All ages - Maple Sugaring at Strawberry Hill Preserve
Date: Wednesday, March 11th
Time: 10:00 - 11:30am
Cost: $7.50 per registrant (everyone in attendance needs to register & pay)
Ages: All
Sign up: Via the HAHA calendar
In this program, the students will learn about the process of producing maple syrup. The program begins in the pavilion with a discussion of the history of maple syrup in North America. The students will learn that it was the Native Americans who first discovered this tasty treat and used it for medicinal as well as culinary purposes. The process of gathering sap that was used by the Indians will be described. The students will learn how important maple syrup production was in early colonial America.
Next the students will be introduced to the modern process of production. They will see the various tools and implements used for the process as each step of the process is described. During this discussion, the students will learn exactly what the sap is, where it comes from and how the tree produces it.
Hopefully the students arrive with a healthy appetite, because the next step in the program is a taste test. The students will be presented with “mystery syrups”. Each type of syrup could be either pure maple syrup, contain some maple syrup, or contain no maple syrup at all. By spreading some of the syrup onto silver dollar pancakes, the students will attempt to correctly identify each type of syrup.
After the taste test, we will head outside to tap a maple tree. After identifying a suitable maple, the students will take turns carrying out the procedure of tapping the tree and hanging a collecting bucket. If it is a warmer day (at least 40 degrees), the students will be able to instantly see the sap as it drips from the tree.
We will then take a walk through the wintry woods to collect the sap (if any) that has already dripped into previously hung buckets. This sap will be brought to our cook fire and added to pans to be boiled down into syrup.
All Strawberry Hill programs are held rain or shine. Please dress warmly!
Date – Time
March 11, 2020
– 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location
Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve, Fairfield
1537 Mt. Hope Road
Fairfield, PA 17320 US
Additional Information
Date: Wednesday, March 11th
Time: 10:00 - 11:30am
Cost: $7.50 per registrant (everyone in attendance needs to register & pay)
Ages: All
Sign up: Via the HAHA calendar
In this program, the students will learn about the process of producing maple syrup. The program begins in the pavilion with a discussion of the history of maple syrup in North America. The students will learn that it was the Native Americans who first discovered this tasty treat and used it for medicinal as well as culinary purposes. The process of gathering sap that was used by the Indians will be described. The students will learn how important maple syrup production was in early colonial America.
Next the students will be introduced to the modern process of production. They will see the various tools and implements used for the process as each step of the process is described. During this discussion, the students will learn exactly what the sap is, where it comes from and how the tree produces it.
Hopefully the students arrive with a healthy appetite, because the next step in the program is a taste test. The students will be presented with “mystery syrups”. Each type of syrup could be either pure maple syrup, contain some maple syrup, or contain no maple syrup at all. By spreading some of the syrup onto silver dollar pancakes, the students will attempt to correctly identify each type of syrup.
After the taste test, we will head outside to tap a maple tree. After identifying a suitable maple, the students will take turns carrying out the procedure of tapping the tree and hanging a collecting bucket. If it is a warmer day (at least 40 degrees), the students will be able to instantly see the sap as it drips from the tree.
We will then take a walk through the wintry woods to collect the sap (if any) that has already dripped into previously hung buckets. This sap will be brought to our cook fire and added to pans to be boiled down into syrup.
All Strawberry Hill programs are held rain or shine. Please dress warmly!