Author Topic: Maple syrup update (Read 3525 times)

chigger · « **on:** February 22, 2012, 08:27:41 pm »

WE done this yesterday,,Finished about Nine O:clock last night.

GaryR · « **Reply #1 on:** February 22, 2012, 09:10:52 pm »

Wow, thats great. I priced that stuff once at Kroger, not in my price range. Looks like you've got plenty. Nice

YosemiteBen · « **Reply #2 on:** February 22, 2012, 09:40:00 pm »

Y'all are a bunch of teasers! We don't have sugar maples on the west coast to amke syrup with! Got lots of other stuff though. Beautiful color. enjoy it well. We do actually have one ancient sugar maple planteed here in Yosemite prolly around 1880/1890 I will have to find out that tid bit of info.

PEARL DRUMS · « **Reply #3 on:** February 22, 2012, 10:01:50 pm »

That is some HEAVY duty trading material there chigger! I bet you could get what you need on the trading post with a few qts.

Kpete · « **Reply #4 on:** February 23, 2012, 02:52:02 am »

I have made syrup from Box elder. It takes much more sap because of the lower sugar content, and the flavor is unique to the Box Elder. Still rewarding.

Auggie · « **Reply #5 on:** February 23, 2012, 09:06:13 am »

I've seen Woody drink the stuff. He seems to like it.

Marc St Louis · « **Reply #6 on:** February 23, 2012, 09:10:32 am »

Very nice. An incredible amount of work goes into making Maple syrup. I've made many gallons over the year.

Pappy · « **Reply #7 on:** February 23, 2012, 09:24:27 am »

Auggie

That was a classic one for sure.

I love the stuff,never made any but have used a lot of it.

Pappy

blackhawk · « **Reply #8 on:** February 23, 2012, 09:29:46 am »

Oh man..you got me salivating over here....I love real syrup. We have a local maple syrup fest here at a local park a few minutes from my house that atrracts thousands upon thousands of folks,with all types of crafts vendors,with people forging,woodworking,hawk throwing,historical re enactors etc...and the list goes on. Tasty goodness there

gstoneberg · « **Reply #9 on:** February 23, 2012, 09:41:44 am »

Yea, sugar maples are definitely not the only maples that'll make syrup. In Nebraska the lion's share of my syrup came from silver maples. In Chicago when I made it those were a mixture of reds, silvers and norways. Dang I miss it.

George

Sparrow · « **Reply #10 on:** February 24, 2012, 02:01:23 am »

Pecans and hickories make good syrup too ! ' Frank

Badger · « **Reply #11 on:** February 24, 2012, 09:09:29 am »

Man I feel like a stupid city boy. I always thought the syrup came out of the tree and you just pored it on your pancakes. Scares me to think how much I don't know.

crooketarrow · « **Reply #12 on:** February 24, 2012, 12:18:45 pm »

My graddad was a old time gobbler hunter and hunted through out the south. He had a friend in NC that made HICKORY SYRUP AND WOULD ALWAYS COME HOME WITH A JAR. Iwas just a kid and wish I'd payed more attention. But I put in on pancakes and corn bread a lot. I liked it.
I never thought of box elder. How do you collect it just like maple trees.

Northernsport · « **Reply #13 on:** February 24, 2012, 01:51:19 pm »

As a Canadian Kid growing up on my great grandparents farm in eastern Ontario, Spring was a great time. We made tons of syrup, sugar and even vinager from sap. Lots of great memeories sitting up late with my Pa boiling in the sugar house.

I never realized the trade value syrup could have. We are going to start to tap next week I think.

I love spring!

Shawn

M-P · « **Reply #14 on:** February 24, 2012, 02:12:19 pm »

I read everybodies posts on feel envious I can't give sugaring a try. And then I remember the reason I can't sugar is because I like the sun and warm weather don't feel so bad. Anybody want to trade syrup for homegrown oranges? Ron

Primitive Archer