She would buy it in tubs when we visited her family every Labor Day.  I
don't know if her family made it.  They lived way up on a mountain in a
cabin that is still off the road (no lives in the cabin now).  She would use
it like molasses, over bisuits, even made it into popcorn balls instead of
carmel.  I'd buy the stuff but, I married a New Jersey boy.  If it ain't
pasta or out of a can it's suspect.


Beth T.

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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Cleveland, Kyle E.
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 8:19 AM
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My great uncle had a sorghum press, Beth.  He had this mule that would walk
round and round, rolling two steel bearings on a millstone.  You'd shove the
cane or sorghum into the press on one side and the sap would run down a
sluice on the other.  Once he'd run up several dozen gallons into a tub,
he'd light a fire under the tub and boil it down into molasses.  Depending
on how far he cooked the stuff down, you could get everything from a light
syrup to solid sugar.  He'd let is grandkids and the cousins (I was one)
chew on the pressed cane.  It was better than candy, IMHO!

Did your stepmom press her own or did she buy it somewhere?  Was it
"blackstrap"?  Ugh!  That stuff is too strong for me.

-Kyle

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From: Elizabeth H. Thiers [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 7:40 AM
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My stepmother was from Kaintucky.  We had sorgum with our biscuits thank you
very much.


Beth T. the OT

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Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 10:43 AM
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Well, Mag, we really had a modified Southern breakfast. A genuine Southern
breakfast usually has eggs (pronounced, Aigs), grits, homemade biscuits,
country ham, red eye or sawmill gravy, sausage, bacon or ham and syrup or
molasses
 to go with the biscuits. We just had biscuits, eggs, and sausage.

Bobby

>OK, Bobby, ya gotta tell us what is a southern breakfast at dinner?
>