Seeing Progress
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Topic: Seeing Progress
Posted By: Leo B
Subject: Seeing Progress
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2017 at 1:08pm
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Winter is starting to break, soon it will be mud season. Maple sugar season is starting and hopefully it will be time for podding soon! ------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2017 at 2:46pm
Hopefully, it will be a good maple sugar season. We will be up in Vermont in July and will likely be picking up some more maple syrup. Anyway, got to get some good maple cremees also.
------------- StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2017 at 7:05pm
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It should be, talked to someone today that runs a sugar operation
and they said the sap is really running. Don't forget the Maple sugar candies too!
------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2017 at 8:52pm
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Leo, the last year I made maple syrup was 2015, collected 700 gallons of sap and ended up with 16.5 gallons of syrup. Hopefully it will last for awhile. Did you get that warm snap about 4 weeks ago? Here we had temps in the 60's and the lows were in the upper 40's, put a hurt on sap collection, as sugar content of the sap was down to only 1%, and with an extended warm spell, the sugar may have started turning to starch. Fortunately it only lasted about 4 days but a lot of people around here got pretty nervous!
------------- God's pod '11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2017 at 3:25pm
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We didn't get that warm back then, the people I talked to said it was going to be a good year. My son and grand kids usually make a few gallons each year.
Shold be fun. ------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2017 at 10:15am
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LOVE the real stuff (the candy too). I have been known to take it with me to restaurants and pancake dinners since usually only the fake stuff is available there (or 50/50 fake/real). I've considered trying my hand at making some from the red maples on my property, I don't have any sugar maples. But I'm always so busy in March... ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2017 at 4:47pm
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You could give it a try Doug. I was surprised years ago when a friend of ours brought some clear syrup and told me to try it. Had a faint taste and was very sweet. When he told me what it was, I thought he was pulling my leg, but found out that it was for real . .. . . . . . . . . birch syrup! A lot of work at the ratio was 60 gallons sap for 1 gallon of finished product! Still prefer maple syrup, much more of a robust flavor!
------------- God's pod '11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2017 at 4:48pm
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BTW Doug, still looking for an updated picture. The ones we saw last fall, from the rock wheel and all the other ones were great!
------------- God's pod '11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2017 at 7:21pm
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My son made some of the birch syrup last year, he did say it was double the work. Y gave a couple bottles to some of the people at the bait stands down at Cape Hatteras and they really liked it.
------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |