How many of you ever chewed a piece of raw sugar cane?

[rhertz]

Originally Posted by vixweb

I remember boxes and boxes of shiny cans- they looked like what house paint comes in....They would always give it to the neighbors, but a little of that syrup goes a LONG way!

Yep, they used little quart sized paint cans for cane syrup. Never saw a full gallon can before. Here in Shreveport, I was a "city boy". We had the ice cream man drive through our neighborhood. But my cousins out in the country had a guy in a pickup truck with all sorts of stuff in the back ranging from cane syrup to watermelons and a little bit of everything in between. But it was the same thing were kids ran outside with coins in hand. I'm talking 35 years ago... hehehe