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| What tree is used to make maple syrup? |
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| What continents do sugar maples grow on? |
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| only North America; in Northeastern US and Southeastern Canada |
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| Who made maple syrup first? |
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| How did Indians make syrup? |
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~collected sap in containers of birch bark
~boiled it by filling a hollow log with sap and putting hot rocks in
~boiled it longer to make maple sugar because it is easier to store than syrup
~used to sweeten food and cold water in summer |
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| Who did the American Indians teach about maple syrup? |
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| mid-February to early April |
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| drilling a small hole in the tree trunk |
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| How large must the sugar maples be to be tapped? |
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10 inches in diameter
10-20 years old |
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| Why do they limit the amount of taps one tree has? |
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| to avoid hurting the tree; they determine this by the size of the tree |
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| If trees are tapped properly, does it affect their health? |
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| How does tapping affect the trees? |
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| small amount of wood damage; drill hole usually heals in a year or two |
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| Can the same tree be tapped every year? |
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| How much sap is collected from the trees? |
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| Sap is 98% water and 2% sugar and other minerals |
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| How is pure maple syrup made? |
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| by boiling the water out of the sap |
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| When does the sap begin to run, or flow out of the holes? |
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| when the weather is just right: cold nights (below freezing) and warm days (above freezing) |
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| When does the sap need to be processed? |
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| What do sugarmakers use to make the syrup? |
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| What is an evaporator and how does it work? |
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| two or more large, specially designed pans filled with sap that sit over a wood burning fire |
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| What happens when the sap boils? |
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| water in the sap turns to steam and evaporates; the sap becomes thicker and sweeter |
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| Why must the sap be watched carefully? |
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| it can easily burn in the evaporator because as the sap thickens, it gets hotter |
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| at 7* (degrees) Fahrenheit |
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| How many gallons of sap are needed to make a gallon of syrup? |
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40 gallons of sap = 1 gallon syrup.
This is why it takes so much time and energy |
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| What happens when the sap is considered thick enough to be maple syrup? |
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~tested with precise instruments
~filtered to take out "sugar sand" |
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| minerals and nutrients that concentrate as extra water is boiled away |
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| What happens if the syrup is not filtered? |
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| the sugar sand makes it cloudy |
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| What is maple syrup made into besides syrup? |
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| maple sugar; maple candy; maple cream; maple jelly |
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