Chaotic Coffee Klatch (tea also available)

[Codeman93]

Morning Code!

How are you?

 

[Strixaluco]

I had over fourteen gallons of syrup last spring.

Dammit, that's far more than I use any sweeteners combined in a year!

 

[rjr_1954]

My parents help out....my dad is one of those driven people with mechanical aptitude to boot. I have none of that aptitude, so the fire box that I use to boil it all down. That's him. Wouldn't be able to without it.

If I didn't say earlier, good morning wolfy!

 

[SirConradPeckereye]

If you don't like ok, you don't have to drown me.

I was making sure you're awake

 

[Strixaluco]

My parents help out....my dad is one of those driven people with mechanical aptitude to boot. I have none of that aptitude, so the fire box that I use to boil it all down. That's him. Wouldn't be able to without it.

It seemed to me that on the countryside it was easy to find people to do something like that for you. Small metal workshops, carpenters etc.

 

[LupineOne]

Dammit, that's far more than I use any sweeteners combined in a year!

Oh god yes. We give a lot of it away, but I use a lot in cooking, too.

 

[Codeman93]

Almost exactly what I do. I have basically a steel box with holes in the top fitted to one large in the rear (like yours) and one smaller pan near the front. Main fire is right under the larger pan, and as the sap boils down, I transfer it to the front to cook almost the rest of the way, slower. As the smaller pan fills up, I transfer it inside to a huge kettle on the stove. Repeat until season's end, slowly boiling down inside until it's genuine syrup.

Ratio is 40:1 gallons sap to syrup. I had over fourteen gallons of syrup last spring.

The smell of the house as your pit simmers all day!

 

[LupineOne]

The smell of the house as your pit simmers all day!

Exactly! Maple sugar, all day long.

 

[Strixaluco]

Oh god yes. We give a lot of it away, but I use a lot in cooking, too.

Better than sugar in most cases. Just when baking you may need something that has no taste of its own.

 

[Deleted member 5654768]

How are you?

Driving the struggle bus this morning. Dreary weather in the Midwest paired up with a novice driver not understanding what a blue flag means on a race track is making for a sore and slow morning Thursday

 

[rjr_1954]

Strix:
What can I do for you to not ignore me. My heart aches that you do. I'm really trying to be a Good Boy!

 

[LupineOne]

Better than sugar in most cases. Just when baking you may need something that has no taste of its own.

Correct. It's wonderful in bread, though

 

[LupineOne]

Strix:
What can I do for you to not ignore me. My heart aches that you do. I'm really trying to be a Good Boy!

Stop asking. Leave her be.

 

[Codeman93]

Exactly! Maple sugar, all day long.

My favorite

Driving the struggle bus this morning. Dreary weather in the Midwest paired up with a novice driver not understanding what a blue flag means on a race track is making for a sore and slow morning Thursday

That does not sound fun

 

[LupineOne]

Driving the struggle bus this morning. Dreary weather in the Midwest paired up with a novice driver not understanding what a blue flag means on a race track is making for a sore and slow morning Thursday

What happened??

 

[Deleted member 5654768]

I race electric go karts and was getting some practice in during public hours and a really inexperienced driver squeezed me in to a wall at about 40mph or so in the middle of a chicane. Track Marshall blue flagged him and instead of letting me through on the inside (proper racing line) he drifted in and pinched me in to the wall. I’m all good, neck is a little sore is all!

 

[rjr_1954]

Stop asking. Leave her be.

OK. Patience is a virtue.

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

Better than sugar in most cases. Just when baking you may need something that has no taste of its own.

Try it instead of simple syrup in a Rye & Port Old Fashioned (Rye, Port Wine, Maple Syrup and bitters with a twist).

Maybe wait until after lunch.

Oh, Good Morning.

 

[Strixaluco]

Oh damn. My Dom seems to be falling ill... Meaning probably no date tomorrow

 

[Strixaluco]

Try it instead of simple syrup in a Rye & Port Old Fashioned (Rye, Port Wine, Maple Syrup and bitters with a twist).

Maybe wait until after lunch.

Oh, Good Morning.

Maple syrup is outrageously expensive here. Not even available in all grocery stores, because we are not used it. Honey is the thing here.

Hmmm... Rye, port and bitter. Nope, probably not the cocktail for me.

Oh and here it's soon dinner time. Good afternoon

 

[Azuldrgon]

Good morning all.

 

[LupineOne]

Try it instead of simple syrup in a Rye & Port Old Fashioned (Rye, Port Wine, Maple Syrup and bitters with a twist).

Maybe wait until after lunch.

Oh, Good Morning.

Keep the port. Everything else, yes.

 

[PlanetaryNebula]

*pads over and curls around you, nuzzling in*
I guess that’s my call. I’m bushed myself.

You’re so cute

 

[Mr_Soup]

Oh god yes. We give a lot of it away, but I use a lot in cooking, too.

We had a ton too. My grandmother would sell jars of it the size of Cheez Wiz for $15 a pop during her bake sales for church. She would sell out almost instantly.

 

[PlanetaryNebula]

Morning all my glorious friends ️