Maple sugaring question: “Is there nutritional value to the unrefined maple sap? Can it be consumed without refining? Have you ever tried some?”
Question from luiswalker.
![Before the availability of forged metal, maple sap in sugaring operations was stored in mokuks, containers made of birch bark sewn together. Tribes would amass hundreds of these to use every season, and they were also used to store finished cake sugar, up to 100 pounds of it. [x]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/51af1d71dc4fec9258d4b79bb36c341e/tumblr_mlmgo6PPbH1r68th6o1_1280.jpg)
Before the availability of forged metal, maple sap in sugaring operations was stored in mokuks, containers made of birch bark sewn together. Tribes would amass hundreds of these to use every season, and they were also used to store finished cake sugar, up to 100 pounds of it. [x]
![Maple syrup is made my boiling maple sap, which is about 2% sugar. It takes about 40 gallons of sap to produce one gallon of syrup, which has a sugar concentration of about 67%. Maple sap contains mostly sucrose, but also nitrogen and minerals, carbohydrates and volatile flavor compounds. [x]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/868e455ff76e5a106a1aa6c1de651f28/tumblr_mlmfw6YT0X1r68th6o1_1280.jpg)
Maple syrup is made my boiling maple sap, which is about 2% sugar. It takes about 40 gallons of sap to produce one gallon of syrup, which has a sugar concentration of about 67%. Maple sap contains mostly sucrose, but also nitrogen and minerals, carbohydrates and volatile flavor compounds. [x]
Maple sugaring question: “What are the differences between Grade A & Grade B maple syrup?”
Question from kitchengardener.
Maple sugaring question: “Does it matter what kind of maple tree sap is collected from?
Maple sugaring question: “About how much sugar can one tree produce in a year?”
Question from silverlakelodge.
Maple sugaring!
Hey everyone! I’ve been doing mad work on my undergraduate senior thesis, which is about the history and advancement of maple sugaring in the United States. Which means I know a lot about maple sugaring. If you have any questions about sugaring, you should definitely comment here or leave me an ask, ‘cos it’ll help motivate me.
All of my answers will be found under the maple asks tag.
So, what would you like to know?
