How do I open sugar cane?

Sheldon said:

if you're going to post diatribes filled with gibberish, proof read, you
illiterate newbie [censored].

I'm saving this to throw in Sheldon's face again and again, every time he
goes on one of his incoherent rants.

Bob

Quoted message said:

My subject sais it all. I have no clue what the inside od sugar can
looks like and my family and I just got a stalk. how exactly do I open
it?

I've split off lengths of it, kind of like firewood, to make long narrow
spears ala kabob sticks. THen we'd place shrimp and other goodies and if
your cane was on the fresh side, you'd have a bit of sweetness on your
grilled items. It worked pretty good. But it is really hard to find good
cane to do this.

Melondy

On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 10:52:56 -0400, Goomba38 <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

My subject sais it all. I have no clue what the inside od sugar can
looks like and my family and I just got a stalk. how exactly do I open
it?

I don't know that you open it. I thought one crushed it to extract the
sweet juice? I know at the chain restaurant Bahama Breeze, they have old
fashioned rolling/crushing devices to do it as it is an important
ingredient in their mojitos.

In order to chew sugar cane, one must peel off the tough skin.
Typically, a cane-chewer will score the skin around the circumference
of the stalk with a sharp knife. Then, s/he will slice the peel
downwards in sections and pop it off the cane. The sugar cane's
interior is white and sweet (duh) and very juicy. When I've chewed
it, I sectioned the fibrous insides along the grain and cut small
wedges off across the grain. After the cane segment has been chewed
till all the sweetness and the slightly grassy flavor are gone, the
cane-chewer spits out the fibers and cuts another piece.
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modom

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Quoted message said:

My subject sais it all. I have no clue what the inside od sugar can
looks like and my family and I just got a stalk. how exactly do I open
it?

If you're going to grill shrimp on it or something, then you want to
score the outside skin with a sharp knife (8ths should do), then peel
it (my steel bladed cross-wise veggie peeler will do it) then cut it
into stakes with a cleaver.

Melondy said:

Quoted message said:

My subject sais it all. I have no clue what the inside od sugar can
looks like and my family and I just got a stalk. how exactly do I
open it?

I've split off lengths of it, kind of like firewood, to make long
narrow spears ala kabob sticks. THen we'd place shrimp and other
goodies and if your cane was on the fresh side, you'd have a bit of
sweetness on your grilled items. It worked pretty good. But it is
really hard to find good cane to do this.

Melondy

I was going to suggest this, Melondy! It makes for a great chicken satay.

kili