Making Cane Syrup the Old Way

Join us and Billy Turner as we explore the art of making Cane Syrup right here on the homestead. Old tools, home grown, timeless techniques.

[@davidjohnston6993]

I grew up in Florida and my Mom started with a couple of tables on the side of the road to sell tomatoes and corn. Then She started selling Pecans. My job was to shell them. A little further down the road and She had enough to start making cane syrup. After a few years She moved from our small town and was able to rent a store in south Daytona and eventually buy it. Eventually She was able to purchase a second store and expanded the items She had for sale. She also made relationships with others who had been customers and would provide a spot to put the things they produced for sale such as pies and breads. She’s living proof that if you live in the US and are willing to work hard there is no limit to have a good life. Is our country perfect? Of course not. But it is still the best country in the world that lets people succeed with meager means and get to a point where the hard work will pay off.

[@user-jl7wn5nn7p]

Yes. Sir as a ex. SF I guarantee. You. Cannot do that in just any country

[@carrieminton6595]

Loved watching this! Brought back my childhood!

[@southernprepper1]

Totally enjoyed watching this video. Wish it was longer.

[@TheHomesteadBox]

Me too. It's a good day for me when I can get out to someone's homestead besides mine. I just had to get in the mix and get what footage I could. Mr. Billy tolerated the camera (read me) pretty well. --Sam with The Homestead Box

[@FullSpectrumSurvival]

The way it should be done! Thanks for taking us along.

[@docbrown6550]

We used to Make Syrup for Decades...We used the Other type of Mill you have the one resting on the Post that your not using but somewhat larger we had a Car Rearend Vertical with Gears and Chain run off a Tractor PTO. We Started around 2am and made 12-14 Gallons of Finished Product Twice a Day.....I Still have the Mill of My Dads. A Lot of great Memories, A Lot of Hard Work.

[@OcotilloTom]

I'm 75, when I was a kid in Louisiana we used mule to grind our cane.

[@DropForgedSurvival]

That was so fascinating to watch and learn!

[@rockinrickard61]

Here in Southern Ohio there's a guy that my dad grew up with that has a sorghum festival on his farm every year in October. He raises the sorghum himself. It's very similar to what Mr. Turner does, but I'm sure it's a different type of cane due to the shorter growing season. The other difference is he has a big vat with channels in it. The liquid starts at one end and he stirs it along until it gets to the other end, taking out the impurities along the way. When the youngens come by he'll dip a sorghum stick in the syrup that he's cooking and give them a taste. Lot's of great memories from John Simon's Sorghum festivals over the years.

[@TheHomesteadBox]

That is awesome Rick. Yes Sugar cane is very different from sorghum. As kids we'd get hunks of raw sugar cane to chew on.

[@wemcal]

Wonderful video

[@s.leemccauley7302]

Great video. Loved Mr Billy and his down to earth way of speaking. Am the history as well as the instruction on the whole process was super. Thanks. Be safe.

[@sheraklassen4163]

Went from using a mule to a 1949 tractor. Modern upgrade accomplished. 😂 Loved the video! Can only imagine how great it smells in there!

[@zoesmybaby]

I grew up doing this in the fall. OMG good memories. Lowcountry of SC.

[@robinwalker2749]

I remember my dad and uncles taking us to see sorgum syrup being made. It was set up in a field alongside the Ohio River near Portsmouth Ohio. He said his family snd neighbors made it when hevwas a child. He would have been 100 yrs old this month. A great memory.

[@lonestarstate1981]

great seeing an old sugar cane farmer making syrup the old style way. just used some pure cane syrup from a brand named steens this morning which was in a tin can that I put in an old syrup bottle.

[@geraldusener7238]

Deep South Homestead. Dandy use a lawn mover as his mule.

[@RLGGIBSON]

There is no better than the home made kind .

[@DistrustUS]

Cane syrup is my favorite

[@DogmanOutdoorsEntertainment]

We actually do this twice a year, making fresh juice and cane syrup!

[@edwincancelii2917]

What are you from, since you have a Southern accent? Awesome sugarcane syrup though.

[@user-jl7wn5nn7p]

49 tractor. Forbidden. Lol. Gotta get a new young mule

[@fluffyone675]

It is sade to see times like this going a way and people getting sorrier as a Generations continue

[@zoesmybaby]

Oh I don't think so. My cousin, my brother, and I are planning to start this again since we still have the old kettle and mill. Our Granddaddy and my brother/my Daddy are gone. (My father much too soon) We are all in our 30's or early 40's with mortgages and children. Suprisingly to many, we are the "lazy" Millennials, but we do still know how to work...while also maybe sharing it to educate those in person and online. Making a profit never hurt either.

[@An-Elderly-Dude]

This is very, very similar to how we Whiteheads do it in Livingston, Louisiana.

[@Yesiamlg]

Hi guys, does anyone know the final sugar content? Also, how long does this last stored at room temperature? Thanks a lot

[@karman9518]

Gregor Berchtold , I made it every year with my dad & his dad. My great grandfather lost both his hands feeding the mill. He was 8 yrs old. We treated our molasses & it never turned to sugar. I sure wish I had some.

[@ellensedge1898]

my dad raised cane and ran a horse drawn mill for years, he is too old to do it and didn't pass on the "recipe" to anyone, now the evaporator and the mill sit silent at sugar cane time. so sad