Posted on 05/08/2021 9:49:25 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
“When I was 16, I was way more interested in tapping something else, other than trees.”
Yeah, me too.
BUT, when this kid is a multi millionaire or billionaire he’ll be tapping any damned thing he wants. He’ll have a harem of ladies from every country in the world if he so desires. AND he can have someone to judge them so he only gets the finest available.
The world is this kids oyster.
How long until some Leftist air head with a degree in Poli Sci and a sinecure job with the Wisconsin state shuts him down for causing pain to the trees?
People pay big money for authentic syrup instead of bottled HFCS.
Looks good.
Never had real Maple syrup. Sadly. But by golly wow, I’m going to investigate this kids syrup and buy some. Aunt Jemima went woke so I need a new syrup. The Walmart GV brand just doesn’t cut it.
Many cheese-eaters here in WI make maple syrup. Sugar Maple is our state tree.
It is less common to do it for money - bravo young kid! It is harder work than most realize. Sap only flows heavy when nights are cold and days are warm only during part of springtime. It’s a very short season. And you need roughly 40 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup.
My son does it on our property small scale for family and friends, not for money.
The Sugar Maple trees are great dead too, fine hard wood.
I tapped trees in NW Ohio on a remnant of old-growth woods we owned. I took records and established that a few batches were around 18:1 water to syrup, with 30:1 being around average. I’d catch drips from the stile (or rivulets when it was running strong) straight in my mouth. I made coffee with the sap before condensing, and it was too sweet for some people.
I tapped an old maple whose own fallen limbs were used for boiling it down on a wood stove.
Maple syrup has a different taste than the store stuff, and I’m sure it varies tremendously from region to region, as it does tree to tree. I also tapped a silver maple once, it produced great syrup, too.
Well done web site.
it’s food.... he’s supposed to register with the FDA at about $3000/year.... they’ll come after him either because of this notice or once he reaches a certain level of income.
“Probably just a matter of time before some government alphabet agency shuts him down for unspecified reasons.”
Govt loves taxes and he’s just one player in the industry, he’ll be fine. It is a perfect story for Debbie-Downers who insist this kind of success is impossible.
Real maple syrup is thinner; the taste is bright and intense, a little goes a long way. Unlike the artificial maple-flavored corn syrup like Log Cabin and Mrs. Butterworth’s, real maple isn’t cloying and it won’t give you the heavy sluggish, nauseated feeling that corn syrup often does.
Do not know the law in his state but in most states you are covered under the Cottage Industry laws and do not need to register with the FDA until you reach a certain level of income and are selling across state lines.
The selling across state lines is the big one. Certain level of income is usually a state thing but crossing state lines or selling to government entities and it becomes federal.
And a major pain in the patootie.
Must be nice to have family owned trees.
I’ve read that syrup can be made from Box Elder (less respected member of the maple family) sap also, but it takes more sap because the sugar content isn’t as high. People who’ve had it say it’s just as good though.
I’m from Wisconsin and I’ve never seen Box Elder syrup, but I’ve consumed plenty of maple syrup. We have a maker of it a couple miles from the house that has been making syrup for around 75 years.
Good idea. I may order some too. I moved into a old house which had a few super maples on it. I tapped those trees and made some and made some candy with it too. Amazing taste. And pretty easy to do. I moved from that place but have some birch here that I heard are good for tapping.
Tree grew big!
“When I was 16, I was way more interested in tapping something else, other than trees.”
Well you could put maple syrup on it...
Me too.
“...I made coffee with the sap ...”
Awesome. I’m going to try that next spring.
After a couple years of my son boiling sap, we discovered we really like drinking the half-condensed brew. It’s usually relatively cold out, often still snow on the ground at that time. A fun hot drink. A shot of Irish whiskey in there doesn’t hurt either.
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