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    Yes it was, we are surrounded by small private sugar shacks. The same is true in NY and NE Ohio. Most of the production is sold locally, much of it at road side stands or out the kitchen door from a sign along the road.

    As to my desert---I got the "baby" portion (in a 16 oz cup). I ate 1/2 last night and can repeat the same tonight
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    This set me to wondering how far south maple syrup is produced and my search brought up this article from a producer in East Tennessee —

    ...“I thought that you had to have sugar maple trees to make maple syrup, but you don’t,” Simerly said. “You can use red maples and silver maples-even birch trees and walnut trees-and all of those trees grow in this area.”

    Maple syrup season generally begins in late winter and runs through early spring. Fickle winter weather is the key: The best time to tap trees for sap is on days when the temperature is below freezing at night and above 40 degrees in the daytime.

    “I don’t know how far south you can do this because it has to get below freezing at night,” Simerly said. “There are very few people who do this in this area: My brother and I do it, and I saw one other guy in our area with a bucket on a tree. I’ve talked to some people at a local hardware store, and they say that every now and then someone calls to see if they can buy a tap.”...

    https://nooga.com/160053/maple-syrup...uthern-accent/
    The part where other varieties of trees can be used to produce sap for syrup is surprising. I wonder if the taste is different?
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    The part where other varieties of trees can be used to produce sap for syrup is surprising. I wonder if the taste is different?
    I know that is done but not sure that I have ever had any ---at least as a pure strain.

    The real "killer" as you go further south is the temperature issue. While they say "below freezing" it is more like 25 or less at night and 40's during the day to get the sap flowing--without that swing there is minimal sap. That also has to happen on successive nights.
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