Sorghum syrup -- or "sorghum molasses" as it's sometimes called -- has long been a staple of certain Southern cupboards. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead) BY MICHELE KAYAL, The Associated Press When chef Josh ...

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My guess is the average consumer, even in the South, doesn't know much about sorghum molasses. If you live in Mississippi north of U.S. 82, you can't grow sugar cane, so sorghum was the only option in ...

Mantachie High School agriculture students have spent this week harvesting, cooking down, and bottling sorghum molasses. Agriculture instructors Joe Rogers and Matt Spradling said this year’s crop did ...

MUSCADINE, Alabama -- Deep into the third hour of making sorghum syrup, Gene Brown gave his verdict on the process. "We had seven people out here, and we'll get four quarts if we're fortunate," he ...

If things are getting a little sticky around here it's because this is sorghum harvesting time in Arkansas. On Saturday, the Heritage House Museum in Mount Ida will celebrate all things rich, gooey ...

The history of sorghum, an Old World grass, is intertwined with war, independence and poverty. It's that history, its strong ties to the American South and balanced, umami-rich sweetness that has ...

When chef Josh Feathers was growing up in Tennessee, his grandmother always had a jar of sorghum syrup in the cupboard. But he never gave much thought to it, or its significance to Southern culture.