Yup. My aunt and uncle own a sugar bush (sugar and black maples) in Quebec. They once told me (best as I remember) that it takes 40 to 45 gallons sap per gallon syrup, depending on sugar content of the sap, eh? (<- for the Canadians among us.) My youngest son likes the fake stuff better... prefers margarine to butter too. His mother and I don't know where we went wrong.
Regards, Bob... --------------------------- "No man's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session." -- Mark Twain From: "Keith Whaley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 'Bout right, as I recall... > > keith > > Bill Owens wrote: > > > IIRC it takes about 40 gallons of maple sap to make a gallon of syrup. > > > > From: "Keith Whaley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >>Again, you're a first, Jostein! > >>I've never heard of anyone NOT liking real maple syrup! > >>I grew up in one of the U.S.' most prolific states' producer of maple > >>syrup (and other products...) -- Northern Ohio. > >>Thing is, not ALL maple syrup is made the same. Far from it... > >>If the only maple "syrup" anyone ever tasted was insufficiently boiled, > >>it's got way too much water in it, and it needs more boiling. > >>Cheap "syrup" is left watery, as they can get just as much money for the > >>adulterated syrup as they can for the well-rendered syrup, so why put > >>the extra effort into it? > >>Making proper maple syrup takes time... > >> > >>Keith Whaley > >>Knows his sugar maples! <g> > > [...] > > >
