[TheForge] Maple syrup

[Lynn Emrich]

One of my earliest memories is of going with my
grandfather to where they made sorghum mo lases. There
was an old mule on a long pole walking in a circle to
run the crusher for the cane. There was a man that
stayed low under the pole to feed the cane into the
crusher and collect the sap. 
The liquid was taken to a shed that held a bunch of
shallow pans that were linked so that the sap ran from
the first to the last. Under all the pans was a wood
fire that kept all the pans on a boil. When the sap
reached the last pan it was thickened into molasses. 
My grandfather showed me how to take a piece of cane
and dip into the foam that formed on the top of the
pan. Sorghum molasses remains at the top of my list
for sweet treats.
Knife content: I have a cane knife that I bought in a
flea market to remind me of those memories.
Lynn (Older than dirt!)


--- marilyn traber 011221 <phlip at 99main.com> wrote:

> > So my question to all of you out there that have
> made maple syrup or 
> > know how to do it, how do you do it?  I mean,
> seems like the use of our
> > burners (modified forge turned on end) is a great
> way to produce a 
> > lot of heat.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Jeff In Phoenix


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