Sunday, March 24, 2013

VERMONT MAPLE Open House 2013 PHOTOS

Vermont Maple Open House 2013 Photos




Visit Vermont sugarhouses and restaurants across the state and watch maple syrup made.





Sugar on snow-maple syrup, maple fudge, maple frosted doughnuts, maple hard rock candy, maple sugar, maple creme, maple lemonade, a dill pickle, and back for more maple, maple, maple.


     Weekend plans: Sucking tree veins for their sweet amber blood. -Vermont Vampire



    Our first stop, Davis Family Maple.


                     Sweet, sweet aroma of wood fired boiling maple sap turning into maple syrup.




     



Davis Family Maple
Pure Vermont Maple Syrup and other Maple Products.
Lee & Megan Davis
    




                                                     Clear tree sap turning into amber liquid gold.







       We watched the wood chips being fed into the boiler.




                                    And here comes our gallon of 100% pure Maple Syrup.





Blessed are those who give so much.
Over 40 gallons of tree sap to make us one gallon of maple syrup. Thank You trees, and Thank You Sugar Makers.                                                      






















                                                                   Sugar on Snow
                                                             



















                                                  

Thank You Davis Family Maple, we had a great time, the sugar on snow was delicious. Our Vermont grade A medium amber gallon of syrup will soon be sweetening up many a dish at our home.


    * Megan, Your hand painted glass bottles of maple syrup are beautiful!
Davis Family Maple
Pure Vermont Maple Syrup and other Maple Products.
Lee & Megan Davis
190 Upper English Settlement Road
Underhill, VT
(802) 825-8294





Now on to the next sugar house,
Putnam Family Farm in Cambridge VT.

Putnam Family Farm
Farming in Cambridge, Vermont, since 1854
Making Vermont Maple Syrup since 1863
http://www.putnamsvtmaplesyrup.com/






 
































































































































Thank You all at Putnam Family Farm, we enjoyed the tour, watching the fire roar, learning about the long history of the farm (see their website), watching you make sugar on snow, and tasting the sugar on snow. Our gallon of Vermont Grade B  for hearty robust maple flavor, fresh off the tap was still hot when we arrived home.

Putnam Family Farm
Farming in Cambridge, Vermont, since 1854
Making Vermont Maple Syrup since 1863
http://www.putnamsvtmaplesyrup.com/

Our next and last stop,
aptly named, End O Road Maple.

End O Road Maple
The Neill Family
1 Fields Lane
Jericho, VT
http://www.vermontwares.com/endoroadmaple/
































































Thank You End O Road Maple, we enjoyed petting the horses and sheep. The maple frosted doughnuts, hot waffles with maple sugar and maple syrup, and maple lemonade were all real tasty. Our grandson will surely like the snowman bottle of maple syrup.

End O Road Maple
The Neill Family
1 Fields Lane
Jericho, VT

Wish we had time to visit more sugar makers. Maybe next year. It sure was fun and tasty. Glad we took home lots of maple to enjoy throughout the year.

Maple syrup - one of the Superfoods.

Official site of the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers Asociation.




Vermont Sugarhouses Open House Weekend 2016


Sugar House Listings 
  
Vermont Maple Sugarhouses Open Year-Round 
How Maple Syrup is Made
Maple Syrup Nutritional Information
Destination Vermont, MapleFest
Joey's Sap Opera by Stuck in Vermont (Eva Sollberger)
How to tap Maple trees (short video)
VPR Maple Syrup Documentary (MP3)  

A few reasons to switch to Maple Syrup for a sweetener. http://vermontmaple.org/nutritional-information/

My Simplest Maple drink: Boil water, add VT. maple syrup, stir, enjoy.

4 comments:

  1. Bernie, Very nice pictures. I‘m glad you had a very good time. I enjoy your maple syrup blog.

    Pierre Lemieux

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  2. I don't believe I've ever seen a gallon of maple syrup before...about how much would that cost and does the process of harvesting sap harm the tree?

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  3. I paid $42 / gallon at one sugarhouse and $46 at another. I have seen retail prices much higher. Liquid gold! I heated some up in a cup last night and ate it by the spoonful. I especially like the darker (Grade B) which has a robust maple flavor.

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  4. A healthy, undamaged tree that is tapped according to the guidelines provided in Maple Syrup Production for the Beginner by Anni Davenport and Lewis Staats (also available through your local Cooperative Extension office) will not suffer adverse health effects and will remain productive.

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