Posted by Bruce from Can. on February 26, 2020 at 10:29:43 from (70.52.186.9):
In Reply to: Maple syrup posted by Dave H (MI) on February 26, 2020 at 10:09:20:
While starting small as Ben says is a good idea, not so sure I’d be boiling the sap in the house. There is the 40:1 ratio to consider. 40 gallon of sap makes one gallon of syrup. You will evaporate a lot of sticky steam into your house even if you only make a half gallon of syrup. I would recommend a propane powered burner and a very large pot outside, say on your porch/deck or patio, and not to close to your house walls. We used to put out as many as 300 taps some years, and boiled it in the Bush with a open fire, in large kettles that held around 40 gallons of sap each. Once you have collected the sap, it must be kept cool until you boil it into syrup. Sap will only stay fresh a few days, then start to turn. If you have some 5 gallon food grade pails, you could put two or even three taps on one tree , and run some plastic pipe from the tap on the tree into the pail. Assuming you have no equipment, this way you wouldn’t have to get a pail to hang on each tap.
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