An Appalachian tradition: A growing number of chefs use sorghum to sweeten up sauces and desserts
Story Date: 11/13/2017

 

Source: MORNING AG CLIPS, 11/9/17

If you drive through the back roads of Madison County, North Carolina on an autumn morning, you might think you’ve traveled back in time. Today, there are still a few family farms, nestled in the hills and hollers, that use draft horses to help squeeze the juice from sorghum cane as neighbors gather ’round to watch it boil down to sweet sorghum syrup.Cathy Guthrie of Doubletree Farm has been making the amber-colored syrup for 20 years.

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