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Article: Sweet Success: Sorghum festival returning to Hancock County.
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- Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY)
- Article date:
- September 22, 2007
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Byline: Beth Wilberding
Sep. 22--HAWESVILLE -- Steam billowed around Irvin Stephens and Pam Newberry, then flowed out of the open windows as the duo cooked.
They kept track of the temperature of the amber-colored liquid as it traveled through the channels of a stainless-steel table that was about 10 feet long.
By the time it reached the end of the table, the liquid had transformed into a sweet syrup, emptying through a faucet into a new container -- and another batch of sorghum was almost ready.
"I think that is something that kind of gets in your blood," Stephens said of making sorghum.
In a little more than a week, folks can ...