How-To Make Sorghum the Old Fashioned Way 

My Grandpa cooked his last batch of sorghum in October of 1974. He used a different method than taking the vat off the fire. He had set of three or four vats that looked just like the one in this video, but they were stairstepped on a slope and he cooked it at different temps and the sorgham would flow between the vats through gates when it was time. It was a great thing for a young one to experience. His mill was ran by using his John Deere rear take off.

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My dad and his family made sorghum and molasses. They used an old olive press like a millstone pulled by a mule to get the juice out. Then they used the final product for sweeteners to make moonshine. Back then it was against the law to buy over 10 pound of sugar at a time. Because it was rationed during the war also to cut back on moonshine business.

If only everyone followed his two simple rules, the world would be a better place, especially if we learned many other old ways.☺️

I have my great grandfathers old molasses mill, I enjoyed your show.

Great video on this process I want to learn this too for myself and help keep my southern heritage alive.

I witnessed this process as teenager years ago by some wonderful Mennonite families. Great folks and consider myself lucky to have the privilege to watch. Tim I love the show and what you personally bring to the table. Keep up the good work.

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I did this as a kid with my family

My papa always had sorghum table when I was a kid

..decades ago my mother and i worked in a kinfolks field. We had the option of $12.00 a day or 1 1/2 gallon of Sorghum. We got around 25 gallons that year and $50.00 each bonus. Not bad for missing a few days of school...

I'm fascinated by sorghum and how much it could relate to our maple syrup of the north

now I want some sorghum and biscuits. mmmmmmmm. yummy

Awesome place

We also had Added to Our Mill a Car Rear End Putting it Vertical with Gears and Chain to run it on a PTO off a Tractor. Wouldn't take Long to Grind enough Juice for a Batch that would Finish with usually around 14 Gallons of Finish Product Twice a day.

People dont understand the kind of wirk that went into the stuff we take granted for today