Punchlock 'punched' some goodies through our Northern border this week..

[squirtthecat]

It's been a horsetrading week...   :D

Saw in a post that Punchlock had bought like a case of ham stockings.  I PMd him about a swap for a few, and he said sure. He PMd me later that a box was en route, along with a 'small bottle' of Maple Syrup he makes himself.

This arrived yesterday..  (first clue - box was HEAVY)

A 'few' stockings..




The 'small' bottle of syrup. 500ml! 




I haven't seen these kinds of bottles in ages..





Funny...   Thanks for abandoning it on my doorstep!




Awesome.  Thanks man!!


I'll hand it over to Punch now for the story behind his Maple Syrup factory...

[SouthernSmoked]

Once again another Bradley Forum swap meet!

Great job guys!

[Quarlow]

My buddy had a place in Quebec that had a lot of maples on it so he naturally had to make syrup. He tapped the trees and collected the juice and boiled it down. It came out awesome. To bad he sold the place and moved to Ottawa. So lets see some pic's from punch. Is that bottle frozen?

[squirtthecat]

Is that bottle frozen?

Yes.  He said to freeze it if I wasn't going to use it for a while...   It had the consistency of whiskey when I opened the box.
(sitting out on my porch in 75F temps)

[punchlock]

Well I have been searching for pictures that I know I have but I can only find a few.

here is a picture of some of the tapped trees and the sugar shack is off on the right hand side of the picture.

[punchlock]

I tap about three hundred trees at right now but that tends to grow each season. I use three converted fuel oil hot water tanks as evaporators. Last season was good and I processed over 50 gallons of syrup. It takes about 40-45 gallons to make one gallon of syrup. Needless to say there is always maple syrup around the house.

[KyNola]

How very cool Punch!  How very very cool!

[Quarlow]

You luck dog. I know it is a lot of work but it gives you a hobby in the dead of, and the benefit is you got what we pay huge for. And I can't stand to be without maple syrup in the house. I use it all the time. In fact I just made some Johnsonville sausages, braised in a skillet then added a cup of water and a 1/4 cup of maple syrup. They are awesome like that.

[DTAggie]

I am speechless.  That is just awesome to see syrup still made like that.  Fantastic!

[Tenpoint5]

Way Cool Punchlock!! Now I am getting excited for Monday Morning Seen this when I logged in!!

You may want to check your post office box for a package.....

[lumpy]

My buddy has a sugar shack (used to boil the sap to make syrup) and I get all I want. I use the syrup to make my maple syrup canied smoked salmon.

[Tenpoint5]

Way Cool Punchlock!! Now I am getting excited for Monday Morning Seen this when I logged in!!

You may want to check your post office box for a package.....

Well I went to check my mailbox this morning got me a little pink card that required me to sign for a package from Canada. I opene it up on the kitchen table. I found a very nice bottle of Homemade Maple Syrup from Punchlock. I just wanted to say THANK-YOU Thank-You very much. I would post a picture of the bottle to prove this did happen. BUT..... My wife comes strolling into the kitchen sniffs the air and asks
'What's That??"
Nuffin
"Sure smells like Maple to me!"
Oh that, That's a bottle of Pure Homemade Maple Syrup a friend of mine sent me from Canada.
"You mean like the bottle of syrup I brought back from my trip to New York."
Yeah kind of except Punch taps his own trees and boils the sap down himself. Pretty cool Huh
"You remember what happened to my bottle of syrup don't you??"
(Rut RO Shaggy, she remembers) NO. (Delay) You guys used it on pancakes and waffles!!
"Like H*LL!! You took it and made BACON with it because you wanted to use "Pure Maple Syrup" and YOU used almost all of it, we didn't get hardly any at all!!!"
I don't remember anything like that at all. I bought a bottle of pure syrup for making bacon.
"Yeah, after you used all of mine. So this is MINE, it is for ME and the KIDS!!!! Don't even think your going to make more bacon with this bottle"

And Just like that **POOF** the bottle was gone. Time to implement plan B. Miss Rachel will tell me where Mom hides the bottle and if she wants to make more BACON she needs to tell me where it is!!

[squirtthecat]

I see some secret middle-of-the-night funneling in your future...   Just make sure it is the same consistency!

Wow, this Canadian stuff tastes just like Aunt Jemima!

[hal4uk]

Wow!  That's a great pic, Punch!

(Dangit, Pat! next time you're horsetradin' for syrup...)

[KyNola]

Sirop D' Jemima! :D