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Not a scientific study, but I plan the amount of syurp I start with to become about half as much by the time it is candy.

We have only 25 taps but they are all 5 gallon plastic buckets on plastic spouts with hooks. Buckets hang from metal handle, not a hole in the side.

Samantha

Wouldn't hurt to ask at the local tech school. Those are the "hands on" kids vs the "book" kids. One of my own daughters would be up for it if we were near a producer willing to pay instead of,...

Ed D, what temp didn't work for you? I used 242*, same as what I've been doing for molded candy. Going by look of the boil is new to me, but then again, everything in this realm is still new to me.
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I just tried these. I have taffy nuts, not crystalized coated ones. Did I miss an assumed step of cool syrup after boiling before mixing with nuts, like when making molded candy?

Samantha

I read some of those posts about selling and consuming product with niter in it. The relatives helped us last season and took a couple gallons home. We just repackaged some same way for them, from...

Ok, I understand that part. My limited experience does include redoing batches of candy.

Thank you for the replies. Felt, like the 8" x 11" pieces of felt I can get at the local fabric store? That seems easy enough.
Last year we did run everything through a couple layers of cheese...

Happy for you! We are not indoors yet, still slowly working in that direction.

Samantha

Ed R, are you saying you usually go straight from sap to candy? Please tell me more. I thought of that last season but it was our first and I didn't have time or knowledge. Then I was advised not to...

I can relate to your "MRS" comment as I'm the Mrs. here. I'm very glad the eyesore corncrib leftovers are now the sides of our still being built sugar shack, even if the sugar shack is more in my...

Is this where I can ask about the Cornell Maple Webinar that is on the calendar for December 6? How do I access it? Says 7pm, which time zone?

Samantha

If niter forms whenever syrup is heated above 190 degrees, then there is niter in the candy I make after heating to 242?
If I were to reheat the syrup remaining in a jar every time I went to use...

We haven't figured out the filter part yet. We are not selling any product yet so I'm not worried there. At time of first bottleing syrup goes into 1 gallon glass jars. When the niter has settled to...

Hi. I'm new here. We have only one year of experience, 25 taps last Feb. I think we'll stick with the same trees and number of taps this coming season. Have some improvements we want to make before...