Re: Re: Fresh Sugar Cane — Fresh 1lb Sugar Cane

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Is it easy to extract the sugarcane from the planted by peeling the bamboo off?

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On Mar 14, 2009, at 7:07 AM, " og_editrix " <pam.angulo@...> wrote:

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> Is the sugarcane in big chuncks inside of these leaves? I was going to eat it

raw throughout the day. Does it have a lot of fiber in it?

Sugarcane is the stem of the plant (think bamboo), and you can chew on it. It's

VERY very fibrous; don't think you could actually eat the fiber. You can chew on

the cane to extract the juice (that is, the stuff from which sugar is

evaporated).

Pam Angulo

[Guest guest]

On second thought I'll stick to potatoes as my carb source.

Yours Truly,

Dan Holt

On Mar 16, 2009, at 4:43 PM, " Tom Jeanne " <tjeanne@...> wrote:

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> Is the sugarcane in big chuncks inside of these leaves? I was going > to eat

it raw throughout the day. Does it have a lot of fiber in

> it? It's pure sucrose which I guess is good. Sucrose is composed

> of glucose and fructose.

I can't imagine any nutritional benefit from sucking on sugarcane. It would be

better than eating white sugar by the spoonful, but still, sucrose is not a

healthy sugar. Aside from trace amounts of micronutrients I don't think there's

much else in the cane. As mentioned already, the fiber is very stringy and

probably should not be consumed.

If you want to try sugarcane, go to a bar that serves tropical drinks and order

a Mai Tai or a caipirinha. They often come with a small stick of raw sugarcane.

Tom