Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Making Maple Syrup

Sunday was a super fun day, it was the first day since JR's birthday that he had off from work, so we went and met up with Will and Ana for breakfast at the pineview bakery in Shandaken and then went off to The Mystery Spot one of my favorite local vintage shops (pictures to come). After we had made plans to go to Will's dad's (Herb) to be shown how to make maple syrup. 



Gathering Sap




The sap tastes like sweet water, as if you took a whole gallon of water and added less than a teaspoon of sugar in it, subtle and delicious. 



Will's dad had tapped about 12-16 trees, so we walked around the property emptying the plastic gallon bottles into a bucket.











Once the bucket was full we brought it back to the outdoor kitchen



Once the bucket was full we brought it back to the outdoor kitchen


Wills dad had a three gallon pan sitting on top of a wood-burning stove barrel, I believe out visit was day one of the maple syrup boil, he estimated it would take about two days if not then three. 


 We ended the visit with warm fresh baked bread, Will's mother christine baked for us with homemade orange marmalade and some cheese mmmmmm







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