Northern Georgia, Oconaluftee Visitor Center and Mountain Farm Museum, Sorghum Furnace
A few years ago, my sister and brother-in-law moved into their retirement dream home which they built in Union County, GA just outside Blairsville. It is a small community with only 652 residents (as of the 2010 census) in town — Union County itself only has 21,566 residents or maybe two more now. The next step in processing the sorghum juice was to boil off excess water in this sorghum furnace. The reduced liquid was called sorghum syrup. Sorghum syrup and hot biscuits are a traditional breakfast in the Southern United States. Sorghum syrup is also used on pancakes, cornmeal mush, grits and other hot cereals. It can be used as a cooking ingredient with a similar sweetening effect as molasses.
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Location: Northern Georgia, USA
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