One morning, at the end of September, I was lucky enough to head out to the Sorghum festival in Meridan, KS.
This is for the curious ones:
Sorghum is a genus of numerous species of grasses, one of which is raised for grain and many of which are used as fodder plants either cultivated or as part of pasture. The plants are cultivated in warmer climates worldwide. Species are native to tropical and subtropical regions of all continents in addition to the South West Pacific and Australasia. Sorghum is in the subfamily Panicoideae and the tribe Andropogoneae(the tribe of big bluestem and sugar cane). (Wikipedia)
Technically we went to the Fall Festival, but I'm pretty sure it used to be called the Sorghum Festival. According to the guys at the sorghum booth, that's what the festival has traditionally been completely built around. Now it's really just this one booth... Honestly the stuff looks a bit scary.
Mr. Sorghum told us that we could use sorghum anytime we'd normally use molasses! Now let me ask you, when was the last time you used molasses? Exactly.
Still cool though...and ok on a saltine cracker. Just like I remembered sampling it over ten years ago. I bet the same guy was squeezing it out of a ketchup bottle even then. That's just another reason why this festival is awesome!
On a totally unrelated note...
At this very moment, my ipod is submerged in a bowl of rice. Tragedy.
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