Very interesting! Thanks for showing your technique. Always enjoyed sweet sorghum syrup on pancakes and biscuits but never knew where it came from... When you cut the corn stalks have they flowered yet? Or do you cut them after they have flowered but not produced corn?
@MrRmh3481 Hi Bob. It's not corn, it's sorghum cane, like sugar cane. The top of the stalk develops a seed head that you cut off before squeezing the juice. My Dad saves several and that gives him the seed for next year.
@MrRmh3481 Some are grown for silage. These are grown for their juice to make sorghum syrup. Once the juice is all squeezed out, they aren't much use as silage but the cows still love them. We have a friend that we give them too and his cows are quite happy about that.
@KrisWiggly Unfortunately no, as it doesn't ship well unless we put it in plastic jugs/containers. Of course that would add some prohibitive cost as well.
Loved the video! Thanks. I am just now harvesting my first (very small) crop of sorghum. Why do you leave it sit for 4 days after harvesting? Does this increase the quality or quantity of your syrup yield or is it just because you're so tired from harvesting? Thank you again for your video and I look forward to your response. :)
@ConcernedMushroom Sorry I haven't answered sooner but we just finished this years crop. Wasn't as good as some but have about 45 gallons of sorghum syrup. Leaving it for 4 days lets some of the water evaporate so it doesn't take as long to cook. You can leave it as long as 14 days. Our last cooking was shocked for approximately 10 days this year.
@androshi Once it's in the jar, you just close the lid and you are done. No preservatives of any kind. Dad adds a tiny bit of Amylase to the juice to help break down the starch into sugar.
I agree, that's awesome ! I'd love to see more of the pan, we are in need of a new one. Are there doors to open to move the juice from each section or do you have to dip it ? Really like the elevator to remove the squeezed stalks !
@wrf121 The pan originally had slide gates that you lift to move the juice, however they never worked as designed so were welded shut and we use dippers to move the juice from each section of the pan.
@jota4u Most folks eat it on a biscuit after mixing it in a plate with some real butter. It's very sweet tasting. Others use it when cooking for cookies or cakes.
In Fort Smith, AR, there was a plant that made Sorghum Syrup and on the building it boasted that it was the "biggest Sorghum Syrup factory in the world". The photo is from 1915. It may have been a marketing gimmick or it may have been true...or both.
How long to maturity for the sorhgum? I live where there is a short growing season now and I'm wondering if we have enough moisture here or enough warm months.
@HvensFury If you have 90 frost free days, it will work out fine. In fact, we just planted ours last week and should have about 80 frost free days left. It doesn't need to be "mature" to use the juice, just to get your seed back. You can buy the seed from U of Mississippi or I got mine from Albert Lea Seedhouse in Albert Lea, MN.
Roy's right Doris, the good Lord made us for tilling and tending to his creations. My Grandparents raised 7 children on 88 acres of South Carolina farm land. They were there till their late 80's. Then my Aunts and Uncles decided they were too old to be lone and took them off the farm. Grandaddy died not to long afterward. Living in the city wasn't were he could thrive. But our prayers(the grandchildren) were answered when he died in his farm home during a visit. God Bless ya'll !
@TheSaint135 - they normally sell it in Smith County at the Farmers Market. You can get some if they have it just about anywhere you see them as well as at their house. They don't mail/ship it anywhere as it is in glass jars.
Very interesting! Thanks for showing your technique. Always enjoyed sweet sorghum syrup on pancakes and biscuits but never knew where it came from... When you cut the corn stalks have they flowered yet? Or do you cut them after they have flowered but not produced corn?
Thank you,
Bob
MrRmh3481 3 weeks ago
@MrRmh3481 Hi Bob. It's not corn, it's sorghum cane, like sugar cane. The top of the stalk develops a seed head that you cut off before squeezing the juice. My Dad saves several and that gives him the seed for next year.
JimBabey 3 weeks ago
@MrRmh3481
Thanks for clarifying. I thought it was corn stalks, but now know its sorghum stalks grown for silage.
MrRmh3481 3 weeks ago
@MrRmh3481 Some are grown for silage. These are grown for their juice to make sorghum syrup. Once the juice is all squeezed out, they aren't much use as silage but the cows still love them. We have a friend that we give them too and his cows are quite happy about that.
JimBabey 3 weeks ago
you sell it online anywhere? I'm from alabama, and miss sorghum/butter biscuits more than you know. it aint the same out here in cali haha
KrisWiggly 4 months ago
@KrisWiggly Unfortunately no, as it doesn't ship well unless we put it in plastic jugs/containers. Of course that would add some prohibitive cost as well.
JimBabey 4 months ago
Loved the video! Thanks. I am just now harvesting my first (very small) crop of sorghum. Why do you leave it sit for 4 days after harvesting? Does this increase the quality or quantity of your syrup yield or is it just because you're so tired from harvesting? Thank you again for your video and I look forward to your response. :)
ConcernedMushroom 5 months ago
@ConcernedMushroom Sorry I haven't answered sooner but we just finished this years crop. Wasn't as good as some but have about 45 gallons of sorghum syrup. Leaving it for 4 days lets some of the water evaporate so it doesn't take as long to cook. You can leave it as long as 14 days. Our last cooking was shocked for approximately 10 days this year.
JimBabey 5 months ago
that was a good video- i really liked it. tell me ,does the syrup need to be homecanned like how we homecanning jelly or do you just close the lid?
any preservatives in it? or pectin?
androshi 7 months ago
@androshi Once it's in the jar, you just close the lid and you are done. No preservatives of any kind. Dad adds a tiny bit of Amylase to the juice to help break down the starch into sugar.
JimBabey 7 months ago
I like mine in my oatmeal with some blueberries
madinventor13 11 months ago
I agree, that's awesome ! I'd love to see more of the pan, we are in need of a new one. Are there doors to open to move the juice from each section or do you have to dip it ? Really like the elevator to remove the squeezed stalks !
wrf121 1 year ago
@wrf121 The pan originally had slide gates that you lift to move the juice, however they never worked as designed so were welded shut and we use dippers to move the juice from each section of the pan.
JimBabey 1 year ago
This was an awesome video. Thanks for sharing.:)
rhwavon 1 year ago
wish i can spend some time learn to make that from u
sarahx87 1 year ago
what does it taste like? And what uses does it have?
jota4u 1 year ago
@jota4u Most folks eat it on a biscuit after mixing it in a plate with some real butter. It's very sweet tasting. Others use it when cooking for cookies or cakes.
JimBabey 1 year ago
In Fort Smith, AR, there was a plant that made Sorghum Syrup and on the building it boasted that it was the "biggest Sorghum Syrup factory in the world". The photo is from 1915. It may have been a marketing gimmick or it may have been true...or both.
vaibanez17 1 year ago
Awesome, Thank you for taking the time to post this.
axfight 1 year ago
How long to maturity for the sorhgum? I live where there is a short growing season now and I'm wondering if we have enough moisture here or enough warm months.
HvensFury 1 year ago
@HvensFury If you have 90 frost free days, it will work out fine. In fact, we just planted ours last week and should have about 80 frost free days left. It doesn't need to be "mature" to use the juice, just to get your seed back. You can buy the seed from U of Mississippi or I got mine from Albert Lea Seedhouse in Albert Lea, MN.
oldtimeway1 1 year ago
Roy's right Doris, the good Lord made us for tilling and tending to his creations. My Grandparents raised 7 children on 88 acres of South Carolina farm land. They were there till their late 80's. Then my Aunts and Uncles decided they were too old to be lone and took them off the farm. Grandaddy died not to long afterward. Living in the city wasn't were he could thrive. But our prayers(the grandchildren) were answered when he died in his farm home during a visit. God Bless ya'll !
HvensFury 1 year ago
I live in Knoxville, tn, where can I buy some of that?
TheSaint135 2 years ago
@TheSaint135 - they normally sell it in Smith County at the Farmers Market. You can get some if they have it just about anywhere you see them as well as at their house. They don't mail/ship it anywhere as it is in glass jars.
JimBabey 2 years ago
i didn't know they still made that. i need to stop and buy me some. i live down the road. last time i bought some it sure was good on biscuits
brushcreekfarmer45 2 years ago
Be sure and tell Dad that you saw the video in YouTube.
JimBabey 2 years ago