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On Jan 29, 2009, at 10:28 AM, Jim Fruth wrote:

> If anyone has any questions about making Maple Syrup, I am available to 
> answer questions.  I've been doing it since 1972 and have used buckets, bags 
> and tubing (including vacuum) for collecting sap.  I've cooked it using the 
> multiple-kettle-method, large iron pots, commercial (and home-made) 
> evaporators.  

As someone with extremely little experience in making maple syrup, I have only one comment to make here, which I post because it addresses a situation that people who do have experience probably don't run into:

Do not make maple syrup in a kitchen that is wallpapered; at least, not unless you were tired of the wallpaper anyway. (If you are tired of the wallpaper anyway, you can save the rent on a wallpaper steamer by going ahead and making the syrup.)

--Rivka
Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly