How we make the syrup.....
It's way easier than you think.....
- Buy some taps and buckets at the hardware store.....You could use old gallon containers (we use distilled water ones). We just got a few of these buckets with covers this year.
- Tap 4-5 maple trees in your yard by drilling a hole and tapping the tap in. Attach the collection containers
- When the buckets get full, transfer the sap to a large lobster pot
- boil the sap all day OUTDOORS (lots of steam) firepit or our side burner on the gas grill
- when there is a few inches left in the pot, bring the sap indoors and finish boiling on the stove in a smaller pot. The sap has turned to syrup when it appears thicker and looks like boiling sugar. You can figure out and measure the precise temperature but I don't. Watch carefully and set timers to keep checking on the boiling sap all all stages so you don't boil away all your precious syrup (I've done it).
- Filter the syrup into canning jars to remove any sediment and maple sugar. Let little fingers taste test as it's filtering....:)
- Refrigerate syrup and Enjoy.....seriously it's like nothing I have ever tasted. I'm loving having a little dribble of syrup in my plain yogurt with fruit and granola in the mornings. so, so good!
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