Guest guest Posted March 6, 2002 Report Share Posted March 6, 2002 Hi, I thought I'd let everyone know about this source for maple syrup. I've questioned this nice man at length by email. He must think I'm a nut. Some of his trees have buckets, some plastic tubing. The plastic tubing is new this year. He has never had tubing clog. He said that some large producers that tap very early do something that would cause the formaldehyde. There was a mis-spelling in the email I received. Once the word used was pill, and the other place it was peel. So I'm not sure exactly what these producers use, but this man does NOT use it. He uses no chemicals in cleaning tubing or anything like that. From what I've gotten from his emails, I would assume this to be natural " organic " maple syrup. I don't know how much he will have. Some of his trees will be resting for the next couple of years. He is tapping and cooking now (so he's very busy), and doesn't yet know this years price. He ships UPS, but I don't think he overcharges on that. He said from VT to VA where I live might be around $7-8 for shipping. He also doesn't do credit cards, but mails a bill. I thought that was rather refreshing. Sounds like he's just a regular person, not a large manufacturer of syrup. He has a web site where you can get a little information, grades available, and last years prices. That is northeastmaple.com. His email is danny@.... I hope this is helpful. God bless, Sharon __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2002 Report Share Posted March 7, 2002 I bought Spring Tree Grade A pure organic maple syrup at my grocery store. How can you tell if it has formaldehyde in it? I also purchased Maple Valley grade B organic maple syrup through Blooming Prarie co-op. Same question applies and what does the grade signify? ----- Original Message ----- From: sanderson Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 10:35 AM Subject: maple syrup source Hi, I thought I'd let everyone know about this source for maple syrup. I've questioned this nice man at length by email. He must think I'm a nut. Some of his trees have buckets, some plastic tubing. The plastic tubing is new this year. He has never had tubing clog. He said that some large producers that tap very early do something that would cause the formaldehyde. There was a mis-spelling in the email I received. Once the word used was pill, and the other place it was peel. So I'm not sure exactly what these producers use, but this man does NOT use it. He uses no chemicals in cleaning tubing or anything like that. From what I've gotten from his emails, I would assume this to be natural " organic " maple syrup. I don't know how much he will have. Some of his trees will be resting for the next couple of years. He is tapping and cooking now (so he's very busy), and doesn't yet know this years price. He ships UPS, but I don't think he overcharges on that. He said from VT to VA where I live might be around $7-8 for shipping. He also doesn't do credit cards, but mails a bill. I thought that was rather refreshing. Sounds like he's just a regular person, not a large manufacturer of syrup. He has a web site where you can get a little information, grades available, and last years prices. That is northeastmaple.com. His email is danny@.... I hope this is helpful. God bless, Sharon __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2002 Report Share Posted March 8, 2002 > I bought Spring Tree Grade A pure organic maple syrup at my grocery store. How can you tell if it has formaldehyde in it? I also purchased Maple Valley grade B organic maple syrup through Blooming Prarie co-op. Same question applies and what does the grade signify? > > > The grade B is darker and has a stronger flavor. It's not considered to be the best for all around uses like pancake syrup and other fresh uses. Grade A is said to be better for that. Grade B is used more when something will be baked as I recall, bacause it has a stronger flavor. Grade B is produced later in the tapping. It's not the earlier syrup. There are also different colors of Grade A. Grade A Medium is the recommended one for fresh use. Grade A Light has the lightest flavor, for someone who doesn't really want it to taste much like maple syrup at all, and it is the first syrup they get when the tree is tapped in the spring. This is the explanation I got. I'm sure it's also a matter of preference. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- > From: sanderson > @y... > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 10:35 AM > Subject: maple syrup source > > > Hi, I thought I'd let everyone know about this source > for maple syrup. I've questioned this nice man at > length by email. He must think I'm a nut. > Some of his trees have buckets, some plastic tubing. > The plastic tubing is new this year. He has never had > tubing clog. > He said that some large producers that tap very early > do something that would cause the formaldehyde. There > was a mis-spelling in the email I received. Once the > word used was pill, and the other place it was peel. > So I'm not sure exactly what these producers use, but > this man does NOT use it. > He uses no chemicals in cleaning tubing or anything > like that. > From what I've gotten from his emails, I would > assume this to be natural " organic " maple syrup. > I don't know how much he will have. Some of his > trees will be resting for the next couple of years. He > is tapping and cooking now (so he's very busy), and > doesn't yet know this years price. > He ships UPS, but I don't think he overcharges on > that. He said from VT to VA where I live might be > around $7-8 for shipping. He also doesn't do credit > cards, but mails a bill. I thought that was rather > refreshing. Sounds like he's just a regular person, > not a large manufacturer of syrup. > He has a web site where you can get a little > information, grades available, and last years prices. > That is northeastmaple.com. His email is > danny@n... > I hope this is helpful. > God bless, Sharon > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2002 Report Share Posted March 8, 2002 > I bought Spring Tree Grade A pure organic maple syrup at my grocery store. How can you tell if it has formaldehyde in it? I also purchased Maple Valley grade B organic maple syrup through Blooming Prarie co-op. Same question applies and what does the grade signify? > > > > Sorry, I forgot to answer the formaldehyde question. I don't know much about it. It it's listed as organic, hopefully that would mean that there is no formaldehyde. But I don't know. Also, it's the large producers tapping too early that use it. So I think you'd really need to know something about the source producer, who could verify his methods. This may not be something that the health food store distributor would even be able to tell you. Sharon __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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