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| Pete prepares to cook. |
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| Breaking Bad - AMC photo |
I got home from doing some errands today when Pete announced, "I've got enough stuff, so tomorrow we're cookin." I think I have heard this line a few times on one of my favorite television shows,
Breaking Bad. The show is about a chemistry teacher, strapped for cash, who turns to cooking meth and eventually becomes a drug kingpin. Check it out on AMC
Breaking Bad.
No, trying to survive in the Northwoods has not turned us into meth heads - we're maple heads, or perhaps, mape heads. We have enough sap to boil down and make maple syrup. Watch out Vermont.
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| "Is there enough yet?" |
Pete tapped about 8 sugar maple trees last weekend and the sap has been flowing off and on all week. Jere gave us a beginner's kit for Christmas complete with the taps, sap saks, a hydrometer and a little book.
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| Sap Saks in the Woods |
Pete made one batch earlier this week and the product (sorry, I'm still in a
Breaking Bad frame of mind) was great. Tomorrow I'll get to see how it's done.
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| This is where you cook. |
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What are we waiting for?
Let's get cookin! |
Stay tuned until tomorrow when we'll be . . .
Hmm, that one tree wasn't producing. Turned out it was an oak. Ooops, my bad.
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