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Maple Syrup

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DFT1080
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Is anyone else tapping da trees? I only put out a handful of taps this season. Can't be haulin too much sap with an injured back. Here in Central New York ("upstate" to some d-bags) the sap has been flowin for about a week or little bit longer. Temperatures have been prime, it might me hitting a little high in the daytime this upcoming week. Any word from elsewhere - Vermont? Canada? other New Yorkers?
Mar 6 2010 11:33PM
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puda
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Mar 6 2010 11:57PM
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Mr.Panda
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People from Vermont dink it.

About 60% of a Canadians blood is made up of maple syrup.

And it tastes delicious on pancakes.
Mar 7 2010 12:00AM
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triebby
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Dude, that stuff tastes like shit. Real maple syrup is the only way to go.
Mar 7 2010 12:03AM
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PaleCelery
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 got syrup?
Mar 7 2010 12:03AM
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the.cheat
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their blood tastes good? i'l have to try that next time.
Mar 7 2010 1:01AM
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zylstra
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i wish i still helped with that shit... i see them all over town but i have nothing to do with them anymore.
Mar 7 2010 1:07AM
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steezmoe*
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do they make alcholic maple syrup?
Mar 7 2010 11:09AM
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.frenchy
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yea, i have like 15 trees, i think i might start today if i dont snowboard (lol) im just too lazy
Mar 7 2010 11:12AM
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corona
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people make beer with sap instead of water. and mixing half-done syrup with rum or something is damned tasty.

myself we have a sugar bush, not that big of one, just a couple hundred taps. but it's sick as hell. over the summer my dad built a sauna attached to the sugar shack and so we funnel the steam from the evaporators into the sauna and it's the most amazing thing in the world
Mar 7 2010 11:12AM
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itsssyourboy
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this
Mar 7 2010 11:30AM
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YukonGraham
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worst hangover EVER
Mar 7 2010 11:52AM
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DFT1080
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whoa I like that idea a lot. take a picture, pm?
Mar 7 2010 12:10PM
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corona
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yea will do.. gimme a couple hours, gotta wait till me brother comes back with the camera
Mar 7 2010 12:13PM
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DFT1080
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cool thanks. I'll tune in later
Mar 7 2010 12:25PM
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jeremy.g
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i wish i could tap my own maple syrup. seems pretty badass. this thread reminded me of supertroopers


Mar 7 2010 2:10PM
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corona
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Here are the pics, couldnt take any from inside really cus of the steam. But it's honestly the most amazing thing in the world. almost

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Mar 7 2010 2:46PM
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sammiedee
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i bet that smells sooo good in there
Mar 7 2010 2:57PM
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hoodratz47
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my aunt and unlce who live just outside of payson vt ( you can ski there prop down to mad river glen) have a small time syrup op going on... ITS TOO GOOD> they send us about half gallon a year.  amazing stuff
Mar 7 2010 3:21PM
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DFT1080
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hmm. An elevated sauna, very interest. I like it. Do you have a stove inside upstairs too or just the steam?
Mar 7 2010 4:28PM
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Caveman.
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My buddy Drew was telling me about a native Montana tree that you can tap for syrup, its a relative of maple trees. Supposedly the sap makes a semi sweet bitter syrup but is delicious when mixed with maple. I really want to do further research and tap some trees this spring.
Mar 7 2010 5:52PM
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Caveman.
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Birch trees!!

http://www.gardenguides.com/93205-extract-sugar-birch-tree.html
Mar 7 2010 5:54PM
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asapCferg
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that is sick
Mar 7 2010 5:57PM
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skithe49th
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i was a lumberjack for halloween and by the end of the night my bottle of maple syrup had been mixed with almost every alcohol that we were drinking. I can attest that the next morning my head was hurting bad
Mar 7 2010 6:37PM
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jeremy.g
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must do this
Mar 7 2010 11:15PM
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jeremy.g
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sorry for the double post. but it seems like you need tons of sap to actually make syrup. sounds a bit complicated
Mar 7 2010 11:17PM
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Caveman.
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Ya I was excited about doing too until I saw that. 99 gallons of sap for 1 gallon syrup... Seriously why dont the round up to 100?
Mar 7 2010 11:22PM
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kstanz
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mmmmmm syrruppp
Mar 7 2010 11:23PM
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yojimbo
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yeah dude sugar+alcohol=the worst headaches.
Mar 7 2010 11:26PM
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