zxcvbob wrote:

Looks interesting. Have you ever tapped box elder trees? They are
supposed to make a nice syrup too, but have a lower sugar content so you
have to boil longer.

We have so many maple trees that I don't bother with the box elders but
I wonder about the sugar content. They say the same thing about sugar
maple vs other maples but we alway get at least 3% from our silver
maples and this is the nominal quoted always for sugar maple.

I've read somewhere about syrup producers using reverse osmosis to
extract much of the water, so they start boiling at maybe 20% instead of
3%. You can imagine the energy savings.

Not to mention the time. Never heard of this but sounds interesting.

js


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