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National Geographic : 1951 Apr
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Raw Sugar Cane: Who Wants Better Candy? Puerto Rico babies munch the ripe cane before they learn to walk. Town boys pluck stalks from passing carts and, if a laden truck is left unattended. they leap aboard, as these lads did. Guarapo, the sweet juice squeezed from ripe cane, makes a refreshing iced drink. Ex-GI's Frost a Cake Puerto Rico's Depart ment of Education main tains at Rio Piedras an in dustrial school for 2,000 former servicemen. They receive instruction in elec tronics, mechanics, carpen try, and other crafts. The baking course is one of the most popular. Cake frosting, however, baffles 75 percent of the tyro chefs, says the instructor, Hosmel Galan (center). O National Geographic Society Kodachromes by Justin Locke 447
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