Sorghum Syrup: Appalachia’s Homegrown Sweetener
An installment in our Appalachian Foodways series The cabbage has been gathered. Apples rest in barrels or baskets. Smoke rises from a few chimneys on cool autumn mornings. Another growing season is winding down. Yet one harvest remains. Wagons loaded with sorghum cane roll toward a local mill. The crop looks more like corn than something destined…