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featuresOctober 16, 2016
Making Sorghum in New Hamburg
Ralph Enderle has kept the tradition of making sorghum alive since 1980. His friends and family helped make a batch of sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
Laura Simon
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas and her younger brother Ralph Enderle cook the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas and her younger brother Ralph Enderle cook the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The cooking pan for making sorghum is heated from underneath with burning wood at Ralph Enderle's New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com The cooking pan for making sorghum is heated from underneath with burning wood at Ralph Enderle's New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas stirs the juice from the sorghum cane in the cooking pan at her little brother's New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas stirs the juice from the sorghum cane in the cooking pan at her little brother's New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas stirs the juice from the sorghum cane in the cooking pan at her little brother's New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas stirs the juice from the sorghum cane in the cooking pan at her little brother's New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Daryl Ross adds more wood to the fire to keep the cooking pan hot for making sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Daryl Ross adds more wood to the fire to keep the cooking pan hot for making sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Paul Meyer tinkers with the tractor that powers the sorghum press on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Paul Meyer tinkers with the tractor that powers the sorghum press on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Fimble Enderle helps load the sorghum cane into the press on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Fimble Enderle helps load the sorghum cane into the press on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Sorghum cane waits to be pressed on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Sorghum cane waits to be pressed on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Paul Meyer runs sorghum cane through the press to extract its sweet juice, which runs down directly into the cooking pan to make sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Paul Meyer runs sorghum cane through the press to extract its sweet juice, which runs down directly into the cooking pan to make sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Sorghum cane waits to be pressed on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Sorghum cane waits to be pressed on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle stirs the sorghum as Paul Meyer runs sorghum cane through the press to extract its sweet juice, which runs down directly into the cooking pan to make sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle stirs the sorghum as Paul Meyer runs sorghum cane through the press to extract its sweet juice, which runs down directly into the cooking pan to make sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Daryl Ross loads sorghum cane into the press at Ralph Enderle's New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Daryl Ross loads sorghum cane into the press at Ralph Enderle's New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle stirs the sorghum as Paul Meyer runs sorghum cane through the press to extract its sweet juice, which runs down directly into the cooking pan to make sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle stirs the sorghum as Paul Meyer runs sorghum cane through the press to extract its sweet juice, which runs down directly into the cooking pan to make sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Paul Meyer runs sorghum cane through the press to extract its sweet juice, which runs down directly into the cooking pan to make sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Paul Meyer runs sorghum cane through the press to extract its sweet juice, which runs down directly into the cooking pan to make sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle's sorghum is almost ready when it starts getting "google eyes", as seen on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle's sorghum is almost ready when it starts getting "google eyes", as seen on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle spoons some fresh sorghum to taste at his New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle spoons some fresh sorghum to taste at his New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle's sorghum is almost ready when it starts getting "google eyes", as seen on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle's sorghum is almost ready when it starts getting "google eyes", as seen on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas and her younger brother Ralph Enderle cook the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas and her younger brother Ralph Enderle cook the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas and her younger brother Ralph Enderle cook the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas and her younger brother Ralph Enderle cook the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas and her younger brother Ralph Enderle cook the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas and her younger brother Ralph Enderle cook the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle removed a cheese cloth that helps strain the fresh sorghum as it comes out of the cooking pan on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle removed a cheese cloth that helps strain the fresh sorghum as it comes out of the cooking pan on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle places a cheese cloth on the cooking pan that helps strain the sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle places a cheese cloth on the cooking pan that helps strain the sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle's sorghum is almost ready when it starts getting "google eyes", as seen on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle's sorghum is almost ready when it starts getting "google eyes", as seen on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle samples his fresh sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle samples his fresh sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle samples his fresh sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle samples his fresh sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle stirs the sorghum as Paul Meyer runs sorghum cane through the press to extract its sweet juice, which runs down directly into the cooking pan to make sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle stirs the sorghum as Paul Meyer runs sorghum cane through the press to extract its sweet juice, which runs down directly into the cooking pan to make sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Paul Meyer runs sorghum cane through the press to extract its sweet juice, which runs down directly into the cooking pan to make sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Paul Meyer runs sorghum cane through the press to extract its sweet juice, which runs down directly into the cooking pan to make sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Paul Meyer runs sorghum cane through the press to extract its sweet juice, which runs down directly into the cooking pan to make sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Paul Meyer runs sorghum cane through the press to extract its sweet juice, which runs down directly into the cooking pan to make sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Paul Meyer runs sorghum cane through the press to extract its sweet juice, which runs down directly into the cooking pan to make sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Paul Meyer runs sorghum cane through the press to extract its sweet juice, which runs down directly into the cooking pan to make sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle cook the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle cook the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle adds more wood to the fire under the cooking pan on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle adds more wood to the fire under the cooking pan on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas and her younger brother Ralph Enderle cook the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas and her younger brother Ralph Enderle cook the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas and her younger brother Ralph Enderle cook the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas and her younger brother Ralph Enderle cook the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Daryl Ross evens out the pile of pressed sorghum cain at Ralph Enderle's New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Daryl Ross evens out the pile of pressed sorghum cain at Ralph Enderle's New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas and her younger brother Ralph Enderle cook the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas and her younger brother Ralph Enderle cook the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Daryl Ross evens out the pile of pressed sorghum cain at Ralph Enderle's New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Daryl Ross evens out the pile of pressed sorghum cain at Ralph Enderle's New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Daryl Ross evens out the pile of pressed sorghum cain at Ralph Enderle's New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Daryl Ross evens out the pile of pressed sorghum cain at Ralph Enderle's New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Paul Meyer runs sorghum cane through the press to extract its sweet juice, which runs down directly into the cooking pan to make sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Paul Meyer runs sorghum cane through the press to extract its sweet juice, which runs down directly into the cooking pan to make sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Sorghum juice flows from the press on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Sorghum juice flows from the press on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle pours hot sorghum into buckets at his New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle pours hot sorghum into buckets at his New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle pours hot sorghum into buckets at his New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle pours hot sorghum into buckets at his New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle puts some fresh sorghum on his ham and beans on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle puts some fresh sorghum on his ham and beans on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle cooks the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle cooks the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas and her younger brother Ralph Enderle cook the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas and her younger brother Ralph Enderle cook the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle smiles as he chats with a friend while making sorghum at his New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle smiles as he chats with a friend while making sorghum at his New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas and her younger brother Ralph Enderle cook the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com JoAnn Compas and her younger brother Ralph Enderle cook the juice from the sorghum cane to make sorghum on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in New Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Paul Meyer holds a jar of fresh sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in new Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Paul Meyer holds a jar of fresh sorghum on Monday, oct. 10, 2016, in new Hamburg, Missouri.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle uses a pitchfork to even out the pile of sorghum cane after it goes through the press New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle uses a pitchfork to even out the pile of sorghum cane after it goes through the press New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle uses a pitchfork to even out the pile of sorghum cane after it goes through the press New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle uses a pitchfork to even out the pile of sorghum cane after it goes through the press New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle uses a pitchfork to even out the pile of sorghum cane after it goes through the press New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Ralph Enderle uses a pitchfork to even out the pile of sorghum cane after it goes through the press New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Daryl Ross, left, and Paul Meyer run the sorghum press, which is powered by an Allis-Chalmers tractor, at Ralph Enderle's New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Daryl Ross, left, and Paul Meyer run the sorghum press, which is powered by an Allis-Chalmers tractor, at Ralph Enderle's New Hamburg, Missouri home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016.
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