After conducting the palm sugar training in Tanete Bulu Hamlet, the training trip continued to Bara Hamlet. The Pattiro Deceng Women Farmers Group (KWT) was also waiting.
We met with Mrs. Caya, the head of KWT Pattiro Deceng at her house. At that time she was resting in her field, after returning from massangki (cutting rice).
We would like to remind Mrs. Caya again about the day of the palm sugar training for the Pattiro Deceng Women Farmers Group which will be held the next day, namely May 21, 2023.
Mrs. Caya smiled, “We have been waiting for a long time,” Mrs. Caya said. “Thank God, tomorrow, the training event can be held,” Mrs. Caya continued.
The next day, the morning was still freezing, we met Ibu Caya again at the stall. At that time, Ibu Caya was busy preparing food for the training event. Ibu Caya also said that the KWT members were ready to attend and they were very enthusiastic. We were very happy to hear that.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the training program began. Mrs. Caya welcomed us at Mrs. Darma's house, the Secretary of KWT with her sweet smile. While helping Mrs. Caya prepare the food for the guests, we saw the mothers arriving one by one.
They, 20 mothers gathered on the porch of Mrs. Darma's house. After the members gathered, Mrs. Caya directed them to the back of Mrs. Darma's house, a hundred meters to Dg Basoni's brown sugar cooking kitchen.
In the brown sugar cooking kitchen, Mrs. Caya pours five liters of palm sap solution in a jerry can, hanging from the kitchen pole, into a frying pan. Three other mothers light a fire and put in firewood.
While waiting for the palm sap solution to boil and age, a discussion on palm sugar training was then held. The training resource person explained the problems of palm sugar, quality palm sugar, the basic production price of palm sugar, and the development of palm sugar production in the market. The KWT members who had no experience in processing palm sugar were very enthusiastic about waiting for the results of their training.
Three hours later, the palm sugar water with high heat began to bubble on the pan. The palm sugar water was old and brownish, and the candlenut powder was poured onto the pan. Not long after, the mothers lowered the pan from the balombong and began to stir. They stirred the palm sugar, taking turns. When the palm sugar began to crystallize, the mothers said, “Oh, this is, yes, what is said to be palm sugar, it is beautiful.”
