Breakfast

[ValeTudoGuy]

Gives me an idea.... I'm going to go and stick a tap in a a Sycamore tree and make my own!

[tommy]

Gives me an idea.... I'm going to go and stick a tap in a a Sycamore tree and make my own!

You know you can tap a silver birch for a clear sweet syrup. Saw that on Ray Mears.

[ValeTudoGuy]

You know you can tap a silver birch for a clear sweet syrup. Saw that on Ray Mears.

Unfortunately for for birch it needs to be concentrated to 1% unlike Maple/Sycamores 5%

I believe most fruit and nut trees are tapable too but again are around 1% concentration.

Hickory and Alder are other tapable trees.

Obviously confers of all kinds can be tapped, but that would be for resin rather than syrup.

[Edamski]

Unfortunately for for birch it needs to be concentrated to 1% unlike Maple/Sycamores 5%

I believe most fruit and nut trees are tapable too but again are around 1% concentration.

Hickory and Alder are other tapable trees.

Obviously confers of all kinds can be tapped, but that would be for resin rather than syrup.

I'll tap my Japanese Maple Bonsai and see what I get

[butternutsquashpie]

here we have an indoctrination by musicals in grade school.
we used to have a vocals class and one of a few songs were

'Land of the Silver Birch, Home of the Beaver'

We naturally had no idea what Silverbirch was and i still don't.

[ValeTudoGuy]

here we have an indoctrination by musicals in grade school.
we used to have a vocals class and one of a few songs were

'Land of the Silver Birch, Home of the Beaver'

We naturally had no idea what Silverbirch was and i still don't.

It's the most recognisable member of the birch family..... The silvery white bark peels off like paper and makes good tinder.

The sap can be used to make the traditional Birch Beer. Though I'm sure it's present in Canada, it's a European tree.

[ValeTudoGuy]

According to google, Canada's native birch is Black Birch

[butternutsquashpie]

According to google, Canada's native birch is Black Birch

very fair... (note a silver birch is found every ten houses in my neighbourhood. i like looking at them)

Canada's not known for its grasp on Botany. shown very well when we changed paper money to plastic money. the designers ended up using the image of a maple leaf that wasn't native to Canada. rather, it was an invasive species from Russia or something. but we've already funneled millions into the design...
good times.

[tommy]

Unfortunately for for birch it needs to be concentrated to 1% unlike Maple/Sycamores 5%

I believe most fruit and nut trees are tapable too but again are around 1% concentration.

Hickory and Alder are other tapable trees.

Obviously confers of all kinds can be tapped, but that would be for resin rather than syrup.

Have you done this? I really fancy trying now. Silver birch are my face tree, when you see a stand of whispy birch it's quite a sight to see. I love the contrast and the dappled shade they throw. Makes me want to sit under one all day rather than build a patio today! Having said that I also love my work so... Don't worry I'm not one of these annoyingly positive guys, I'm quite capable of bitching and moaning.

[ValeTudoGuy]

Have you done this? I really fancy trying now. Silver birch are my face tree, when you see a stand of whispy birch it's quite a sight to see. I love the contrast and the dappled shade they throw. Makes me want to sit under one all day rather than build a patio today! Having said that I also love my work so... Don't worry I'm not one of these annoyingly positive guys, I'm quite capable of bitching and moaning.

Never tapped, I have tasted the sap though and birch beer.... Which I love, but it's an acquired taste. There's an art to tapping I believe and you have to pick the trees at the right time and temperature.

[tommy]

Never tapped, I have tasted the sap though and birch beer.... Which I love, but it's an acquired taste. There's an art to tapping I believe and you have to pick the trees at the right time and temperature.

Yeah, its definitely something I'd like to try.

[tommy]

This is the syrup from Costco, its ?10 and really good.

[butternutsquashpie]

ahhhhh. yes.
same here. but we have it Canadian Maple Syrup

guess England also produces the runny stuff, eh?

[tommy]

No idea, I assumed it was imported from Canada. It tastes nice :-)

[ValeTudoGuy]

ahhhhh. yes.
same here. but we have it Canadian Maple Syrup

guess England also produces the runny stuff, eh?

Plenty of runny stuff, but not maple syrup.