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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: chigger on February 22, 2012, 08:27:41 pm

Title: Maple syrup update
Post by: chigger on February 22, 2012, 08:27:41 pm


   WE done this yesterday,,Finished about Nine O:clock last night.
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Post by: GaryR 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
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Post by: YosemiteBen 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.
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS 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.
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Post by: Kpete 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.
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Post by: Auggie on February 23, 2012, 09:06:13 am
I've seen Woody drink the stuff. He seems to like it. >:D
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Post by: Marc St Louis 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.
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Post by: Pappy on February 23, 2012, 09:24:27 am
Auggie  ;) ;D ;D ;D That was a classic one for sure. :) :) I love the stuff,never made any but have used a lot of it. :)
   Pappy
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Post by: blackhawk 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
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Post by: gstoneberg 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
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Post by: Sparrow on February 24, 2012, 02:01:23 am
Pecans and hickories make good syrup too !  '  Frank
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Post by: Badger 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.
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Post by: crooketarrow 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.
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Post by: Northernsport 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
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Post by: M-P 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
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Post by: chigger on February 24, 2012, 07:38:51 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.

   You tap a Box Elder like as you do a Maple tree,but it takes twice the sap and that scares me 80 to 1 ,I noticed someone said you could use Pecan and I've never tried it , and Hickory is of the Pecan family,a friend who runs a sawmill said Pecan and Hickory is the same wood when sawed and my understanding you have to use the bark from Shagbark Hickory and boil it someway to make the syrup.I tried it and I couldn't eat it.
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Post by: chigger on February 25, 2012, 12:09:17 am
Here is my sugaring operation...
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Post by: TRACY on February 25, 2012, 10:31:01 am
Gold! Looks like a good day of sugaring. I like your setup there-makes tough work a little easier. If the temps ever get right here, I'll get the spiles out and hopefully get a small batch this year. Thanks for the pics and post!

Tracy
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Post by: paulsemp on February 25, 2012, 12:47:36 pm
Hey chigger, I just wanted to thank you for a little inspiration. I have a silver maple in my yard and had to give it a try. I read up on it and everyone said silver was less desirable than others but can still produce. After 2 days of tapping i got 4 gal of sap water and boiled down this is what i got!! I did a taste test with my wife use good real syrup and she could not tell the difference! I will be happy if I can fill this mason can/should be good all year! THANKS
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Post by: chigger on February 26, 2012, 12:05:58 am
Looks good and I bet it is...
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Post by: jimmy on February 28, 2012, 01:32:18 pm
My 6 year old son loves syrup and we love eating mulberrys, so I decided to make some mulberry surup from our trees. It turned out better than ok. I will do it every year from now on. It's funny how people don't really use all those free resources anymore.