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rachael hamblin
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April 13, 2008, 11:01:32 PM

Has anyone here harvested and made their own maple syrup? Is it feasable for, say, a single household to do? What does it require?

There's a thread Paul pointed out from a while ago with youtube videos of maple syrup harvesting: http://www.permies.com/bb/index.php?topic=259.0

From what I've gathered from those it seems like it would be a lot of work (and require a lot of trees!) but I'm hoping I'm wrong.


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SueinWA
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October 08, 2008, 07:58:49 PM

From online article "How to Tap Maple Trees and Make Maple Syrup" from http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/pdfpubs/7036.pdf

"The average yield from a taphole is from five to 15 gallons... It takes about ten gallons of sap to produce one quart of syrup." (No wonder it costs so much!)

Here's a site with photos: http://biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/Buds_and_Bark/tapping_sugar_maple_index.html

There is supposed to be a way of evaporating excess water from maple syrup using freezing (Cryoconcentration) but I can't find any how-tos.

Sue


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Leah Sattler
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October 09, 2008, 05:54:19 AM

holy moly! ten gallons to produce a quart! I'm glad I just put jelly on my flapjacks.


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paul wheaton
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October 09, 2008, 02:42:09 PM

When you make jelly, do you put just fruit in it? Do you put any store bought ingredients in it?

I think it might be cool to make an apple jelly/syrup from just boiling down apple juice - kinda like what they do with the maple syrup.


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SueinWA
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October 09, 2008, 06:22:14 PM

Paul, do you have Carla Emery's Encyclopedia of Country Living? There is a TON of information like that in her book.

Sue


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paul wheaton
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October 10, 2008, 12:04:40 PM

I have the updated 9th edition. I remember reading that section a few years ago. A lot of good info and I seem to recall that there were some things missing.

I know that I used to send her suggestions for things in her next edition. And, well .... she died about three years ago ... wow, almost to the day: October 11, 2005

What a fantastic book.


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Leah Sattler
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October 12, 2008, 08:55:31 AM

I call it jelly but I usually make what are typically called fruit butters that are basically just pureed fruit boiled down until thick. undecided

I ashamedly use cane sugar in most but at least can control the amount and don't end up with the sickeningly sick sweet taste of many similiar store bought items.


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