A DOLLAR an ounce?

[Old Michael]

Gave up pancakes years ago. Missed them sometimes.

So last Sunday I decide I'll get the fixings, and enjoy a plateful while I watch #4 throw it to the other team.

Holy mother of god!

Canadian plot?

Almost $20 for a decent bottle?

 

[Dr. Rich]

Gave up pancakes years ago. Missed them sometimes.

So last Sunday I decide I'll get the fixings, and enjoy a plateful while I watch #4 throw it to the other team.

Holy mother of god!

Canadian plot?

Almost $20 for a decent bottle?

Aren't you Canadian? Can't you get your buddies to handle this without complaining to us Yankees? I think your brothers are focusing on growing other plants to import. Now that I think of it, if that other weed was one dollar per ounce, you would be celebrating!

 

[Bungie]

Almost $20 for a decent bottle?

A litre bottle of the real stuff is that price up here too. Amazing when you think about it really. $20 for tree sap. But when you have pancakes, french toast or some kinky yummy, nothing else will do.

 

[Fred W]

Like most things (including your choice in underwear these days) it Depends.

Mostly on where, what and when you buy. Best way to buy it is from a local sugar house, during the sugaring season (early spring) when it is plentiful, and do not bother with the clearer fancier grades. The darkest amber, lower grade stuff has more flavor and is less money. Also you should buy it by the gallon if possible. You can always find people to split it up with if you don't see yourself needing that much in a year.

 

[ionbeam]

Top quality, Grade A light amber (sounds like a beer ad) slurpple made in Vt, NH, Me runs from $0.70 to $0.90 per oz. Locally Grade A runs ~$15 per pint and Grade B ~$10/pint. Price of syrup spiked about 5 years ago and hasn't come back down. The local pancake houses serve genuine 100% fake syrup and charges extra for the real thing. To me, the fake tastes just like it sounds, yuuccckkkk.

We tapped a (as in one) sugar maple tree on our lot this spring and we still have enough syrup to make it to next spring. For the time and materials that we invested to make our own syrup I'm sure that it only cost us $6-$7 per oz or more :glare: It is real good and DIY is always fun when cost isn't a factor or goal. I also use maple syrup in my cooking, it is actually pretty versatile.

Just remember, if cost is paramount, gas is only $0.021 an oz. Yum, yum. There are a lot of things that come with 1 oz as a standard weight and people pay way more than $20 for it, even with sticks and seeds included.

 

[Khunajawdge]

Go to Mexico and get a bottle of Vanilla instead, it's cheap down there!

 

[Joe2Lmaker]

So last Sunday I decide I'll get the fixings, and enjoy a plateful while I watch #4 throw it to the other team.

I've had to endure that more than once this year

<_<

 

[Papa Georgio]

Yes it is does cost alot but you can store it in the freezer. It also goes great on ice cream, ham and a number of other things.

It is alot of work for that small amount you need 40 to 50 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup.

 

[Moosehead]

Yes it is does cost alot but you can store it in the freezer. It also goes great on ice cream, ham and a number of other things.

It is alot of work for that small amount you need 40 to 50 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup.

Yeah but we have metric trees up here and they only leak sap in litres, so I don't think it takes as much.

 

[SacramentoMike]

A dollar an ounce? I wish.

Never tried it on pancakes though.

 

[ionbeam]

Yes it is does cost alot but you can store it in the freezer. It also goes great on ice cream, ham and a number of other things.

It is alot of work for that small amount you need 40 to 50 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup.

We had three taps on a really big tree. Each tap produced ~1 gallon of sap in each production cycle, roughly from dawn to dusk. I used my BIG stock pot and processed 4 gallons at a time which yielded about 10-12 oz of syrup. The syrup is done when it boils 7 degrees (F) higher than the boiling point of water. If you are serious about Sugaring you would use a hydrometer and when the sap measures 67.4 Brix it's done. There is a learning curve, and small batch production at home is a pain in the ***.

My wife had wanted to do this for years but some a-hole in our household whined, cried and complained about the poor effort to reward ratio. Magically, my portable drill disappeared, my big buck, large caliber nitrided drill bit disappeared, my large rubber mallet disappeared and a few days later I was greeted by 4 one gallon jugs full of liquid on the kitchen counter. At this point the mystery of the missing tools was solved. The damn tree was in on the the conspiracy with my wife and produced relentlessly for 10-15 days. Now she says that she wants to tap a couple of more trees next spring -- my tools are either going to be hidden or locked up h34r:

I make French Toast and it sings with the good syrup. Syrup does make a good meat glaze and it works well in many deserts. A few toasted almonds and a little syrup makes things like Buttercup squash really good. It goes well in non-traditional baked beans. I make bread fairly often and will make some breads with dried fruit pieces and syrup finds its way into the bread. Game birds get apple/maple stuffing. I use syrup with some salmon, roast turkey and spicy sausage dishes. If ya spent the money for syrup ya might as well have fun with it.

 

[Patriot]

 

[dcarver]

I'm calling the tree police. Drilling holes in perfectly good trees. Causing them to bleed. Baaaad peeps!

Now, send some syrup and clamchowda this way?

 

[fjrob1300]

I've been making my own syrup for about 15 years now. The sugar content of the large lane-way trees is a little higher than the forest trees. I use about 35 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup. Nothing beats the taste of home made!!

Rob

 

[MEM]

I always have a good supply of Grade A maple slurple from a good friend who makes it.

Come and get it, baby

ps- I always pay extra for the real stuff in a restaurant; and if there's a chance there is no real stuff, I take my own with me. Like to church dinners on Shrove Tuesday

 

[airboss]

These people make a great maple syrup for those of us that can't make our own.

on line ordering Funk's Grove Clicky

OM here;s your gallon of Maple Syrup on it's way to the sugar house.

 

[madmike2]

Yew could'a gon tuh Dennys. :blink:

 

[Bungie]

I make French Toast and it sings with the good syrup.

Best breakfast EVER. French Toast, with sliced peaches/nectarines/pears on top, light sprinkle of cinnamon then drizzled with maple syrup... OMFG!

 

[MEM]

I make French Toast and it sings with the good syrup.

Best breakfast EVER. French Toast, with sliced peaches/nectarines/pears on top, light sprinkle of cinnamon then drizzled with maple syrup... OMFG!

Don't forget yer coffee with Baileys