No, it’s not corn. Those tall swaying stalks in my front and back yards are a Southern heritage crop named sorghum that was originally brought here on slave ships from Africa. Traditionally made into a sweetener here in the Southeastern United States (where it’s an easy crop to grow because it’s drought-resistant), it is now more often than not fed to livestock as well as pets, used to make ethanol, or eaten as a nutritionally-rich grain or gluten-free flour (although you do hear of a little sorghum molasses renaissance every now and then, which I haven’t yet made because of the whole need for a donkey-powered-press, but that may be coming). I even encountered it popped like popcorn on my salad at a lovely farm-to-table restaurant where I took my mom for Mother’s Day this year!
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No, it’s not corn. Those tall swaying stalks in my front and back yards are a Southern heritage crop named sorghum that was originally brought here on slave ships from Africa. Traditionally made into a sweetener here in the Southeastern United States (where it’s an easy crop to grow because it’s drought-resistant), it is now more often than not fed to livestock as well as pets, used to make ethanol, or eaten as a nutritionally-rich grain or gluten-free flour (although you do hear of a little sorghum molasses renaissance every now and then, which I haven’t yet made because of the whole need for a donkey-powered-press, but that may be coming). I even encountered it popped like popcorn on my salad at a lovely farm-to-table restaurant where I took my mom for Mother’s Day this year!