Molasses village in Tet season

(Baonghean.vn) - For over a week now, the famous molasses kilns in Gang village, Nghia Hung commune, Nghia Dan have been burning red hot to serve consumers during Tet.

Molasses furnaces in Nghia Hung have been operating for over a week now.

Gang village has a long-standing molasses making profession in Nghia Hung commune, which has been recognized by the Provincial People's Committee. The molasses here is famous not only for its smooth, thick, fragrant, and beautiful golden color, but the people here also know how to maintain and develop the traditional profession to get rich.

Mr. Cao Xuan Khuong is one of those who have become rich from his hometown's traditional profession. Currently, with more than 30 years of this profession, every November of the lunar calendar, his family is busy harvesting sugarcane to make molasses. On average, his family presses more than 8 tons of sugarcane every day, and 6 molasses pans are always operating at full capacity to serve customers during Tet.

Households filter the honey three times to make it clear and clean.

Mr. Cao Xuan Khuong added: "If you want delicious molasses, all steps must be done carefully, from choosing the sugarcane variety to plant, taking care of the sugarcane so that it is free from pests and diseases, ripening at the right time, then pressing the sugarcane with a machine, filtering it 3 times to get clear, clean sugarcane juice.

The next step is cooking the honey. While cooking the honey, the worker must be on duty regularly to light the furnace fire. The fire must not be too big, otherwise the honey will overflow and burn, turning black and not delicious. If the fire is too small, it will take a lot of time. When the honey boils and settles, the foam and scum are skimmed off. Only when the honey is smooth, thick, fragrant, and has a golden color can the quality be guaranteed.

Many families in Nghia Hung also make peanut candy.

Currently, in Nghia Hung commune, there are about dozens of households cooking molasses and making candy to develop the family economy. Mr. Phan Phuc Vinh - Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghia Hung commune, Nghia Dan said: "Since being recognized by the Provincial People's Committee as a craft village, Lang Gang molasses has become more and more known, and in the season, traders often come to the village to order. It is from this source of income from pressing that has created jobs and stabilized the lives of households, making them rich in their homeland." Currently, many households in Nghia Hung commune, in addition to making molasses, also take advantage of the raw material of molasses to make other products such as rock sugar, brown sugar, and peanut candy.

Households in Nghia Hung also produce peanut candy from their own molasses.

Every day, in addition to producing peanut candy, every year in the 10th lunar month, families prepare to clean and repair drums and ovens to prepare for a new production season. Molasses can be produced by themselves, and with more than 10 years of experience in making peanut candy, some families sell 300 - 400 candy packages to the market. These models have given people stable jobs and high economic efficiency. Mr. Nguyen Van Minh - Hamlet 13, Nghia Hung Commune shared: "Compared to farming, making peanut candy brings in much higher economic income. Customers come not only to buy molasses but also to buy candy as gifts. The family also imports for agents in and outside the district..."

Minh Thai

(Dai Nghia Dan)