© 2006 Sylvia Britton
Just another fun things to do with your children or learn to make for a more natural diet…….
Many years ago sugar was a priceless commodity. And only as distant as WWII sugar was rationed and prized as a bartering tool.
Kings and Queens have throughout history given and received sugar as tribute and as royal wedding gifts.
You can make this prized sweet from sugar beets very easily. Make sure you are growing or purchasing Sugar Beets. Scrub the beet well and chop it up into small pieces.
In a large pan, cover the beet pieces with water and bring to a boil.
Cook the beets til they are tender and the juice is extracted. Drain out the juice and reserve it.
Boil down the juice to about 1/3 it’s original volume. Let cool and scrape out the crystals. Boil the juice again, til it is all gone, remove the crystalized juice again.
Your sugar will not be pure white and it may have a slight beety flavor, but it will be far superior nutritionally to refined sugar.
Store our sugar in a jar with a tight fitting lid. Use it just as you would refined sugar.
Hello and welcome! I'm Sylvia Britton, and I've been online since 1996 offering encouragement and help in the spirit of Titus 2 and Proverbs 31 at Christian Homekeeper. CHK is the original Homekeeping site on the internet
Thank you.
I tried this past fall it didn’t work for me. I put the beet through the food processor and then boiled it until the beet was nearly see through. I boiled it down but I never got any crystals. Any suggestions?
thanks.
The only thing I can think of is that the particular beets you used were simply not rich in sugar. I guess as with all things natural there is a risk of getting beets that don’t have a high sugar content. The only other thing I could suggest is that you keep simmering the liquid and you might not get crystals but a powder instead. I’m also not sure what effect grinding up the beets in the processor might have, I’ve never done that.