Real maple syrup?

[Ashland]

I don't want to step into the middle of an international crisis...but when we went to Alaska last year, we bought Birch syrup which was better than either the Canadian or the Vermont maple syrups!! ;p:D

The white Birch syrup was very good...but $$'s......We enjoy the Kirkland Maple Syrup sold at Costco...good enough for the price and easy to get.

[dpostman]

I don't want to step into the middle of an international crisis...but when we went to Alaska last year, we bought Birch syrup which was better than either the Canadian or the Vermont maple syrups!!

 

I make maple syrup and the ratio is 40 to one. So it takes 40 Gallons of Maple water to produce 1 gallon of maple syrup. In order to produce Birch syrup, it is a ratio of roughly 120 to one. It will burn easily so must be very softly boiled and watched so it takes considerably longer. The taste will also vary greatly from a light honey like in the beginning of the season to a heavier molasses like towards the end. I've actually never even seen Birch syrup for sale in Canada but I know it is there. I Just know that If I were to actually make Birch Syrup, in order to sell it I think it would cost more per .OZ than gold;p. It takes considerable effort just to make the Maple syrup.

 

 

Here are a few pics of our very "Artisan" operation

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited July 26, 2017 by dpostman

[dpostman]

BTW If anyone cannot see it pictures in my above message, please let me know. I've grown tired of Photobucket and have decided to switch photo sharing system. TY

 

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[Clarea]

BTW If anyone cannot see it pictures in my above message, please let me know. I've grown tired of Photobucket and have decided to switch photo sharing system. TY

 

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Photos showing up fine for me.:)

[Ocean Boy]

I'm guessing the syrup they serve would taste great on the Artificially Flavored Vanilla Frozen Desert Mix that comes out of the soft serve machines!

You mean the...... Mono and Diglycerides, Guar gum, Cellulose gum, Polysorbate 80, Carageenan, and Artificial flavor stuff?

[dpostman]

Photos showing up fine for me.:)

 

Thanks Bob. Glad to know it's working.

 

dp

[scurrymd]

I make maple syrup and the ratio is 40 to one. So it takes 40 Gallons of Maple water to produce 1 gallon of maple syrup. In order to produce Birch syrup, it is a ratio of roughly 120 to one. It will burn easily so must be very softly boiled and watched so it takes considerably longer. The taste will also vary greatly from a light honey like in the beginning of the season to a heavier molasses like towards the end. I've actually never even seen Birch syrup for sale in Canada but I know it is there. I Just know that If I were to actually make Birch Syrup, in order to sell it I think it would cost more per .OZ than gold;p. It takes considerable effort just to make the Maple syrup.

dp

 

Wow!! It was expensive....but not quite that expensive! I still have 3/4 of a bottle, I will treasure it even more now!! :D

[kalliekae]

That Quebec picture is funny, but they are talking about the fake stuff, not about syrup from trees in other parts of the world. :)

 

What's funny is that I grew up with a mom from Schenectady so she always had real syrup, and I despised it. I yearned for Log Cabin.

 

Then I ended up with a husband and son who react terribly to corn syrup, and truly cannot have the fake stuff. So it's back to syrup from trees for me. (which just seems so weird...tree blood...odd)

 

You brought back a memory for me. My hubby's family tapped their trees in MI and it was a big deal to see which relative made the best syrup. I had never had anything but Mrs. Butterworth's when I married into the family. The first time they served it, I choked on the real maple syrup and could not finish it. I thought it was awful. Needless to say, I did not make a good first impression on my future in-laws. 42 years later, I still can't stand the stuff. :D