Mush, Corn meal mush

[Delmonico]

And the folks oscar mentioned makin' it.

See it has a head like milo:



The stalks are 8-10 feet high, and are run through a roller mill:



Horse powered:



The whole rig:



It's then boiled down in a shallow pan:

[Mossyrock]

I made a batch of mush this evening and poured it into a loaf pan.  Tomorrow morning, I will slice it up and fry up a batch in butter.  No molasses though...     I KNEW I forgot something at the store on the way home.  (I DID remember the Jose and limes though...)   

[Dr. Bob]

Mossyrock,

Good to see that you have your priorities right!!

[Mossyrock]

Hmmm...  Fried library paste.....yummy!   

[Singing Bear]

Sorghum is made from a close relative of milo, was used a lot on the Northern Plains because it can be grown there.  Blackstrap is (was) a darker lower grade made from sugar cane.  Most that is sold today is not the true dregs of the earlier time, but just a darker kind, true blackstrap is a bit bitter.  If it comes from sugar beets it is also bitter and fit for only animal feed and cheap rum.

10zzz ribbion type is made from a real good type of sugar cane, it is durn good stuff also but often hard to get. 

Thanlks, Del.  Next time I'll check for different brands.  We have Plantation brand unsulphured blackstrap.  It tastes okay, but it's all we have and it doesn't say if it's made from beets or cane.

[Delmonico]

Thanlks, Del.  Next time I'll check for different brands.  We have Plantation brand unsulphured blackstrap.  It tastes okay, but it's all we have and it doesn't say if it's made from beets or cane.

Over there I doubt it's from beets, I think it all goes inta animal feed and cheap rum anyway.

[El Peludo]

Hmmm...  Fried library paste.....yummy!     

So I take it you didn't think too highly of your first attempt at fried mush.  Well, I s'pose it ain't to everybody's taste, or maybe it's an aquired taste.  I salt mine pretty well when I boil it up, and at least fry it in butter, or preferably bacon or even susage renderings with some butter melted in, as well.  It ain't a low fat item, for sure and certain.  Slicing it about 1/4 to 3/8 inch thick works best; too thick, and it gets heavy tasting.