Any Home Bakers Here?

[ronott1]

I Loooooooove pure maple syrup! I have a big bottle of the fake stuff for the kids because they pour it on their pancakes and waffles with a heavy hand, and I keep a bottle of the GOOD stuff in the fridge just for ME and I use it oh so sparingly, partly because it is expensive and partly because I do have to watch my sugars. I drizzle it on my oatmeal and also in my home made yogurt. Such a treat! Oh man! Oatmeal for breakfast tomorrow, for sure!

I have a bottle of bourbon barrel aged maple syrup....Yum!

 

[Swiss]

I add maple syrup to black coffee. It is very yummy!

 

[jnicholes]

As of today, my sap total from the maple tree is at 2 quarts + 1 pint + 1 cup.

 

[troyer]

As of today, my sap total from the maple tree is at 2 quarts + 1 pint + 1 cup.

@katiesgirl Did some sap cooking this year, but she's not on here much. She could give you her experience as well.

 

[katiesgirl]

As of today, my sap total from the maple tree is at 2 quarts + 1 pint + 1 cup.

So proud of you I had so much fun cooking down some sap this year! The syrup is super delicious

 

[jnicholes]

So proud of you I had so much fun cooking down some sap this year! The syrup is super delicious

I appreciate the input!

My tree is not a sugar maple, it’s a norway maple. Sap to syrup ratio is 60:1 according to the Internet.

I’ll need a lot of sap.

 

[bruceha2000]

Yep. What diameter is the tree and how many taps do you have in it?

I'm not crazy about maple syrup, if thats possible because it's syrup and its good! lol
I am always using Cane syrup, sorghum cane, molasses, blackstrap or raw honey. Very few things i cook call for maple syrup.

There is no accounting for taste

I would have asked if you are talking about the real stuff or the fake stuff (yuck, and I grew up on it. Thought it was good until I moved to Vermont and had the real stuff) but given your listed options I'm betting real.

I have a bottle of bourbon barrel aged maple syrup....Yum!

BLASPHEMY!!!!!

 

[jnicholes]

Yep. What diameter is the tree and how many taps do you have in it?


There is no accounting for taste

I would have asked if you are talking about the real stuff or the fake stuff (yuck, and I grew up on it. Thought it was good until I moved to Vermont and had the real stuff) but given your listed options I'm betting real.


BLASPHEMY!!!!!

The trees diameter is between 17 and 18 inches I think. The circumference is about 56.25 inches.

I’ve got one tap in it right now.

Why do you ask? Do you think I can have more taps in there?

 

[jnicholes]

Never mind. If the trees diameter is 17 inches, I can’t have more than one tap. That’s according to Internet research.

 

[jnicholes]

My setup.