Our last sugar shack stop was at this Amish farm.
Quite a fancy operation.
Another ratio guesstimate. At this point we have seen anywhere from 30 gallons to 80 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup. I know that the ratio depends on the sweetness of the sap but this is a huge variation. I guess we should underline all of this by saying...it takes a lot of freaking sap to make what you eat on your pancakes.
This guy uses bricks of sawdust to fuel his burner. This is a first for us. Everyone else uses wood. He told us he is the only syrup maker that he knows that uses these in his area.
The Amish dude at work.
We were definitely in Amish country.
This guy parked his horse to get his tank filled up. Click for a closer look.
Traffic.
Buggies everywhere.
We were in farm country, to state the obvious.
Amish wash on the line.
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| This is what happens when your horse breaks down. |
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Me thinks this is a cow massage parlor.
And on the way home again. I am not sure but this might be the end of sugaring season for us this year. It started late because of how cold the weather has been. I can't go this weekend because I have a big party to cook for. The following weekend is Easter and I think sugaring is over by then or at least not open for the holiday. I hope I bought enough syrup.
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The Amish know how to do things up right lol,
Our season is yet to begin, just starting,
when we made syrup it was a 40 liters sap to make one liter syrup,
lots of work but satisfying,
That place looks almost too modern though after seeing those other places You've been at. I like it but I like the other ones better :-)
I live in the county with most horses in this country, still I rarely see and carriages here, too bad I like them a lot!
Have a great day!
Christer.
I thought you did a great job of capturing your adventure. :)
I watched a documentary on the Amish..and it wasn't quite what I thought it was. Interesting way of life. I did find out that some use cars and pickups.. but it makes sense that young ones would find a way.
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