Amber Gold
03-08-2008, 07:51 AM
I wasn't sure where to put this question so I thought that I'd throw it in here.
After doing my first boil this year I noticed my finishing pot (an aluminum turkey fryer pot) has a pin hole leak somewhere in the bottom that I can't find so I was going to retire the pot. I have a s/s 16 qt stock pot that I'd like to use, but it also gets used for other things around the kitchen. I thought I had read/heard that containers exposed to soaps/foods/etc. cannot be used for maple syrup production. Is this true, and if so, is there a proper way to clean the stock pot for maple syrup use?
Also, aside from rinsing my s/s evaporator pan out and giving it a good scrubbing should I be doing anything else to prep it for the season?
Thanks in advance.
After doing my first boil this year I noticed my finishing pot (an aluminum turkey fryer pot) has a pin hole leak somewhere in the bottom that I can't find so I was going to retire the pot. I have a s/s 16 qt stock pot that I'd like to use, but it also gets used for other things around the kitchen. I thought I had read/heard that containers exposed to soaps/foods/etc. cannot be used for maple syrup production. Is this true, and if so, is there a proper way to clean the stock pot for maple syrup use?
Also, aside from rinsing my s/s evaporator pan out and giving it a good scrubbing should I be doing anything else to prep it for the season?
Thanks in advance.