.

Steens is the only cane syrup I buy. I order it online. Enjoy the syrup cake!

Thanks so much for reading. 🙂

]]> By: Vickie https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-45830 Sat, 21 Sep 2013 04:00:50 +0000 http://syrupandbiscuits.com/?p=3#comment-45830 Loved stumbling on to your blog. I grew up on cane syrup. It’s my husband favorite syrup still. I agree with Tom, Steen’s is the best. It’s a family run business for years, made in Louisiana. It is widely available, I could even purchase while living in China. Today I’m baking syrup cake for workers here in Malaysia.

]]> By: Jackie Garvin https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-6617 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:17:33 +0000 http://syrupandbiscuits.com/?p=3#comment-6617 In reply to tom gilbert.

Tom,

I purchase Steen’s Cane Syrup online and have it shipped. I’ve found cane syrup that’s produced locally but I think Steen’s is superior. 🙂

]]> By: tom gilbert https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-6544 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:53:28 +0000 http://syrupandbiscuits.com/?p=3#comment-6544 can you purchase the syrup and have it shipped

]]> By: Jackie Garvin https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:30:55 +0000 http://syrupandbiscuits.com/?p=3#comment-282 In reply to Ann (Johnson) Collins.

Ann,
So glad you enjoyed the post. Thanks for letting me know I helped you relive some beautiful times. That’s what Syrup and Biscuits is all about!

]]> By: Ann (Johnson) Collins https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:15:30 +0000 http://syrupandbiscuits.com/?p=3#comment-281 Gosh this brings back so many memories..I fondly remember watching the mules grinding the cane..mother would always get a bottle of cane juice to drink,while my dad,and i would chew the cane..thanks for the memories!!

]]> By: Jackie Garvin https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:52:16 +0000 http://syrupandbiscuits.com/?p=3#comment-63 In reply to Julie Evans.

Julie,
I deeply appreciate your comments and your readership. Food is part of life and life has stories. I intend to tell those stories to the best of my abilities. It makes me happy and I hope that happiness extends to my readers.

]]> By: Julie Evans https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:41:16 +0000 http://syrupandbiscuits.com/?p=3#comment-62 So glad you have started this blog! I am loving the stories and recipes. Sunday dinner at my grandmother’s house (we were lucky enough to live next door) were a weekly ritual. Lots of Lebanese food, cousins and memories. So glad you are continuing the traditions with your own family!

]]> By: Jackie Garvin https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:56:36 +0000 http://syrupandbiscuits.com/?p=3#comment-53 In reply to Kurt Halls.

Kurt,
I’ve got many, many more stories in my back pocket!

]]> By: Kurt Halls https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:19:57 +0000 http://syrupandbiscuits.com/?p=3#comment-52 Jackie,
This is just a great read, and the food looks even better !
Being a cook with a West Indian tradtion I so can appreciate the stories and granny cooking and all the smells !

Continue doing great work and cook on !

]]> By: Jackie Garvin https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:34:35 +0000 http://syrupandbiscuits.com/?p=3#comment-49 In reply to Danny Taylor.

Danny,
I’m so glad you enjoyed the blog. With great family memories and lots of current food opportunities, I have lots to write about. Thank you for your heart warming words.

]]> By: Danny Taylor https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:44:15 +0000 http://syrupandbiscuits.com/?p=3#comment-48 Jackie, I truly knew you were capable of this great blog and find it as interesting and memory laden as all of our conversations are which makes it an instant hit with me. Thanks for taking the time to make our lives more fun.

I do seem to remember that the cane syrup cake was more of a seasonal cake, much like Lane, and Fruit cake…a fall type cake but could be wrong..

The biscuit and syrup however was a daily offering and was a mainstay of the Phillips men as grand daddy, uncle Payton and Teddy all had the biscuit and syrup, syrup with the home churned butter mixed in every morning…grand daddy all most always had a couple of pork chops with his, red eye gravy and eggs from the hen house out back. Sweet summer rain!!

Meals were simpler then and were most often prepared with ingredients home grown or at least from someone you knew…thanks for bringing that back to light! Good luck and continued success!

]]> By: Jackie Garvin https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:51:41 +0000 http://syrupandbiscuits.com/?p=3#comment-39 In reply to Ellen Helms.

Ellen,
I’m so glad you visited “Syrup and Biscuits”. Writing about precious memories is near and dear to my heart. I will send you a friend request through FB. I’m friends with Tina and keep up with the Andalusia family through her.

]]> By: Ellen Helms https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:17:18 +0000 http://syrupandbiscuits.com/?p=3#comment-38 Jackie

I was Sam’s cousin Julians wife. Your blog has brought back lots of wonderful memories to me. We were married for 50 years and nearly every day of his life I cooked him those cathead biscuits and he ate them with Cane Patch syrup(which was the nearest to the homemade cane syrup we could find). If I was available to cook three meals a day then that’s how often he had them. I also remember the cane syrup making day, the only difference in ours was they used a evaporator pan insted of the kettle. Would love to stay in touch with you. I am already friends with Amy on FB.

]]> By: Mona Stout https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 05:14:55 +0000 http://syrupandbiscuits.com/?p=3#comment-16 I have a feeling that after each post on this blog I’m going to want to lick the spoon. Love it, Jackie. Can’t wait for more.

]]> By: Jackie Garvin https://syrupandbiscuits.com/five-generations-and-cane-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:33:41 +0000 http://syrupandbiscuits.com/?p=3#comment-23 In reply to Gail Davis.

Thank you so much, Gail. Your comments mean a lot to me. I just published my next post called “A Chicken in Every Pot”. Hope you get a chance to read that one, too!

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