Comments on: SAP on the Brain http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/01/16/sap-on-the-brain/ Christian Agrarian Counterculture Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:16:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: reformed farmer http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/01/16/sap-on-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-19 reformed farmer Thu, 20 Jan 2005 01:49:00 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/01/16/sap-on-the-brain/#comment-19 Curtis used to drink it right out of the bucket. Chug, Chug, Chug. Curtis used to drink it right out of the bucket. Chug, Chug, Chug.

]]> By: abigail http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/01/16/sap-on-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-18 abigail Thu, 20 Jan 2005 01:44:00 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/01/16/sap-on-the-brain/#comment-18 don't forget after the trees are tapped, the excruciating torture of sticking one's tongue to the spigot, waiting for the sweet, slow drip drip drip of the tree's lifeblood. (probably the most patience i ever exhibited as an impatient child occurred with my neck craned toward a spigot.) don’t forget after the trees are tapped, the excruciating torture of sticking one’s tongue to the spigot, waiting for the sweet, slow drip drip drip of the tree’s lifeblood. (probably the most patience i ever exhibited as an impatient child occurred with my neck craned toward a spigot.)

]]> By: reformed farmer http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/01/16/sap-on-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-17 reformed farmer Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:24:00 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/01/16/sap-on-the-brain/#comment-17 You know what I like? Drinking the sap when its about half done. Thick and sweet. I always would dip out a tin cup full and let it cool, then bottoms up. You know what I like? Drinking the sap when its about half done. Thick and sweet. I always would dip out a tin cup full and let it cool, then bottoms up.

]]> By: Matt http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/01/16/sap-on-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Matt Tue, 18 Jan 2005 00:47:00 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/01/16/sap-on-the-brain/#comment-16 Traditionally, when we boil sap we make hard boiled eggs at the same time. Throw'em in the snowbank when they're done and watch for the hungry dogs. Next, shuck the incredible edible and bite approx 25% of the top off. This makes a perfect place for the syrup reside. But if you're up to it, I'd like to try something different. What happens if you fill the evaporator with beer? Just a thought. Imagine the ambiance of it all. Traditionally, when we boil sap we make hard boiled eggs at the same time. Throw’em in the snowbank when they’re done and watch for the hungry dogs. Next, shuck the incredible edible and bite approx 25% of the top off. This makes a perfect place for the syrup reside.

But if you’re up to it, I’d like to try something different. What happens if you fill the evaporator with beer? Just a thought. Imagine the ambiance of it all.

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