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• n  juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice
• n  tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar

• Biofuel is often made by unleashing bacteria or yeast on a feedstock, like corn or sugarcane through fermentation, the microbes convert the energy contained in the feedstock .
• But because rum is fermented from sugarcane juice, syrup or molasses, it offers a sweet bonus: tropical essences like banana, pineapple and coconut.
• The study concluded that the sugarcane plan endangers rare trees and birds in the 30,000-hectare forest.

• sugar cane
• Saccharum officinarum

News & Articles

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• Miami Club Rum dances to its own beat
  It’s in the mix. Yes, the mix of sugarcane juice, water, molasses, yeast, sea salt, water and various spices that go into Miami Club rum, the new spirit distilled in our city. But it’s also in the music mix, as if some vibe from Ultra had slipped uptown toward Wynwood and “Miami’s first legal distillery,” a fine point founder Matt Malone is quick to make, Miami being the kind of (magic) city ...
  July 3, 2013 - Miami Herald
• Sugarcane chef has a sweet-sour way with brussels sprouts
  Executive Chef Timon Balloo kindly shared the recipe for this wonderful take on the much-maligned brussels sprout. I have always been fond of this “baby cabbage,” but only recently discovered how versatile it can be. It is great shredded in slaw, added to a stir-fry or quickly sautéed. In the Sugarcane version, a whisper of saltiness perfectly complements a wonderful sweet-sour balance with the ...
  July 2, 2013 - Miami Herald

Quotes

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• Nitish Kumar in Rediff
  We have ended up in a mess as the Centre has not given its nod to the bill adopted by the state assembly for manufacture of ethanol from sugarcane juice besides for power,Kumar said.
• Sharad Pawar in Press Trust of India
  As per the intital estimate of sugarcane availability during 2009-10 sugar season, it is expected that the country would require to supplement its domestic availability of sugar with imports,Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said...
• Manmohan Singh in Hindustan Times
  If there is a failure of economic policy, it is with regard to sugar...... we have not been able to find a practical and pragmatic way to deal with the cyclical behaviour of sugarcane production,Singh told the Rajya Sabha while replying to...