[TheForge] Maple syrup

[Chris Kilpatrick]

Denny's sells grits that puddle on the plate.  I could build a scale model of a the tetons or Mt Rushmore out of my Grandma's grits. (I know, way too "Close Encounters")

-chris K.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: rsmuck <rsmuck at hughes.net>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Maple syrup
> Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 17:12:55 -0700
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> Denny's sells grits.
> Rowland of Roseburg, OR 97470
> 10 miles to the nearest Red Light
> There is a very fine line between
> "hobby" and "mental illness
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Kilpatrick" <crimsonkil at lycos.com>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 7:40 AM
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Maple syrup
> 
> 
> Lynn,
>      I live here on the left coast and trying to find REAL sorghum 
> syrup is impossible.  You would not believe how many people think 
> that Brair Rabbit is real sorghum.  But then, finding a restaurant 
> that serves grits right, or anyone who knows what hoppin john is or 
> how to collard green and fat back.
>      I miss my grandma's cookin is what I guess I'm trying to say.
> 
> -Chris K.
> 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Lynn Emrich" <theatre_weapons at yahoo.com>
> > To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> > Subject: RE: [TheForge] Maple syrup
> > Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 06:50:30 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >
> > 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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