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[Hector Black <hblack1925@fastmail.fm>]

howdy…

I've got several mature, improved varieties of honey locust (gleditsia 
triacanthos) trees dropping their pods in the orchard right now. I've read 
several accounts that the pulp inside can be processed into sugar. Boy, that 
green goop is so sweet I can't wait to process it.!! However, I have yet to 
find any resources that'll help me figure out the most efficient methods of 
extraction. I followed a couple links to a guy in VA (Andy Wilson?) who 
purportedly leads NAFEX's honey locust committee.?? …but alas, the links are 
all broken. Perhaps he's retired? Anyway, does anybody know some more 
efficient method than just cracking each pod open individually, and going at 
the green blob inside with a spoon? Furthermore, what am I supposed to do 
with my vat of green goop once it's been liberated?? …take it down to the 
sugar bush and boil it down just like the maple sap? I could really use some 
advice before my pods all dry up, or I get carpal tunnel from repetitive 
spooning. Any experienced Gleditsia milkers out there?

many thanks,
Hector