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Originally Posted by Tcoat
From about the age of 4 to 13 I went to my grandparents in Quebec every spring and made the stuff by the gallon. It was not a modern method either. Big 8 foot evap tray on a home made wood stove base. A shit load of work for every gallon.
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interesting....
The "Rule of 86"
How many gallons of sap does it take to make one gallon of maple syrup?
Using the "Rule of 86," you can figure that the number of gallons of sap you need to produce one gallon of syrup is equal to
86 gallons divided by the percent of sugar in the sap.