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RE: If you go down in the Sugar Maple Woods Today, Be Prepared for a Big Surprise. You'll Find An Authentic Sugar Shack in Full Swing.
What a great way to spend the day! It's so nice to be out in the sugarbush tapping the trees! When I lived in Michigan, I tapped sugar maples, silver maples, and even box-elder trees (a kind of maple). But only on small scale, not for a whole sugarbush. That would be special! It's an amazing process, for sure! And it's fun to hang out by the evaporator. Enjoy all that maple syrup! :D
Thanks @haphazard-hstead! I have to say that there is nothing that beats hanging around outside the evaporator room with the wind blowing in the right direction because the smell is absolutely incredible. It's even more so when real wood is used to boil the sap instead of propane. Wood gives the finished syrup a unique flavour that propane cannot produce. Yes, in differerent parts of Canada, different trees are tapped too. It's more common in the western provinces to even tap birch trees. Birch syrup is an acquired taste. I've only tasted it once, used in a reduction with balsamic vinegar. Thanks for commenting. I really appreciate it.