This fall, my family attended the Fall Festival at Missouri Town 1855. While we were there we watched sorghum making, learned about the process, tasted the sorghum, and ate sorghum cookies! Sorghum is made in Massachusetts (and many other states as well)!
First, the workers harvested the sorghum cane (grown at Missouri Town). I was able to taste the sorghum plant – it was sweet and it is similar to sugar cane. One plant was taller than my dad! Sorghum tastes a little stronger than honey, but not as strong as molasses. Then, they ran the sorghum cane through a horse-operated mill where it was crushed and the juices were collected in a bucket. Then it is poured into a pan and strained to remove any pieces of the plant that might be in the juice. Then, they boiled the sorghum to get all the water to evaporate. Once the juice is “just right” they cook the syrup over a fire until it is sorghum molasses. The sorghum is used in baking (I loved the sorghum cookies) and as a topping (like syrup).
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