Anyone ever make Maple Syrup?

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Here in New England , along with wonderous spring, also comes Maple Syrup Season! <--- (Informative Article)

We made it a few times when we were younger but it actually takes a lot of work!

From Informative Article:
"Boiling sap into maple syrup generally takes several hours to a full day, depending on the volume and heat source, as you must evaporate roughly 40 gallons of water to produce 1 gallon of syrup. Small batches (e. g., 2 gallons) can take 3–8 hours, while larger, multi-gallon batches can take 12+ hours."

But it is so definitely some of the sweetest work ever!, and so I ask, Anyone ever make Maple Syrup?

Twodogs0525 · Accepted Answer

I tell you what, tiny, a couple years ago, I found a box on the side of the road and inside it was Vermont cheddar cheese, Vermont Walnuts and Vermont maple syrup. It was delicious! The cheese was like nothing I've ever had and the syrup was the same. The walnuts didn't really matter. I couldn't find the cheese or syrup any place in my area but fortunately, I go to Vermont on occasion and stock up! My grandpa made his own maple syrup but we were all too afraid to try it, because gramps was kind of goofy.

DryGermanGuy · Accepted Answer

To be honest, my first assumption as a foreigner is that it's code for making moonshine.

Ez-Bri-Z_v2 · Accepted Answer

Lmao at the AI claiming to have made maple syrup or doing anything at all.

Anyway, no, I haven't made maple syrup at all. It probably is really hard to do based on your description.

Well, in hindsight, I did make it eventually disappear when putting it on my waffles or pancakes. Does that count? I mean, it kinda makes me a magician and they can be cool, right? RIGHT?

*nervous laugh*

purplepoppy · Accepted Answer

You can buy the trees here but I've never personally seen one. I did taste some Amber liquid oozing from a tree as a child and learnt the hard way it wasn't syrup

James The Foodie · Accepted Answer

Yes, and it’s magical work 🍁

I helped a friend in Vermont a few seasons ago. We tapped a small grove, hauled buckets by hand, then spent the whole day feeding a wood fire under a wide pan. The steam smelled like caramelized forest air.

By the time it thickened, we were sticky, smoky, exhausted, and blissfully spooning warm syrup over vanilla ice cream.

FreyaRed · Answer

No. Maples make 30% of leaf trees here but I think their sap after reducing of 90% water turns in brown and bitter glue

lightbulb27 · Answer

I love New England and spend a lot of time there. Sure is a lot of trees up here. It's even better than England itself imho.

Yes, it's time for that sap to start flowing isn't it. My buddy had a big farm and tapped many trees, collected the sap, hauled it in on his ATV's. His dog would run around and drink the water from the buckets. Once accumulated, he spent days boiling it down in his boiler and we bought it.

I watched the process... that's a lot of work. But sure does taste good on blueberry pancakes, which my wife and I just recently enjoyed... with Vermont maple syrup!

My friends in Canada sent me som syrup which is actually sweeter. Not sure why, maybe just boiled more. I like the less sweet one preferably.

Rangers · Answer

In 2015, I went on a 3 day field trip to Quebec for French class and we went to a farm.

They seperated the guys and girls, letting us guys do the stirring nice and hard for the butter while they simply replied in French and laughed when I asked where the girls were.

I was in French 1, so speaking French to confuse me was a running joke for them. But the joke stopped as I easily adapted by gesturing with people who didn't speak English.

Best trip of my life, by far, and I mean by FAR! There's a castle there made of ice that I saw near Quebec city

ohsheeT · Answer

Yes but it would be so well worth it I would do it but I need some maple syrup tree seeds so I can grow a tree

I have just learned how to grow banana trees and my banana is finally starting to show roots but I don't know if it will live in my climate but yeah I would love to have a maple tree just to do that just
to be able to make syrup

OneViewpoint · Answer

Nope. I'm also in new England. I've lived in Mass, Vermont, Cow Hampshire, Maine, and now Connecticut. I eat maple syrple all the time. But I've never made it or known anyone with the land and trees to tap to get the raw material for it. I have bought it directly from local farms who make their own.

AviatorTom · Answer

Yes, we took our kids to a maple syrup farm when they were young and went through the steps. We tapped a few trees, gathered some sap, and watched the experts boil the sap and turn it into maple syrup. Of course, we bought a bottle of syrup that was made at the site. It lasted quite a while as we used it on pancakes and French toast, our typical Sunday morning breakfasts.

exitseven · Answer

My friend's college roommate had a maple syrup setup at his house. We went there one day and his mother was making maple syrup. I tasted some of the maple sap and it really did not taste like anything. The sap went into a big metal evaporator and once the water gets boiled off there is just the syrup left. I really did not know how it worked.

LiamS95 · Answer

Yes, when I was a kid we had a forest beside where we lived. We tapped a bunch of sugar maple trees and used snowmobiles to collect the sap and take it home. I don't think we collected much more then about 10 gallons of sap and mom boiled it down.

queenofcardio · Answer

Not personally but I've seen the process of making it. In my city , you can go to a sugar bush and they'll show you how to make it.

MisterWack · Answer

I’ve been to demonstrations when I was a child that described the process showing us trees with buckets to collect the sap. Even gave us samples of Maple Syrup from the farm to have.

douride2 · Answer

We tried once. Didn't keep an eye on it as close as one should. It ended in disaster.

WhitneySnow · Answer

No but I bought homemade maple syrup in Vermont

GrammariklyIncorrekt · Answer

I have a friend that makes buttermilk syrup and it's amazing. No idea how he does it though.

LC75LC71 · Answer

No. The picture kinda looks like a Christmas Budweiser commercial.

Staximus · Answer

When my dad was a kid in Central Connecticut he did, in like 1955

Kingofkings1992 · Answer

No, but I'd be interested in learning. @randomgirl42 do you know anything about making it?

Aiko_E_Lara · Answer

No maple trees here. Only coconuts. I made coconut syrup. I think it's just the same process.

dougeats · Answer

It takes a lot of tapping! 🪾🪾🪾🪾🪾🪾🪾🪾🪾🪾🪾🪾 I just go to the local farm and get it lol

888theGreat · Answer

Make it? It comes from a tree , you mean collect it

Xawyx-2 · Answer

Nope, but I tried it with pancakes.

Ariesman81 · Answer

Flowing strong here in MN👍🏻

loveslongnails · Answer

Nope. Too much work and not enough reward.

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

I've had it Manny times never made it

TonyMetal___86 · Answer

We don't but it's good 👍🏻

Cyfris · Answer

sure have

Agape93 · Answer

Actually yes

Batsy01010101 · Answer

No i haven't

Jeff51 · Answer

Nope.

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