Wow! What a blessing God has bestowed upon you guys from this man’s generosity. Can’t wait to see y’all use this equipment as you guys start yet another adventure together on the farm. Thanks for sharing. 😇🙏🏻👍🏻❤️
What a HUGE BLESSING!!!! Not only the gift of giving you the machinery, but offering to come show you and teach you the steps to succeed...That's an AMAZING GIFT!!!
I don't think the smile on Andy's face could have been any bigger. He must have felt like a little child on Christmas morning. I would be of 2 minds when thinking about the tools like the stalk cutter and the wooden knives. One mind would want to use the tools for the purpose intended as a way to honor the guy who gave it to you. The other mind wants to save them and preserve them to always have to teach future generations. Be blessed
Wow! That is cool. How nice of that man to give y'all that equipment and offer to come teach you. He couldn't have given it to better people. I'm looking forward to more videos about the setup and the process.
You are so fortunate to have that wonderful man who gifted you all that unique equipment. Good on you for being willing to keep tradition alive where as most people would run to the store and buy theirs. Hope you will be able to master the art and perhaps pass it on to your children. Good luck, I'll be looking forward to watching a future video where you will show us the actual process. God bless you and your beautiful family. Greetings from Hellas ( Greece).
Congratulations on getting all the tools you all need for making sorghum syrup/molasses. This is my first year with a cane mill what i've learned so far is the wind will blow the crop down when the seed heads get some size on them, The cooking process has a learning curve my advice is get that mill off the trailer and cut about 100 stalks which will give you one to two gals of juice cook it down on the stove in a canning pot, takes about 1 hour, then repeat with another batch maybe 5 gals of juice this time..In another words start small learn this year before jumping into that 100 gallon pan..
I have seen this done all my life. Its a hard job getting it done but oh what a reward you will have when you are finished! Can't wait to see your progress on this project! God bless!
This is awesome 😊 I can tell how excited you are that this person chose you to give this equipment to & willing to help you learn how to use it, just to keep the sorghum making alive…there are many left that is willing to put in the work to keep old traditions alive…I’m happy he chose you & I know you said it won’t be this year but hopefully you will have everything set up & ready for next year…I’m sure your community will support y’all as well on this!
Dude, what a blessing ❤ I absolutely, positively, cannot wait for the “Lawson Sorghum” to become available for purchase ❤❤Thank you for sharing! All in due time, by God’s design!
That's so awesome ! It sure was nice he gave you everything you will need other than a few odds and ends that you will come across when setting it all up . I can honestly say I don't know anything about making sorghum molasses other than what I have seen on TH-cam . Thanks for sharing and have a great evening !
That is very cool we go to a Sorghum syrup festival every year in Blairsville Georgia. I love Sorghum syrup I wish you good luck enjoy. love the old ways.
I am thrilled for you! I grow small amounts of sorghum and process on the stove. I cut my cane into small pieces then split into quarters rather than run it through a crusher. I boil the juice down into syrup. Keep it alive!
I remember a man in the valley years ago who would sit at one of these out in the cane field with an old mule going round and round and round to turn it.
I love molasses I put it in my coffee for my sweetener all the time you started doing that again about three weeks ago I used to do it when I lived that mom's house with mom I used to get her molasses and put it in my coffee for my sweetener instead of sugar I bet homemade molasses taste way better than the Store bought stuff
This is so exciting! We're slowly working on building a mill for our sugar cane. Sourcing good items ain't easy. Anything modern is crap compared to the stuff my great granddaddy used. Can't wait til next fall! Hopefully y'all get it all figured out and making. It's just too cool!
Good stuff! Over the last couple of weeks I've been experimenting with Molasses in making Switchel. If you've never had switchel, I can't recommend it highly enough. America's original restorative drink, I dare say it's even better than iced tea after a day's work. Is that heresy? 🤣I don't know that Switchel ever was popular on this end of the Appalachians, but up north it was the go-to drink and often called Haymaker's Punch because the guys would drink a good bit of it while cutting hay. Better than gatorade, that's for sure. I don't think molasses is very good as a sweetener, but it adds a bit of color to the drink and helps to provide a ton of good nutrients. When blended with honey or maple syrup, it makes a dandy Switchel.
@@TrueGritAppalachianWays I'm drinking a cup of it right now. I dare say it's better than coffee for waking a fella up, and certainly better than any gatorades and the like for when you've been working up a sweat out in the sun. From what I can tell, it was popular through the 1800's here in America, but limited to the North for some reason. Why it ever fell out of fashion is beyond me. Not only is it tasty, but the way it restores the body is simply amazing. Maybe it's just that it isn't full of all the fake stuff you find in store-bought nonsense. I've lived in the Appalachians all my life, one end or the other, and never heard of it until a few weeks ago. Now I'm addicted. I even got my aged mother hooked on the stuff. 😁 Of course, this being the South, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention making Yaupon tea. If you don't have a Yaupon holly (Ilex vomitoria) growing on your land, get yourself a male and a female to plant. I think they'll do fine in your zone. You'll hear talk about how tea made from it will make you sick, but that's propaganda spread by the British Tea Company to stop folks from looking at the competition. Yaupon holly is America's only caffeine-producing plant and makes a tea that's actually finer than that stuff we all grew up with. The Brits couldn't stand the idea of someone horning in on their monopoly, so they paid off some folks and made sure to spread some tall tales about it. They even got it tagged with that ugly latin name. You won't find a better iced tea than what you can make with Yaupon Holly, and it's super-easy, too. Just pick the leaves, dry them in the oven on a low heat for 10 minutes, and you're ready to go. Like with the Switchel, there are plenty of videos here on TH-cam about how to prepare it. Compact varieties of Ilex vomitoria are available at most landscape suppliers throughout the Southeast, so you can grow them as foundation plantings and hedges. Even the "straight" species can be cut severely and will thicken up into a nice shrub you can pick leaves from easily. Being evergreen, you can have a ready supply of tea leaves right out your back door.
Wow! What a blessing God has bestowed upon you guys from this man’s generosity. Can’t wait to see y’all use this equipment as you guys start yet another adventure together on the farm. Thanks for sharing. 😇🙏🏻👍🏻❤️
Glad he decided to give to such a well deserving family to take care of and keep the art alive.
Youall have a new business on the farm but for sure a Blessing regardless ! God Bless the ones who gave it to youall !!!
Amen 🙏🏼 ❤
What a HUGE BLESSING!!!!
Not only the gift of giving you the machinery, but offering to come show you and teach you the steps to succeed...That's an AMAZING GIFT!!!
What a blessing! I know that made you feel proud that they are trusting you with it.
I don't think the smile on Andy's face could have been any bigger. He must have felt like a little child on Christmas morning. I would be of 2 minds when thinking about the tools like the stalk cutter and the wooden knives. One mind would want to use the tools for the purpose intended as a way to honor the guy who gave it to you. The other mind wants to save them and preserve them to always have to teach future generations.
Be blessed
What a blessing to have this passed down to y’all!
Wow! That is cool. How nice of that man to give y'all that equipment and offer to come teach you. He couldn't have given it to better people. I'm looking forward to more videos about the setup and the process.
What a wonderful gift. I look forward to seeing the process. You both are special to carry on the tradition.
What a blessing!! So happy for you
You are so fortunate to have that wonderful man who gifted you all that unique equipment. Good on you for being willing to keep tradition alive where as most people would run to the store and buy theirs. Hope you will be able to master the art and perhaps pass it on to your children. Good luck, I'll be looking forward to watching a future video where you will show us the actual process. God bless you and your beautiful family. Greetings from Hellas ( Greece).
What a heartwarming story. He picked both of you to carry on. What a blessing. So glad you are shareing it with us.
Congratulations on getting all the tools you all need for making sorghum syrup/molasses. This is my first year with a cane mill what i've learned so far is the wind will blow the crop down when the seed heads get some size on them, The cooking process has a learning curve my advice is get that mill off the trailer and cut about 100 stalks which will give you one to two gals of juice cook it down on the stove in a canning pot, takes about 1 hour, then repeat with another batch maybe 5 gals of juice this time..In another words start small learn this year before jumping into that 100 gallon pan..
I have seen this done all my life. Its a hard job getting it done but oh what a reward you will have when you are finished! Can't wait to see your progress on this project! God bless!
Good day beautiful family.. oh wow..that's so exciting.. Thank you and God bless the family who sent that to you
What a generous gift, what a blessing! A homemade biscuit with some sorghum, that is serious good eats.
This is awesome 😊 I can tell how excited you are that this person chose you to give this equipment to & willing to help you learn how to use it, just to keep the sorghum making alive…there are many left that is willing to put in the work to keep old traditions alive…I’m happy he chose you & I know you said it won’t be this year but hopefully you will have everything set up & ready for next year…I’m sure your community will support y’all as well on this!
What a wonderful addition to your Homestead 😎
What a great blessing! God is good.
When your plants finally grow, you have to show the full process. That would be cool
Dude, what a blessing ❤ I absolutely, positively, cannot wait for the “Lawson Sorghum” to become available for purchase ❤❤Thank you for sharing! All in due time, by God’s design!
Sorghum syrup is sooooo good! I sweeten my plain yogurt with it and eat the yogurt with fresh or frozen fruit with a little granola on top!
That's an awesome blessing, I had no idea it was that much work involved in making Sorghum, it will be interesting to see the process.
why am i so excited for this lol. so happy for y’all!
I can hardly wait to see you make molasses, haven’t seen that since I was a kid, what a blessing
Wow it speaks of yalls character ad well as his
That's so awesome ! It sure was nice he gave you everything you will need other than a few odds and ends that you will come across when setting it all up . I can honestly say I don't know anything about making sorghum molasses other than what I have seen on TH-cam . Thanks for sharing and have a great evening !
Congratulations hope everything goes well hope you know you have a gold mine god bless
Y’all how cool is that. It will be interesting to watch you both grow into this craft.
This is awesome. I look forward to seeing yall use it
What an awesome gift! Can't wait to see you guys making syrup. Have a blessed day
That is very cool we go to a Sorghum syrup festival every year in Blairsville Georgia. I love Sorghum syrup I wish you good luck enjoy. love the old ways.
WOW can't wait for next year 😀 besafe and GOD Bless ❤️🌹❤️🌹🙏🙏🙏🙏
That is a blessing
I'm so happy for you. You know who to call Justro he'll be happy to help you.
I am thrilled for you! I grow small amounts of sorghum and process on the stove. I cut my cane into small pieces then split into quarters rather than run it through a crusher. I boil the juice down into syrup. Keep it alive!
Awesome!
I love to mix sorghum and mayonnaise and put in on a baked potato that I put a slice of butter on !
Congratulations! I hope yall show us everything in action. All i can say is God provides the blessing. Misty Galyean
I remember a man in the valley years ago who would sit at one of these out in the cane field with an old mule going round and round and round to turn it.
Wow that's a nice sorghum Mill grinder and you're lucky to have got that good deal
That is awesome
Justin at Metcalf Mills does this every year. He has a you tube channel, and is very informative. He also lives in NC.
Oh yes we've became good friends, hes the one we got our seed from for the sorghum we planted this year
I love molasses I put it in my coffee for my sweetener all the time you started doing that again about three weeks ago I used to do it when I lived that mom's house with mom I used to get her molasses and put it in my coffee for my sweetener instead of sugar I bet homemade molasses taste way better than the Store bought stuff
Yes I LOVE molasses in my coffee!
🤪🤪🤪@@TrueGritAppalachianWays
I watched your sorghum making videos. I loved them ❤
That is so cool! Can’t wait til next years sorghum video. Looking forward to it.
This is so exciting! We're slowly working on building a mill for our sugar cane. Sourcing good items ain't easy. Anything modern is crap compared to the stuff my great granddaddy used. Can't wait til next fall! Hopefully y'all get it all figured out and making. It's just too cool!
I’ve always wanted a cane mill .
That's pretty cool. We had a local man that made molasses with mules so his set up was a little different from yours. My dad would buy it by the case.
Very interesting !!
I'm in line 2 buy first quart!!!! Can't wait❤
Get over to liberty ky and watch the process. I got some seed and grew a few stalks last year. Saved the seed. Would love to see you make a go at it.
Good stuff! Over the last couple of weeks I've been experimenting with Molasses in making Switchel. If you've never had switchel, I can't recommend it highly enough. America's original restorative drink, I dare say it's even better than iced tea after a day's work. Is that heresy? 🤣I don't know that Switchel ever was popular on this end of the Appalachians, but up north it was the go-to drink and often called Haymaker's Punch because the guys would drink a good bit of it while cutting hay. Better than gatorade, that's for sure.
I don't think molasses is very good as a sweetener, but it adds a bit of color to the drink and helps to provide a ton of good nutrients. When blended with honey or maple syrup, it makes a dandy Switchel.
I have never heard of Switchel! I’m gonna definitely check it out! Thanks for sharing!
@@TrueGritAppalachianWays I'm drinking a cup of it right now. I dare say it's better than coffee for waking a fella up, and certainly better than any gatorades and the like for when you've been working up a sweat out in the sun.
From what I can tell, it was popular through the 1800's here in America, but limited to the North for some reason. Why it ever fell out of fashion is beyond me. Not only is it tasty, but the way it restores the body is simply amazing. Maybe it's just that it isn't full of all the fake stuff you find in store-bought nonsense.
I've lived in the Appalachians all my life, one end or the other, and never heard of it until a few weeks ago. Now I'm addicted. I even got my aged mother hooked on the stuff. 😁
Of course, this being the South, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention making Yaupon tea. If you don't have a Yaupon holly (Ilex vomitoria) growing on your land, get yourself a male and a female to plant. I think they'll do fine in your zone.
You'll hear talk about how tea made from it will make you sick, but that's propaganda spread by the British Tea Company to stop folks from looking at the competition. Yaupon holly is America's only caffeine-producing plant and makes a tea that's actually finer than that stuff we all grew up with. The Brits couldn't stand the idea of someone horning in on their monopoly, so they paid off some folks and made sure to spread some tall tales about it. They even got it tagged with that ugly latin name.
You won't find a better iced tea than what you can make with Yaupon Holly, and it's super-easy, too. Just pick the leaves, dry them in the oven on a low heat for 10 minutes, and you're ready to go.
Like with the Switchel, there are plenty of videos here on TH-cam about how to prepare it.
Compact varieties of Ilex vomitoria are available at most landscape suppliers throughout the Southeast, so you can grow them as foundation plantings and hedges. Even the "straight" species can be cut severely and will thicken up into a nice shrub you can pick leaves from easily. Being evergreen, you can have a ready supply of tea leaves right out your back door.
That pan could also be used to cook down maple syrup. Just a thought.
Good thought! It’s honestly always been a dream of mine to make it
I sure would like to have good molasses...