[AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad

[charliehill]

I can buy that with no problem Steve.  My mother never made syrup but she 
used to make candy and it's pretty much the same thing.  You start with 
sugar water and cook it down until it gets to the right consistency.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad


> 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
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at