#Types of maple trees for syrup how to#
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I'm really excited to dive into this topic even more with you today. Of course, there were honey bees – so honey was an option, but where maple trees could grow they were able to get maple syrup, which isn't used as much in our modern cooking as it used to be. A lot of their sweeteners were things that they could produce from their own land. Melissa K Norris (MKN): When we look back at our past at the pioneers, a lot of them didn't have the ability to grow sugarcane, didn't have our refined sugar or even organic evaporated cane juice (that still has some of the molasses in it) like we do now. 7 Health Benefits of Maple Syrup & Ways to Use It

#Types of maple trees for syrup full#

Listen in below to the full podcast, Episode #208 Homemade Maple Syrup – Health Benefits, Types of Trees to Tap, & Tree Health of the Pioneering Today Podcast,where we don’t just inspire you, but give you the clear steps to create the homegrown garden, pantry, kitchen and life you want for your family and homestead. Her new book, Sweet Maple, is an instructional book on backyard sugarmaking that’s also the story of the family’s connection to the past on their small sugar farm and a cookbook, filled with more than 30 maple-infused recipes. Michelle has been featured in Whole Foods Magazine, Capper’s Farmer, and Mother Earth News.

In their 219-year-old farmhouse and on their 14 rocky, tree-filled acres, her family makes an effort to live life a little more simply by growing some of their own food, raising a few farm animals, and making their own all-natural maple sugar. Michelle Visser is a homesteader in rural New England.

#Types of maple trees for syrup how to#

Today we're going to dive deeper into the many health benefits, the types of trees that can be tapped, explain how to keep the tree healthy for many years to come, and ways that maple syrup can be used in foods and drinks.

Michelle Visser, from SoulyRested, first gave us so much information on maple syrup in Podcast Episode #125 – Homemade Maple Syrup – How to Tap, Make Syrup, & Baking Tips. I'm excited to learn more about the many health benefits of maple syrup.