I understand that the reduction is around 100:1. That takes a lot of
cooking.
Many years ago I got to see a maple syrup operation in New Hampshire that
used a real wood fired cast iron evaporator. Interesting contraption with
small pockets along the edge for making maple syrup candy. You ladled a little
of the reduced syrup into the pockets until you had the pocket filled with a
solid piece of sugar.
>
>> I've been meaning to ask if anyone has tried Birch syrup? I only
>>just learned about it and was wondering how it compares with the more
>>familiar Maple syrup.
>>
>
>Pretty mild, in comparison. But of course, I go for the darkest grade of
>maple syrup I can find, and birch, being more rare, seems to only come
>in light.
>
>> Seems that Birch syrup is common amongst Alaskan natives.
>
>Probably because sugar maples don’t grow there. They produce TWICE the
>sugar as other trees (about 4%), and so require HALF the fuel (firewood,
>natgas, whatever) to reduce. So maple syrup will continue to be cheaper.
>
Chris
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