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My mother makes the best Finnish pancakes and she has yet to share my Gram's recipe with me.

 

How bad a son could you possibly have been for your own mother not to share a pancake recipe with you? :D

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How bad a son could you possibly have been for your own mother not to share a pancake recipe with you? :D

Mother's just jealous because I got taught the bread recipes and she didn't

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Yep.. its looking ggod, tapped 37 more tonight and another 20 to go.. lol.. i think i doubled what i set out to do.. its addictive.. looks like were gonna be boiling easter weekend for sure!

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Yep, easter weekend is looking real good. I have 6 days off to boot :) I should be able to get a couple days of fishing in there somewhere!

 

S.

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I wish you guys would STOP. Waaaay back in 1953 or 54 I got to stay with grama and grandpa on their farm for a month in the early spring because the doctor thought I might be allergic to my sister.I know he was right but no one else did :sarcasm: .The smell of wood smoke and boiling sap on grandma's FULLY chromed wood stove has left me permently scarred. I can remember it vividely granpa saying Violet let the boy alone I am cold as I was feeding more wood into the firebox.Her response was Everton go get buckets of water for surely he will set the house on fire..The water was buckets of sap and I dont remember the whole process but after almost 60 years the smell and aroma is still there. :thumbsup_anim::thumbsup_anim:

 

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Thats enough work for the week.. its sugar time.. think ill tap 20 more then call it quits... got two of the vats left to clean and were ready to rock!!

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How many is that tapped now TJ?

 

Your gonna be busy next week! How much storage space you have? I'm worried I won't have enough! I've been grabbing every. Water jug or bucket I can find! I just have the one 55gal barrel!

 

S.

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I gotta count them but its between 175 and 200... i dont have much space - but ive got a ton of water jugs and a trip to crappy tire for big rubbermaids will solve any storage issues.

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A good storage solution would be used plastic drums that had juice syrup in them. A place here in hamilton had them for $20 (hotz environmental)........

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That's exactly what I'm using pics.

 

As well as a bunch of water jugs and 5gal pails.

 

 

Should have a nice collection today!

 

S.

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If anyone is driving past atkinsons from barrie or toronto to north bay.. id get a couple of those barrels....

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If you have a HomeHardware store near you they ,should be able to order them for you, if they carry maple syrup supplies,they get them from Atkinson.They also carry the food safe plastic barrels for around $22.00.

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They are running a it better today.. we still have 2 feet of snow in places in the bush.

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Just collected another 60l and its still running. Its running great here! If it keeps up like this, I will be boiling for days. 3 more days of work, then off for 6......woohoo!

 

S.

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Yup.. they are starting to get going.. the bases of the trees are just starting to thaw.. looks like we will be collecting Thursday..

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What's the deal with galvanized pans? I can get a 2ft x 2ft x 11" galvanized pan for a good price, but I'm getting mixed info on boiling in galv pans? Thoughts??

 

S.

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