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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:19 am
by GORDON
5 gallons of sap in the cooler, 3 more to bring in this evening, and 4-6 more gallons to collect over the next few days, depending on how many more milk jugs I have.
Topped off my 2 propane tanks this morning.
Going to borrow unk's outdoor propane cooker burner thing.
Looking good for this weekend.
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:08 am
by GORDON
Going to be fucking cold tomorrow morning but I am going to start boiling sap at about 8am.
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:28 am
by GORDON
Set up all the equipment on the porch. Started the boil. Then the snow started. Sure wish that had been in the forecast.
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:25 am
by GORDON
Eat a dick, weather.
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:27 pm
by GORDON
Over 12 hours later, and I am still boiling. Have at least another hour to go. Ugh.
It smells good and everything, but I don't think I have the kitchen equipment to do this properly.
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:28 pm
by GORDON
Over 15 hours to boil 12 gallons of sap.
Tastes gooder than hell, but waaaaay too much work.
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:02 pm
by GORDON
This morning after it cooled over night in the fridge, i took a taste..... SLIGHTLY less thick than the stuff you buy, but I am OK with that because I was worried I had overcooked it. Not much good instruction on the internet with this and I had to guess. It isn't runny by any means, it oozes off a spoon and leaves a string and whatnot, just slightly less thick. Sweet as hell. I will need to buy a bottle of the $8 real maple syrup just to compare, because this stuff is night-and-day from the fake "telephone pole syrup" you get from Log Cabin and Aunt Jemimah.
Sort of worth the work, but sorta not. Not sure if I will be doing this again.
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:19 pm
by TheCatt
Log Cabin = yum
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 6:13 pm
by GORDON
After tasting what I made yesterday, I now know that log cabin is shit.
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 7:20 pm
by TheCatt
Eh, it's what I grew up with, and forever associate with growing up, etc. You can't get that from maple syrup.
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 8:43 pm
by GORDON
That's like saying you enjoy beatings because you got lots of beatings growing up and now you're nostalgic for getting beaten.
But that's, like, just my opinion, man.
Buy the expensive stuff sometime... you can tell the difference.
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:21 pm
by TheCatt
My wife loves the expensive stuff, so yes, I've tried it in recent memory. It doesn't do it for me.
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 11:01 pm
by GORDON
Ingredients comparison:
LOG CABIN, ORIGINAL SYRUP
INGREDIENTS: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Sugar Syrup, Water, Pure Maple Syrup, Salt, Artificial Flavors, Cellulose Gum, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Sodium Benzoate, and Sorbic Acid, (Preservatives) Caramel Color.
Real maple syrup:
INGREDIENTS: Maple syrup
Canadians call the fake stuff "telephone pole syrup."
Just saying.
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:58 am
by TheCatt
I'm not saying it's wonderful stuff. I know it's just sugar water. But I like it.
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 11:30 pm
by TPRJones
Yay, syrup!
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 11:37 pm
by GORDON
My 1.5 quarts will bring the canadian syrup cartel to its knees.
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:36 am
by TPRJones
It's about quality, not quantity.
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 2:00 pm
by GORDON
Had a big plate of waffles for lunch with my syrup that came out of the trees in my back yard (no big deal).
Not dead yet.
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 4:14 pm
by TheCatt
Bacterial infections usually take time.
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 4:25 pm
by GORDON
Nah, I'd be puking by now.
I know.