Steen's cane syrup is a traditional American sweetener made by the simple concentration of cane juice through long cooking in open kettles. The result is a dark, "caramel–flavored, burnt gold–colored syrup," "deep and slightly sulfurous" with a "lightly bitter backlash."
[Leah Koenig]
"One Ingredient, Many Ways: Cane Syrup"
''Saveur
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'', Apr 27, 2012.[Corby Kummer]
"Sweet home Louisiana: sampling artisanal rum from New Orleans--and one of the city's signature desserts."
''The Atlantic
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It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...
'', October 1, 2005 . It is sweeter than
molasses
Molasses () is a viscous substance resulting from refining sugarcane or sugar beets into sugar. Molasses varies in the amount of sugar, method of extraction and age of the plant. Sugarcane molasses is primarily used to sweeten and flavour foods ...
because no refined sugar is removed from the product.
[Julia Moskin and Kim Severson]
"The Old-Fashioned Secret of Holiday Treats? Sugar Cane."
''The New York Times
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'', December 13, 2006.
Steen's syrup has been made since 1910 in
Abbeville, Louisiana, by C. S. Steen's Syrup Mill, Inc. Its packaging is marked by a bright yellow label.
["Les Vieux Temps"](_blank)
''Crowley Post-Signal'', September 16, 2008. Steen's has been called a "Southern icon" and essential for "sweet Southern dishes". While Steen's is the best known remaining producer of unrefined cane syrup, a few other manufacturers can be found elsewhere in the South.
University of Florida
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is a teaching, research and Extension scientific organization focused on agriculture and natural resources. It is a partnership of federal, state, and county governmen ...
, October 5, 2001.
Traditional cane syrup has been called "one of the basic flavors of southern Louisiana."Ark of Taste
The Ark of Taste is an international catalogue of endangered heritage foods which is maintained by the global Slow Food movement. The Ark is designed to preserve at-risk foods that are sustainably produced, unique in taste, and part of a distinct ...
as an endangered slow food product.[Ark of Taste: Traditional Cane Syrup](_blank)
Slow Food USA (accessed 2014-01-21).
See also
* Golden syrup
* List of syrups
This is a list of notable syrups. In cooking, a syrup is a condiment that is a thick, viscous liquid consisting primarily of a solution of sugar in water, containing a large amount of dissolved sugars but showing little tendency to deposit crystals ...
*Treacle
Treacle () is any uncrystallised syrup made during the refining of sugar.Oxford Dictionary The most common forms of treacle are golden syrup, a pale variety, and a darker variety known as black treacle, similar to molasses. Black treacle has a ...
References
External links
C. S. Steen's Syrup Mill, Inc.
at eatTheseWords.com (via archive.org)
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