Well the great sugaring adventure of 2009 has come to a gentle halt. The sap was rising all right. It was a full time job getting the buckets empty, strained into the pot, on the stove and back out again. All the while keeping the squirrels at bay as they thought I had kindly put up the pails for them in which to store their peanuts, which I had kindly given them.
Sadly the maple was not a Sugar Maple nor a Norway either. I looked it all up on the Internet and the bark , the sap and the leaf all looked like our tree. However no amount of boiling could alter the fact that what we were producing was a faint whiff of the real deal. It turned into sugar so I have a very small amount to show for all my troubles. It tastes sweet but not mapley. I am sure it is packed with minerals and is very healthy so it will, tiny bit by tiny bit, get licked off a teaspoon but it is a little disappointing...
If and when I do leave Aurora it will be to a home that has Sugar Maples. I have the spiles and buckets and the patience. All I need is the tree.
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