Maple syrup.
Every year some friends we refer to as the Sap Guys, show up and put little spigots in as many trees as they think they can handle for the season, with a tube that drains into containers.
And the sap runs out.
Lots of sap.
They use these 5 gallon jugs over and over and over again, for up to 5 weeks.
It takes a lot of sap to make syrup. About 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup.
As the Sap Guys gather the sap they take it back to their place where they have a spot all set up. Reminds me of a still. Maybe they are making maple moonshine?
You have to cook the sap down over a hot fire. They have a special cauldron.
The sap boils down and each batch can turn out a slightly different color. The early syrup last year was a light color, and the last of it was dark.
It boils down to a precise thickness and they test it.
And when they are all done they deliver us real maple syrup made from our own trees, and they thank us!
Ohhhhhh, you are sooooooooo very welcome Sap Guys.
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Friends of ours made their own maple syrup that they had tapped. They gave us a jar and it is so delicious, even better than the real Canadian maple syrup we can buy up here. You are lucky to have all those trees on your ranch...and even luckier to have someone do all the work for you! Heaven...pure maple syrup...
ReplyDeleteDebbie :)
Wow!! That's so cool, if I read right you end up with 70 gallons do you sell it? I'd love to have maple syrup trees that's one I don't have! (Although I wouldn't have the room for one tree)
ReplyDeleteOh yeah! Now your talkin! Please know that I would be happy to sample this years crop. It is on my bucket list to visit a sugar shack during maple syrup season. Yummmm! Liquid gold.
ReplyDeleteOh, MAN! I love maple syrup, and now that I struggle with "added sugars," The doc has given the thumbs-up to REAL maple syrup and I am using it in lots of stuff. Lucky you!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh.. how interesting. I love real maple syrup. So good! I hope you make money from this. It's expensive to buy around here.
ReplyDeleteI love REAL maple syrup! Thanks for sharing the process!
ReplyDeleteOh that's great! I was hoping you got to benefit somehow from this. I see many piping hot stacks of pancakes & waffles in your future!
ReplyDeleteWow, how cool is that. That would be fun to watch.
ReplyDeleteWow! That is really cool! Do they get to keep some sap to sell as payment too?
ReplyDelete:) Linda
Too cool! I bet it tastes wonderful! I'm also sure a little maple moonshine would be even better!! LOL!~~Angela
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool!!! What a cool perk to your 'estate'! :)
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful! Sounds delicious 😊
ReplyDeleteThe jars of maple syrup are beautiful. Lucky you to have it and not have to make it. We used to eat a lot of honey and went to a home in the country that made it. It was fun to see the process.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed seeing how they made it.
Audrey Z. @ Timeless Treasures
How sappin' WONDERFUL!
ReplyDeleteNice Show & Tell. Did you bring enough for the entire class?
ReplyDeleteLucky you! My next door neighbour taps a couple of trees on his property. It's such a long process to get that liquid gold. Your way of getting maple syrup is the best way!
ReplyDeleteThat is way cool! How fortunate to have those maple trees and have those tree-sapping guys to give you the syrup from them!
ReplyDeleteI never knew all that went into making syrup. That's neat to see the process. Now it looks like you'll be making plenty of things to put syrup on.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool post. We grew sugar cane when I was growing up and had it made into syrup as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the "sweet" memory!
Hugs,
Patti
Unbelievable. I think Phil is going to move to Bliss Ranch.
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-andi
That is so cool! Lucky you -- maple syrup is da bomb!
ReplyDeleteI had no idea that this was the process. So neat! I read your post to my little guy and my husband....now we all want some....and pancakes.....;)
ReplyDeleteHow awesome! It would be wonderful to have syrup from your own trees!
ReplyDeleteSOOO Cool! Apparently, I need to plant a few more maple trees!....and find some"sap guys".
ReplyDeleteThat is a yummy little racket you've got going there girl! I can't imagine getting real, fresh, all natural syrup from my own trees. Sounds delish!
ReplyDeleteNow pass the pancakes.
Laura from Finding Home is making syrup right now, too! It looks delicious. :) We have sugar maples here, too....but no syrup guys!
ReplyDeletekarianne
There's nothing like the real thing, maple syrup. I'll accept no imitation!
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat opportunity to have this all done! You have me convinced that you dredge up your own clay and fire up your own kiln to make clay pots too! Seriously cool. :)
ReplyDeleteOh man, I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see this process in action. What a special place to live where you can grow your own pancake syrup right in your backyard. I LOVE this story!!
ReplyDeleteWow...I would love to have maple syrup from my own trees! That is way cool!
ReplyDeleteWow, that's amazing, your own maple syrup. I love the stuff but it's pretty expensive over here. I love it on porridge (I think you call that oatmeal) and yoghurt as well as the usual pancakes.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea it takes that much sap to make syrup. Maybe I'll appreciate it a little more now!
ReplyDeleteWow, no wonder maple syrup is expensive.
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