Like Minded Farmer
02-20-2012, 01:15 PM
Good day folks,
A friend of mine says the old farmers down the street from him finish their syrup with heavy cream. The first time he saw it they had a batch finishing on the stove and when she said it was ready she dumped a cup of cream in. He thought she screwed up but she said it was how all the old timers do it. I guess it turned all gray and nasty and looked like nothing you'd ever want to eat, but then it calmed down and this cream came to the top in a semi solid state, she skimmed it off and the syrup looked normal. All the junk was in the cream. They do not filter at all as they claim the cream gets all the sediments out. He says they store it in the pantry and even a year old jug shows no evidence of spoilage and there is no sediment in the bottom.
These old folks have gone south now for the winter so I can't get the particulars untill they get back. I was wondering if any of you ever heard of this.
A friend of mine says the old farmers down the street from him finish their syrup with heavy cream. The first time he saw it they had a batch finishing on the stove and when she said it was ready she dumped a cup of cream in. He thought she screwed up but she said it was how all the old timers do it. I guess it turned all gray and nasty and looked like nothing you'd ever want to eat, but then it calmed down and this cream came to the top in a semi solid state, she skimmed it off and the syrup looked normal. All the junk was in the cream. They do not filter at all as they claim the cream gets all the sediments out. He says they store it in the pantry and even a year old jug shows no evidence of spoilage and there is no sediment in the bottom.
These old folks have gone south now for the winter so I can't get the particulars untill they get back. I was wondering if any of you ever heard of this.