“Tee, will you serve the coffee, please? Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Fred are coming. Aunt Rita and Aunt Nell might come, too,” said Momma. “Yes, I will,” I replied. “I will serve them some of the syrup ...

Before maple syrup found its way onto stacks of Southern hot cakes, there was cane syrup. Made from pressed sugarcane juice cooked down in iron kettles, cane syrup was the South's table staple. Cane ...