{"id":15131,"date":"2016-05-04T07:45:51","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T11:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=15131"},"modified":"2016-05-04T07:45:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T11:45:51","slug":"why-is-sapelos-sugarcane-so-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/why-is-sapelos-sugarcane-so-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Sapelo\u2019s sugarcane so special?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id='fullscreen_slider_1'  class='avia-fullscreen-slider main_color   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><a href='#next-section' title='' class='scroll-down-link ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue877' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><div   data-size='extra_large'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids='15153'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='true'  data-slide_height='100'  data-handle='av_fullscreen'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-el_id=''  data-css_id='fullscreen_slider_1'  data-scroll_down='aviaTBscroll_down'  data-control_layout=''  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-stretch=''  data-default-height='100'  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1 av-slider-scroll-down-active av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-extra_large av_fullscreen   avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 39.4%;' ><li style='background-position:top left;' data-img-url='https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/04\/snov66-2-1500x591.jpg' class=' av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><div class = \"caption_fullwidth av-slideshow-caption caption_center caption_center_framed caption_framed\"><div class = \"container caption_container\"><div class = \"slideshow_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_inner_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_align_caption\"><h2  class='avia-caption-title  '  itemprop=\"name\" >Why is Sapelo\u2019s sugarcane so special?<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-15131'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_fullscreen  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><blockquote>\n<p>The heirloom sugarcane that will be grown on Sapelo Island has already drawn significant interest in high culinary circles. The historical heritage of the cane, along with its potential for an exotic and unique flavor, will enhance its salability across South Carolina and the Southeast.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>South Carolina food historian David Shields, who was the originator of the Sapelo project, says the sugarcane will back up its historical value with special and unique flavors.<br \/>\n\u201cFor ages, cane sugar has been marketed as a bulk commodity, or in terms of the degree of refinement in its processing,\u201d says Shields, author of Southern Provisions. \u201cBut like every other food plant on this planet, different varieties have different tastes and different culinary properties. Sapelo Island is growing not just one but a dozen of the most important historic cane varieties, which will create a range of varietal tastes that can be compared and appreciated for their distinct virtues.\u201d<br \/>\nClemson geneticist Stephen Kresovich says the goal of the project is to establish a productive sugarcane industry on Sapelo for the benefit of its people. \u201cUpscale restaurants in Charleston, Savannah and Atlanta are showing interest, so the market is already there.\u201d<br \/>\nLinton Hopkins, a renowned Georgia chef who owns several opulent restaurants in the Southeast, plans to become one of the cane\u2019s first customers.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe beautiful thing about Doc Bill, David Shields and their band of outliers is the idea of continuing to research ways to find nuance and distinction in the foods that define us as Southerners,\u201d Hopkins says. \u201cGood food and good restaurants should give you a sense of time and place, and I like knowing the people who grow and craft the ingredients I use. When I add sugar to a dish, it\u2019s not just going to be granulated sugar off the shelf. It\u2019s going to be Sapelo sugar.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another customer-in-waiting is Scott Blackwell, co-owner of High Wire Distilling Co. in Charleston.<br \/>\n\u201cThe flavor of fresh cane juice is so much more tropical and will give the taster much more sense about the place and Terroir,\u201d says Blackwell, who will use the sugar cane juice to make a low-country take on Rhum Agricole. \u201cFresh juice has a green-banana and grassy flavor that when fermented will have a crazy aroma that will make a really interesting final spirit. All the additional microorganisms and wild yeasts will add so much more to the complexity and depth.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[132,133,650,1373,2517,2763],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-15131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-agriculture","tag-agritourism","tag-clemson","tag-georgia","tag-sapelo-island","tag-sugarcane"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/04\/snov66-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15131"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=15131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}