Striped Maple Defoamer

[Maple Hill Sugarhouse]

Learn something new every day- I was reading through this new Birch Syrup Production Manual i got that was printed in British Columbia, Canada.

Down in the defoaming section it said the only Anti-Defoaming agent permitted in Organic Maple syrup are Pennsylvania maple wood=Striped maple...Listed Soy-peanut, sesame seed or nut oil as a no no due to the allergin properties.

Gotta try the striped maple trick.

[peacemaker]

the nut oils make sense i thought i read the only organic defoamer was organic olive oil ??explain the striped maple process ?

[Maple Hill Sugarhouse]

I have tasted the striped maple before and it has somewhat of a rubbery bland taste=Not even sure how it would react to foaming syrup/but assume that it could work to tame the lion.

[peacemaker]

hummm i guess i would have some oil on hand anways lol u say u tasted it the sap the stick or syrup made from it

and as far as the birch goes what do they say about tapping them in the fall i want to make a gal or so i read about using it to make birch beer

[Clan Delaney]

What about hanging a piece of bacon fat just above the pan? I know I read that trick somewhere. Sounds pretty organic to me.

[peacemaker]

lol yeah bacon i read that once old timers trick the fella that told me said why not maples good on bacon

[peacemaker]

my wife is a preschool teacher there are so many allegies out there its amazing when they go on field trips she has to send home a list of foods the kids cant bring in there lunches ...they are a nut free school the kids eat seasame butter on there jelly sammies

[TapME]

Gets all the vegetarians going with the fat and butter thing.

[Maple Hill Sugarhouse]

I have some syrup from The East's in Alaska=Kahiltna Birch works. And i have tasted teh sapling stem of a striped maple before=little rubbery/bland like the elm tree i also tryed the sap from :( Birch saps runs in the spring and from the couple of test i did it starts to run right about the time i start making B grade syrup=almost all the snow off the ground. Some of the web sites and books i have show snow about 18" deep or so when they have tapped their birch's.

[peacemaker]

cool thanks as a kid we always walked around with a fresh birch twig in your mouth ...lol took away the chaw breath lol

[Maple Hill Sugarhouse]

Black birch has the wintergreen taste. :) Maybe add a few into the mix and you'll have the market cornered.

[peacemaker]

i had that thought to try ... i have a barrel set i made last year as my preheater ... may try that this year make a half and half batch