Happy Friday!
We
finally got a chance to get our sorghum cane cut and the sorghum syrup
(molasses) made this week!!! We'll have it available at the farmers
markets this weekend.
So
you may wonder "Why call it sorghum syrup instead of molasses?"
Sorghum syrup is made from sweet sorghum cane. True molasses is
made from sugar cane. Though they are similar, sugar cane requires a much
longer summer growing season so it's only grown in the lower part of the South
(Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas). Sorghum is is capable of growing in a
much shorter season and can be grown much further North.
Both
molasses and syrup are made by pressing the juice out of the cane and then
boiling off the water until the sweet syrup is left. Just like honey,
properly made molasses/ syrup will last for many years. True blackstrap
molasses/syrup has been cooked off 3 times. Unfortunately many people
call theirs blackstrap because it's dark or black. The real culprit is
that it's been cooked too hot in the final stages and and the sugars have been
burnt.
Come
out and give this a try. It's a great natural syrup for pancakes or mix
it with some butter and add it to some homemade biscuits or make some molasses
cookies for a sweet treat.
Come
get your WTF Fix at the markets tomorrow
Davidson
Farmers Market 9-Noon Winter hours are now in
effect.
Salisbury Farmers Market - 9-noon Domisty is back this week and the winter hours are now effective (this is possibly subject to change depending on the whims of market management)
Here's
our market sechedule through Christmas
DFM-
Nov 2, Nov 16, Nov 23, Dec 7, Dec 21
SFM-
Nov 2, Nov 23, Dec 7, Dec 21
Thanksgiving turkey info- We
still have a few birds left if anyone is interested. This
year we expect our turkeys to dress around 15-17lbs on average and the price is
$4.99/lb
Don't
forget to check out our Wild Turkey Farms Facebook page and
"like" us to get the most up to date info.
We
hope that you'll support some of the chefs & businesses that
support us & other local farmers.
300
East- Charlotte
Customshop-
Charlotte
Greeneman
Farms @ 7th Street Market- Charlotte
The
Prickly Pear- Mooresville
Pure
Pizza (at 7th St Market) - Charlotte
Whiskey
Warehouse- Charlotte
Chef
Charles Catering - Charlotte/ DFM
Fork-
Cornelius
Thanks
for your support, have a great weekend, and we'll see you at the market.
Lee,
Domisty, Rosty, & Charlie
Wild
Turkey Farms LLC
China
Grove, NC
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