Michel Boucher wrote:
>
> ImStillMags > wrote in
> :
>
> >> Fun little list of stuff some of us make for ourselves and
> >> why.
> >
> >> http://www.collective-evolution.com/...-things-you-sh
> >> ould-stop-buying-start-making/
> >
> > Homemade Maple Syrup – This classic sauce is so expensive
> > nowadays, did you know it is so simple and easy to collect your
> > own!
>
> Simple and easy and REALLY TIME CONSUMING!!!! And you can only do
> it in the spring *if* you have the right kind of maple trees,
> probably about 50 of them...and a bunch of people to go out and
> collect the sap and the right equipment (and knowledge) to boil it
> down to the right consistency...

Really time consuming and really energy consuming. I'd never consider
making maple syrup myself unless I lived in a cabin heated with a wood
stove and could boil the sap on top of the stove rather than wasting
energy just for the boiling... and boiling... and boiling...