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04/19/2014 12:32:23 AM · #26

Something that others might find interesting: Not your typical maple syrup

Good...having just read a book on the somewhat large, cold, dishearteningly industrial side of the industry, glad to see that some small producers are sticking to their guns and the old ways of doing things. Love that they are producing a dark heavy syrup as opposed to the more typical amber.

This is how I learned to syrup, and this (apart from the huge flue pan he uses to boil down the syrup) is how I do it.

vawendy

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04/19/2014 12:11:33 PM · #27

I'll have Strawberry Rhubarb soon -- but it will be a couple of weeks. :)

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04/19/2014 07:55:17 PM · #28

Originally posted by vawendy:

I'll have Strawberry Rhubarb soon -- but it will be a couple of weeks. :)

Fine by me, I'm STILL boiling down sap...did 45l today, now making batch #6 and collected another 16l today. Like I said on MT, I'm feeling like the sorcerer's apprentice here. Now up to 380+l of sap for the season and they're only starting to slow, still no buds on the tapped trees. C'mon trees, I need you to quit!!

ambaker

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04/19/2014 10:45:58 PM · #29

It's still a little early for fresh peach jam, bit I have acquired some Tupelo honey. Or you can hold out for the jam, or an even better deal from someone. Tupelo honey has its own mystique. We never buy from markets. We come down to the gulf and buy from old men alongside the roads in the area where it is produced.

I've picked up a couple extra bottles in case there are others who are interested, (I am more reliable about checking my PMs, than the threads.

-alex

04/20/2014 10:37:54 PM · #30

[quote=ambaker]...We never buy from markets. We come down to the gulf and buy from old men alongside the roads in the area where it is produced.

That's the kind of stuff I am interested in!! Give me a couple more weeks to get things done and allocate amounts, then we can start talking turkey. Or honey. Or peach jam...*drooling*

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04/21/2014 08:23:45 AM · #31

Very, very glad to check the trees this morning and see that they're drying up...thank gawd! In a few hours I'll be home pulling spiles, sterilizing everything and stashing it away. What a wild ride. Started March 8th, off and on all that month and then the spiles all but blew off the trees.

So, 400l of sap (13l of finished syrup, so far) later, we're all done. Just have to render the last 20l down into nearup, then add nearup from the previous two days and produce batch #7.

Whew.

Oh

vawendy, strawberry/rhubarb...jam? Jelly? Wine?

Spork99

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04/21/2014 09:00:45 AM · #32

Glad to hear your sap finally ran and you're getting syrup.

I have a jar or so of black raspberry jam that I made from berries I grew in my backyard. Along with some green tomato relish and some dill pickles.

04/21/2014 03:53:18 PM · #33

Yum, green tomato relish sounds intriguing! Still have some pickled veggies leftover from last year, no fear they'll get used :-0