The word on the street is that maple syrup time is coming early this year, due to our mild winter. What better way to celebrate the rising of the sap and the coming spring than by attending a Maple Syrup Tasting event on Saturday, March 11 from 2-4:30 p.m. at ...
There will be multiple celebrations of maple syrup during March highlighted by festivals, how-to demonstrations and the first Waterloo Maple Festival. Sandhill Crane Vineyards and the Eddy Discovery Center inside the Waterloo Recreation Area plan to highlight variations of the sweet treat in two locations on March 11.
Peggy Lampman's Tuesday dinnerFeed I often turn to the bottle to add intricacies of flavor and intrigue to a dish. Generally the alcohol is used to deglaze a pan for a quick sauce, or as a component of a braising liquid for a dish requiring more time.
"I like being outside, seeing the trees, how they're doing, maybe give them a little pep talk," says John Kelly, making the rounds of maple trees he's tapped for sap, some as old as 200 years. He says this year has been "phenomenal," the sap has been gushing starting in ...
When the days are thawing and the nights reclaim the freezing temperatures, the sap begins to rise. And when the sap rises in our maple trees, it does so with enough enthusiasm that it can leak out. The dripping sap will also freeze, and create icicles of frozen liquid. These ...
Cue SFX: Def Leppard, “Pour Some Sugar on Me” I’m hot, sticky sweet From my head to my feet, yeah It’s early spring in Michigan - even if the calendar disagrees, the weather concurs. And in early spring, maple trees everywhere are tapped for their sweet sap. My kitchen is ...
Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick says the possible expansion of the Big Ten could create changes in major college football that force the Fighting Irish to give up their football independence. (Photo: Associated Press)NEW YORK (AP) — Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick says the possible expansion of the ...
Look for the Red Cross Canister at Pizza store or retailer near you! The Washtenaw County Chapter of the American Red Cross to Host its Annual Add A Buck Campaign to raise funds for local disaster relief beginning on March 9, 2010 and extending to April 1st, 2010 at area ...
Last weekend we were able to take a tour of Snow’s Sugarbush, in Mason, during maple syrup season. Snow’s is a family run business that has been going strong for 40 years. Their maple syrup is a mainstay of the Ann Arbor Farmers Market and our cupboard at home. A ...
One sure sign of spring is when maple sap starts to run. The first task in maple tapping is finding the suitable tree. In the summer time, sugar maples are easy to identify with their distinctive five-lobed leaves, like those seen on the Canadian flag. In the winter, it's harder, ...
I thought to post a quick update from Monday's article. The kids and I ran 10 taps on the maple trees this morning and immediately had maple sap flow - Zach even took an early sip!
The maple sap started running on Sunday in Ken Clark's backyard on Ann Arbor's North Side. He'd put a test tap in back in late January and installed the rest of the taps on Sunday, Clark wrote in an e-mail. Last year, the Clarks got about a gallon of finished ...
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