Native Americans of northeastern North America have been harvesting maple sap and boiling it into syrup and sugar for many centuries. Various tribes have legends of how this sweet bounty of the ...

It was early April, and his parents were boiling maple sap in the Western New York shack where they produced syrup and other maple-flavored goods. “It was pretty rustic,” Wightman says, “with just ...

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Every spring, maple producers across New England begin collecting sap from sugar maple trees and boiling it down into syrup, often using the same methods that have been employed for centuries. Don't ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There is truly nothing sweeter than syrup. After all, a true syrup is made by dissolving sugar in boiling water. But when it comes ...

Early settlers quickly caught on and began producing maple syrup. It quickly found its way in the trade systems, and communities were setting up so-called sugar camps. Although the techniques of ...

Boiling maple sap into syrup is a time honored tradition in the Northeast, to the olfactory delight of anyone who has spent time in a steamy sugar house while inhaling the sweet maple scent of the ...

Steam is rising at sugarhouses across the state as their season to shine approaches ahead of the 40th annual Maine Maple Sunday on March 26. The event, traditionally held the fourth Sunday in March, ...

Mar 11, 2024 Mar 11, 2024 Updated Apr 13, 2025 Maple Weekend is back! The statewide weekend events hosted by members of the New York State Maple Association will showcase maple producers throughout ...

Maple producers are busy boiling down sap to make maple syrup, cream, candy and other products. “We make everything maple,” Becca Anderson of Roxbury Mountain Maple said. That includes maple soda and ...

Cody Anderson feeds the evaporator fire. This time of year, Something Wild co-host Dave Anderson is busy in his sugar house. He’s trying to keep the sap boiling just as fast as it flows through the ...