Oct 18 2008
Maple Syrup Production
If you live in a rural area with maple trees, odds are you’ve considered trying your hand at making maple syrup. There is nothing like the taste of real maple syrup. I’ve yet to find something even remotely close to it at the super market. If you’ve never tried real maple syrup, you should really give it a try. You’ll know the difference the instant a drop of it touches your tongue!
Anyone can make a small batch of syrup at home, but be prepared to spend hours doing so. Syrup has to be boiled down before it even resembles the familiar amber color. This is because the sap is mostly water. It takes 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup. If you want to make this in your kitchen, you may want to run the fan and open a window during the process. If you don’t, be prepared to have every window covered in steam and perhaps have your wallpaper peel away from the walls (and I’m not kidding!).
Once you are bit by the syrup bug, there will be no stopping you! You may start going in search of every tree that is 12 inches around on your property. Perhaps you’ll even start a small scale family business. It is a lucrative one, especially if you have 1000 taps or more on your property.
If you’d like to learn more about the maple syrup business, please visit the following websites:
~~Charlotte
