[AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad

[Steve W.]

Bruce Moden wrote:
> Some things mentioned that don't work very well,; don't try to boil
> the sap inside your house!  you will loosen up all your wall paper or
> damage the dry-wall.  You can't boil sap in a "tank" or pot on a
> stove, you need a pan/tray with a large surface area to cause
> evaporation & the fire should directly under the pan for enough heat-
> it ain't easy- but I never said it was! b.j.m.

At the risk of being tagged a nut, My mother and myself have both made
syrup inside the house in a standard pot on the gas burner. It's not as
easy as a continuous boiler unit but it can be done. You have to keep
the sap in constant motion to keep from burning the syrup when it starts
to turn. That is how it was done in many homes for YEARS until they
devised the continuous process method.

I will be working the next couple weeks on/off at a sap house running
the cooker for a friend. He volunteers to run the sugaring process at a
couple of local places. I run his place while he is out.

-- 
Steve