It's been syrup making time at Younger Son's house country estate, with lots of help from the rest of the family. Not maple syrup.... it's walnut syrup! The driveway is lined with mature black walnut trees, so a full tap line was set up back in January with 48 taps, ready for the spring sap run. It takes 40 litres of sap to boil down to 1 litre of syrup. The home made wood fired evaporator got lots of use!
20 litres of finished walnut syrup this year, I'm hoping one of those jars might have my name on it!
Older Son also taps his trees in the spring, but his trees are sugar maples, and only 4 or 5 trees, so not so much syrup but enough for a pancake feast.
Congratulations, lots of hard work to do this, a job well done!
I have never heard of walnut syrup, but I bet it’s delicious. There is no shortage of black walnut trees around here, but I have never seen a sap bucket on them.
ReplyDeleteWho knew this existed? Cool.
ReplyDelete...black walnut syrup is new for me, but I've heard of birch syrup.
ReplyDeleteAdd me to those who didn't know about black walnut syrup. I do hope that at least one of those bottles is going to you.
ReplyDeleteWalnut syrup is a new one for me. Amazing!
ReplyDeleteWe fondly remember a tour of a maple syrup farm in your (or is it Trump's) fine country. Great watching the sap being collected and produced. Yes, we're still around albeit more creaking bones these days.
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DeleteNever heard of walnut syrup, could you check and see if my name is on one of those jars too. :)
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a lot of syrup. I haven't ever had walnut syrup before. I wonder if the tannin from the cooked walnuts would affect me the same way fresh walnuts do..tongue gets so sore almost like hives...
ReplyDeleteI sure hope one of those jars has your name on it.
That's so funny on the word dandelion in French...made me laugh..
Sue
Oh wow!
ReplyDeleteI'm in maple land up here in Eastern Ontario.
ReplyDeleteWe used to tap the maple trees, about 600 at our top production. We figured we needed at least 30 gallons of sap for a gallon of syrup at 66.6% sugar content. With luck, the sap would carry 3 to3.5% sugar. I suspect your walnut sap is a lower sugar content. I also know that you can tap birch trees and get a good result.
I didn't know you could get syrup from other trees. Very interesting. Guess it has some of that walnut flavor to it. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of work, but how satisfying it must be to see the end result bottled and ready for consumption.
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of walnut syrup and I love black walnuts. Growing up, my family had a place with a huge black walnut tree on it. I remember having stains up my arms when it came time to shuck those nuts.
ReplyDeleteI have made brown ink from walnut casings, rotten ones are best!
DeleteThat is awesome, wow.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of walnut syrup. I'd like to try it sometime!
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