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Having a sweet time with sorghum A family tradition By GINA KINSLOWGlasgow Daily Times Some sorghum producers only cook their sorghum in pans made of copper. Elton said he has tried copper, as well as galvanized steel, but now uses stainless steel. Of the three, stainless steel is the best, he said.
“That’s one man’s opinion,” he said, adding the stainless steel pans are easier to clean than the others. The Lees, along with some good friends who offer to help every now and then, take turns skimming the foam off the sorghum as it cooks. “We feed the skimmings to the hogs,” Elton said. “It’s the best worm medicine you can give a hog.” Elton learned how to make sorghum from his father, and at age 90, he is now passing on the family tradition to his son, Mike, and grandson, Jerry. Jerry grew up watching his grandfather and dad make sorghum. “I’ve been here ever since I was big enough to cook,” he said. He has twin boys of his own and plans to pass the tradition on to them. “We’ll have molasses making on down through the years if they take it up,” Elton said of his great-grandsons. It’s not uncommon for neighbors and friends to stop by and watch the production. When they do, Elton takes time to chat while Mike and Jerry take over the job of making the sorghum. Charles Dismon, who lives up the road from the Lee family on Ky. 87, stopped to watch. “You won’t see this in a few years,” Dismon said, adding there aren’t many people left who know how to make sorghum. When the Lees began making sorghum a couple weeks ago, Dismon came down and documented the event in photos. He admitted he doesn’t eat sorghum, but he eats things made with sorghum, such as the popcorn balls Elton makes every Christmas. “They’re delicious, if you like popcorn balls,” Dismon said 
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