Horrible Newbie Mistake

[DrTimPerkins]

Boiling is usually a solitary experience for me. Yesterday my sister and bother in law were visiting, and in a moment of distraction I almost burned the pan. Fortunately I dumped a quart into the syrup channel just as it was about to foam over, cranked the spigot of sap feeding the pan up to max, and added a few drops of defoamer. They got a bit of a show!

Typically this experience is also accompanied by some rather interesting vocalizations coming from the sugarmaker...so they might have gotten a show with audio rated for "mature" audiences. In any case...happy to hear you caught it just in time.

[Ghs57]

Typically this experience is also accompanied by some rather interesting vocalizations coming from the sugarmaker...so they might have gotten a show with audio rated for "mature" audiences. In any case...happy to hear you caught it just in time.

Nothing adds color to the conversation like hitting you thumb with a hammer or something going wrong in the sugar shack.

[Paul01036]

Boiling is usually a solitary experience for me. Yesterday my sister and bother in law were visiting, and in a moment of distraction I almost burned the pan. Fortunately I dumped a quart into the syrup channel just as it was about to foam over, cranked the spigot of sap feeding the pan up to max, and added a few drops of defoamer. They got a bit of a show!

GO

As they say, the show must go on! It sounds like there was so much going on in a short period you were a well oiled machine. I am sure they were very impressed!

[Sinoed09]

I left a batch of near syrup with my husband to watch so it didn’t burn and he told me he “caught it just in time”. I poured something very similar to Guinness out of the pot into a mason jar. I put it in the fridge and labelled it “dark roast” which I thought was hilarious. I don’t think I’m getting much more help with sugaring based on the look I got though. ��

[Sugarmaker]

As Jim of Father and Son would say while making syrup "at any one moment your only 15 seconds from disaster"!

I would say that you are now a sugarmaker!

I had syrup heating in the canner recently. was distracted with a visitor. Came back in the kitchen in about 20 min and realized I had left 10 gallons of syrup on high heat to bring to 180. Good news someone was watching over me. the propane bottle decided that was the time to run out of fuel. All was good, temp was 120! Whew! I dodged a bullet on that one for sure!
A water jacketed canner would be much safer! May add that to the list of items i should have too.
Regards,
Chris