[AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad

charliehill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Sat Mar 14 11:09:13 PDT 2009


yeah he had the thing built on a trailer.  The main problem he had was they 
couldn't get burners under it that would get it hot enough.

Every year at the NC State Fair they have a cane syrup display up and 
running for the entire week.  It's wood fired of course.  That pan is 
probably as big or bigger than the one my friend built.

Charlie
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From: "Bob McNitt" <nysports at frontiernet.net>
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> Charlie,Wow! 8x16? No wonder he had trouble.
>
> Paul, don't feel bad. I know several people who tried their hand at making
> syrup at home with less-than-expected results. I blame it on some of those
> "farmette" on-line how-to web sites that post articles w/o ever trying the
> operations involved.
>
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>> Bob the pan that my friend built was a big one.  More like 8' x 16'.   He
>> didn't do to well making syrup.  He spent all that money on a pan and
>> fixed
>> up and old cane press.  Then he had a crop failure on his cane patch.  I
>> don't know if he tried it again the next year or not.  His health turned
>> bad
>> about that time and he has since died after a long fight with cancer.
>>
>> Charlie
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>>> Henry's right ... w/o a sap pan, appropriate firebox and covered shelter
>>> bldg, you'll be wasting sap. As I recall, our pan was about 5x3. You
>>> might
>>> consider seeing if anyone nearby you is sugaring and review their
>>> operation.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Henry Miller" <hank at millerfarm.com>
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>>>
>>>> If you haven't figguered out how/where you are going to boil the sap
>>>> don't
>>>> bother starting.   I learned this the hard way when I was 14.   My
>>>> neighbor had the spouts, and buckets were easy to find.  Nobody had
>>>> anything useful for boiling sap.  We ended up with about 200 gallons of
>>>> sap, and were dumping some for lack of storage!  (I'm not sure how much
>>>> we
>>>> dumped, I think we were collecting 10 gallons a day)
>>>>
>>>> What we tried was a hot water bath canner on a barrel wood stove. 
>>>> Never
>>>> got hot enough to boil anything despite plenty of dry wood to work 
>>>> with.
>>>> I was told my friend's parents had tried boiling in the house a few
>>>> years
>>>> before, but the house got all sticky.
>>>>
>>>> You don't need everything now, but if you don't have a plan and all the
>>>> equipment on order, you could be wasting time.
>>>>
>>>> Roy Morgan <k1lky at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Mar 13, 2009, at 11:04 PM, Paul Waugh wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I will try the copper pipe and screw. Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>>Ask around the town. You may find someone who's got buckets full of
>>>>>the made-to-purpose spigots that simply tap into the hole, and who is
>>>>>not planning to use them now.
>>>>>
>>>>>You'll need some buckets, too.
>>>>>
>>>>>Note: about one barrel (50 gallons) of sap is needed for a gallon of
>>>>>syrup.  You'll need a big pile of sawmill scraps to feed the fire.
>>>>>
>>>>>Roy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Roy Morgan
>>>>>k1lky at earthlink.net
>>>>>529 Cobb St.
>>>>>Groton NY, 13073
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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