Subject: Re: [permaculture] alternatives to maple syrup
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:16:45 -0700 (PDT)
I found Tulip Poplar to be tasty too. Kind of a
flowery maple like flavor. You can get some from
Lehmans to see if you want to try it.
--- Lisa Rollens <rollens@fidnet.com> wrote:
> Sycamores can be tapped too. I think I read that
> years ago in Euell Gibbons
> book??? Also, long ago in Mother Earth News they
> had an article about
> making syrup from watermelons...about 17 large
> melons make a gallon. Same
> technique...smash the pulp of the melons, strain and
> boil down to syrup.
> I've always been wanting to try that, but haven't
> had a chance yet....
>
> Lisa, in the Ozarks, US
>
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