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Not quite spring yet.
BowEd:
I see.Interesting to say the least.Sure wish I had good natural hard maple growing around here close by.We've got that old coon den softer type of maple along the rivers here.Imagine sap from that would work well too or even a bunch of sycamore trees.
The syrup is for sale here in various stores but none are locally made.
DC:
I made some syrup from Big Leaf Maple. I think I used $40 worth of propane to boil it down. I got about a half a pint. It was sweet but a little bitter. But I did discover that the sap right out of the bucket was the most refreshing drink. Do you ever drink the sap from Sugar Maple?
BowEd:
No I have not.
upstatenybowyer:
Yes sir. Sap right out of the tree is like really fresh, clean water with just a bit of sweetness. I think health food stores sell it as a beverage.
A lot of different trees will produce sap that can be boiled into syrup, only the sugar content is usually no more than 1%, which means 80 gallons of sap to 1 gallon of syrup. :-\
BowEd:
Yes that's the problem.
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