Nope. Never heard of tapping box elder for sap to make syrup.
Hubby (yeah the same one who wanted to build the backyared bowling alley) and I tapped one back in the 70's. More work than buying maple syrup at the store.
257 posted on 04/01/2014 7:20:29 AM PDT by sockmonkey
(Of Course I didn't read the article. After all, this is FreeRepublic..)