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KShip85:
Hey just wondering if anyone has ever done any maple tapping and made syrup from it.  An article in the local paper had inspired me to give it a go.  Could not believe how fast the sap pours out of there.  After about 7 gallons of sap and hours of boiling I believe I have ended with about 20 ounces of syrup.  Stuff taste sweet and I think tomorrow I will give it a go on some blueberry pancakes!

Kip

stickbender:


     Never done it, but I think it takes, about 49-50 gallons, to make one gallon of syrup. ;)
I think the Indians, just poured it on snow, and ate it.

                                                                                Wayne

billy:
HEy Kip,

I had a friend from Vermont who told me that guys would collect many gallons of sap, and then to concentrate it down it had to be boiled for at least 24 hours.  They'd cook it in huge vats all night long.  But they would just make it into one big social party.  They'd all get together and drink and party, and keep throwing wood on the fire to keep the vats boiling.  And yeah, it takes a lot of sap just to make a little bit of syrup.  I've heard in its natural state it tastes kinda bitter, but hours of boiling concentrates the sugars until it's sweet.  I love real maple syrup..I can't stand that fake Log cabin junk.

DanaM:
The saps running here in the UP buckets hanging on trees everywhere :)

jamie:
havent made it in a few years . there is nothing sweeter though. these days i take the sap and boil it down 50 percent. i then use the sap as a base for teas and i make coffee with it. sassafrass root and maple sap is incredible. gonna be doing a rock boiling demonstration on maple syrup next week. peace

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