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Coronavirus Diaries – Pancakes for Dinner

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With our first batch of maple syrup boiled and bottled, the next obvious step is to sample our freshly made product. Pancake dinner tonight! We have a very clear division of labour in our household; Tony is in charge of making crêpes, while I'm in charge of making pancakes.  It's just one of our rules. … Continue reading Coronavirus Diaries – Pancakes for Dinner

Coronavirus Diaries – Sap to Syrup

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The big day has arrived.  It's not too windy, the sun is shining, and we have about five gallons on sap to boil. We like to boil small batches at a time.  It will take about 4 hours of boiling for this amount of sap, but there really isn't much to do during the bulk … Continue reading Coronavirus Diaries – Sap to Syrup