# Sugar Cane **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-cane/474659 "2008-11-27T04:27:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-cane/474659/1 "2008-11-27T04:27:21Z")
‘Most people ain’t never ate sugar cane raw today, black _or_ white.’ – Cicely Tyson as ‘Jane Pittman’ Come to think of it, I haven’t eaten raw sugar cane since I was a kid in the single-digits in San Diego. I don’t think I’ve seen it for sale anywhere. Maybe if I’d looked I could have found it in L.A.; but I have a feeling it would be hard to get in the PNW. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-cane/474659/2 "2008-11-27T04:37:15Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > ‘Most people ain’t never ate sugar cane raw today, black _or_ white.’ – Cicely Tyson as ‘Jane Pittman’ > > Come to think of it, I haven’t eaten raw sugar cane since I was a kid in the single-digits in San Diego. I don’t think I’ve seen it for sale anywhere. Maybe if I’d looked I could have found it in L.A.; but I have a feeling it would be hard to get in the PNW. I picked one up at the farmer’s market a few weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-cane/474659/3 "2008-11-27T07:00:02Z")
I ate it as a kid growing up in NJ, and had some fresh from the field in Puerto Rico when I visited family as a kid. Had some last year, since the Hispanic market across the street from our house sells it around Christmas time. While the stuff I had as a kid and since was good, it did not compare to having it cut fresh from the field in Puerto Rico. Everything since just tasted not as fresh (duh), a bit dried out, and just not as …sweet…fresh…juicy… I don’t know. But that fresh from the field sugar cane is an experience I will never, ever forget. It was wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-cane/474659/4 "2008-11-27T13:49:43Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > ‘Most people ain’t never ate sugar cane raw today, black _or_ white.’ – Cicely Tyson as ‘Jane Pittman’ > > Come to think of it, I haven’t eaten raw sugar cane since I was a kid in the single-digits in San Diego. I don’t think I’ve seen it for sale anywhere. Maybe if I’d looked I could have found it in L.A.; but I have a feeling it would be hard to get in the PNW. Saw a vendor with some at Pike Place Market a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Dreamy\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dreamy\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dreamy_B)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-cane/474659/5 "2008-11-27T14:04:13Z")
It’s available year round in the DC metro area. I think it’s a question of being in the correct market. Well I should say I think it’s available. It’s one of those things when I see it, that makes me want to get it. I rarely seek it out. My question is other then chewing on it, what do you do with it?