Sugar?

[Starstarfish]

I know a discussion at one point was for sugarcane to never be a harvestable plant for economic balancing purposes.

However, as an alternative, I'd like to propose the following making rock sugar:

1 - Current Rock Sugar craft is updated with one that turns a length of firm raw sugarcane, inside soft with sweet pulp into: an amber lump of rock sugar.. This process should also produce molasses. It might require a lot of raw cane/have a high skill level/fail rate just like rock sugar does now.

2 - A new Cooking Craft that then refines an amber lump of rock sugar and/or molasses into: a small amount of sugar

IE, generally less refined (rock sugar) is produced before refined sugar. This would tweak the process to reflect that.

[Taunya]

It does seem odd that you can grow coamjar but not make sugar from it.

Relevant help files:

                            Helpfile for Sugar

Class: Crafting
Sugar is a rare and expensive commodity commonly reserved for the nobility
and the crown.  Its production is limited by the requirements and the size of
Tubor, and is only used in the fanciest dishes.  As a general rule, if it is
cheap, it's not sugar.

Sugar comes in the form of light brown crystals that do not pour well.

Rock sugar is a single large crystal of sugar of a clear amber colour that
shows a few impurites.

See also: molasses

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help molasses
                            Helpfile for Molasses

Class: Crafting
Molasses is a byproduct of sugar production in Tubor, and is accordingly
rare and expensive.  It is primarily used in the brewing of rum, though as
cooking expands that may change at the highest ends of the crafting system.

See also: sugar

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                            Helpfile for Coamjar

(Tubori)

This Tubori form of sugarcane has been the backbone of the Tubori economy
for almost eighty years.  Slaves imported from Farin often make up a large
part of the workforce and plantation owners make up the aristocracy of its
nobility.  Coamjar is believed to improve alertness, but can be used to
make certain forms of alcohol as well as the beloved sugar prized all over
the realm for its role as a sweetener.

See also: HERBS, SPICES

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[Starstarfish]

Also presently, said sugarcane is sold in the Farin Quarter and not the Tubori one.

[Niamh]

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