Making Sorghum During WWII

Reader Contribution by The Mother Earth News Editors
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This story is from Irma Epps and submitted as part of our Wisdom From Our Elders collection of self-sufficient tales from yesteryear.

I grew up helping make sorghum. Of course, this was a few years ago — in the ’30s and ’40s. During WWII, I didn’t think we would ever finish making sorghum, such long days in the fall.

My dad would use sorghum to sweeten his coffee. Oh, he loved sorghum on hot biscuits and butter.

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