making sweet syrup from sorghum cane is an art that Buster Norton in the NC mountains has mastered over the years. Follow along as he makes us a batch.
This brings back memories!!! I went to a boarding school in north Ga. We had a farm and one thing we grew was sorghum. Every fall we’d cut it and cook it down like this. A lot of work but when you poured it on a fat ol’ biscuit and bit down - WORTH IT!!! Good times…
Sorghum is my favorite type of molasses! Wonderful video. My mom was raised on a farm in the blue ridge and they made some kind of cane molasses when she was young. Wish I had asked her more about her life in the country, especially about food production. Thanks for sharing this video!
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@@LindaCaseyI know you put this out over two years ago but I just wanted to say thank you that is one of the sweetest things I have ever heard about. ❤❤
Oh, how thrilling to watch this being made. My ol' grandpa used to make this on the farm with his family and all the neighbors. I believe they ate it with cornbread. I just wish I knew what it tasted like. Thanks for posting!🌹
You can sometimes find it at farmer's markets or Amish stores. Definitely try to find some. The flavor is hard to describe, but soooo good. It reminds me of a mix of rum, honey, and sugar cane molasses
I sure do appreciate the work you are the others do to make sorghum syrup. I have loved it since I was a little kid. I'm trying to eat healthy so a jar of it will last me a while. I'll put it on whole wheat toast or put some in hot black coffee and then a little milk. It's delicious. Thank you for the video and keep up the good work.
Beautiful Video, I wish I was nearby to get a jar of your syrup, however, I'm now living in Malaysia and there is cane here. I want to try to make some of my own. I make methane gas with a home biogas digester which you (or your gas using friend) could use too since you have horse poop and plenty of stalks for fuel. I'm an American living in Malaysia. TQ and may God bless you for keep this tradition alive. :0)
We used to make Syrup for the Whole Neighbor hood similar to the way you are with the same type of Cane Mill and wood. We did ours a little different while it was cooking it made the Syrup Crystal Clear and Last a Lot Longer in Containers
"Sealed, unopened bottles of molasses will keep for 10 years in the pantry and maybe more if kept in the refrigerator. Opened bottles of molasses should keep for 1 to 5 years if stored properly and kept sealed after every use."
He's talking about the process of evaporative syrup making. In Africa, sorghum was considered a grain and they consumed it as such (like buckwheat or millet). Its a very versatile plant. I think you can make rough clothes and paper too. Its non GMO.
@Gray Au I was speaking about its native habitat, which would mean it wasn't grown outside of those locations prior to European invasion i.e. it is a newer addition to England and not a traditional crop.
@@ashleyhavoc1940 bears and syrups to this day are made by people in the country side and up north in my country which is in East africa! So it wasn't only for grain use! I the british didn't brought that here! Millet too, is fermented for a non alcoholic drink and for bear as well. Whether it this process is African or european, sorgum and millet are as accient as africans and so is this method to us! Although today these crops are every where, indegeneous wise like coffee they came from africa and so the art of coffee making!
The juice is a pale green as it comes from the mill. As it is heated, the green chlorophyll separates and rises to the top where it is skimmed off. What's left behind is the golden brown syrup.
He said he was told it was from Africa but that believed it was done in England before settlers came to America. Both of which are true. Maybe you should bone up on your hillbilly a little. :)
I'm an American now living in Malaysia. Sugar and syrup production started in this part of the world thousands of years ago. India first made sugar about 2,000 years ago, sugar production started in the Americas in the 1500's and Europeans bought sugar through the spice trade in the 1600's and probably took cane stalks to be replanted and started producing cane syrup in Europe later. .
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