The farm is coming to the end of harvest season and its been a flurry of activity around here with tractors moving about and co-op trucks picking up grain and onions. Last week they began "lifting" the sugar beets.
This has been fascinating to me, having never actually seen a sugar beet up close. They are enormous for what it's worth.
If you are a person of a certain age you might remember the song that has been on continuous play in my brain since the harvest began and it first came to mind. Sesame Street anyone? I apologize in advance – it sticks! The video is a good overview of the whole process though.
My children couldn't quite picture how those huge roots could make sugar. When they saw some of them split open they had to ditch their initial theory that the were rather sugar filled.
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Did you ever notice the Jack o lantern carved out of the sugar beets in Germany? I dont know if they do it in England but they did in Holland and Germany.
Happy Fall! We are having our first freeze for the year. First snow flakes too!
oh my, that was just trippy….when I read your post, I thought, “Hmm, I don’t know that one…” but then when I watched the video I found myself singing along right from the beginning, so apparently it is buried in my brain! lol..makes me wonder what else is kicking around in there. Now my 4 year old is singing it. 🙂
I wasn’t aware sugar beets were a big crop in England. They certainly are in North Dakota! And I have wondered why a lot of places brag about only serving ‘pure cane sugar.’ What on earth could be wrong with beet sugar?