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Yep the possibilities of the goodies you can make with maple syrup and sugar is endless. If you have pecan or walnut trees on your property just imagine the maple brittle candy you can make. Apparently the difference between making maple seafoam and honeycomb candy one has vinegar a baking soda the other just the soda.

When the kids were in the scouts, we visited our local Ojibwe community while they were boiling down sap. Birch makes a great beverage.

Thanks a mil Kevin for the tree talks and the sugar making process. My dad was a tree lover and he used to love identifying them for fun with me when I was a kid. Trying to do the same with my son now, passing on the torch I guess.

Its great that you showed the different trees in the beginning. Is there a better maple tree then others for making syrup. I know we have alot of what we call sugar maple trees around here in Indiana. Great video as always Kevin! Take care and stay safe my friend!

@ADayToLong

2 жыл бұрын

All maple trees will produce delicious syrup. Sugar maples are ideal because they have more sugar in their sap which in turn means a better yield of syrup and less boiling. I only have red maples on my property which requires a bit more sap to get syrup and has a slightly different taste but still amazing. Sugar maples usually need 40 gallons of sap for 1 gallon of syrup. Red maples are second best with 45 to 50:1.

@tahroy28

2 жыл бұрын

Two Troy's yo

Good morning Kevin, watching you boil down maple sap into syrup bring back very found memoirs for me, my dad use to take us kids out to the maple shacks during sugar season, and lets us help and watch the process, plus we got to eat the hot maple syrup on snow and also maple sugar candies, thank you for bring back those great memories, Health and happiness to you and your family, take care Don, Peace my Brother.

I was waiting for you to identify an oak tree 🙂. Great video 👍🏻

@ModernSelfReliance

2 жыл бұрын

I have No Oak.. Unfortunately It's one of the species I'm going to be reintroducing.

When you put it in your mouth, LSD hippy music started playing in my head.

You are a kid in a candy shop for sure!!! loved the education on different trees!

This was a great video! I love all the information you shared my man. Especially to someone who isn’t from Canada. Plus it’s always a treat to see Don. Best wishes from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I’m so thankful, so very thankful, I can enjoy your projects

Oh sugar, sugar mmmm maple syrup season is here again.

Oh man. That’s so cool. Glad you got to make that this year.

You wanted that second scoop, I could see it in your eyes! Great vid!

Bro, I just love you! Please don't stop making vods. You are so entertaining.

Such a wonderful thing to learn Kevin! Thank you for teaching and showing us the keys differences to look for to obtain that maple goodness! Keep up the great work on the channel and its always a delight to see the family enjoying the spoils of the craft. 😊

Kevin & Don - I have been delightfully hanging out with you two amazing fellas, albeit virtually, for the last couple years. I would gladly diagnose myself with a clinically defined MSR addiction! You two are a fine tuned machine and truly entertaining...AND informative! I love the way Kevin's brain works, constantly birthing new projects, then engaging the "16 Cylinder Don Engine" and away we go! I'm a textbook KZread Viewer, but rarely a Commenter. However, I felt compelled to share the sheer joy I experienced for 44 glorious seconds (20:44 to 21:28)!!! I still can't wipe the smile off my face! I'm going to save this little 44 second gem and keep it in my "Video Medicine Cabinet." This is a small but immensely valuable collection of clips I watch when I find myself in a bad way and need an uplifiting mojo session. Stay safe and keep up the fantastic work! I am so glad to be the beneficiary of your energy and efforts, thank you for sharing your life with all of us!

@ModernSelfReliance

2 жыл бұрын

I'm happy you are enjoying our adventures!

Hazel ☘️ … Oh boy what a fantastic tutorial Kev ! Maple syrup on pancakes … oh my … but maple sugar definitely is taking this to the next level ! Yummmy yum yum 😋 🙏☘️😘

That looks delicious I know a fella who taps 300 000 trees. Uses pumps and huge vats to boil down the syrup. Then cans and bottles it right on site. He also makes and sells various candies made from syrup. I over indulged in the sugar cookies and can't eat em now. Too good. Too sweet.

The gifts from God so many don't know the gift from trees there not just wood. You are vary Knowledgeable. Thank for all your time you give us filming, working, you do so much for our Entertainment. Thank you

Your daughter and wife are so pretty!! I wish I had maple trees!

That's far to many trees to try and keep track of, I'd rather just remember the 3 or 4 here in Florida. Pine trees, Palm trees, Oak trees, and Money trees...😂😅 Love what you're doing ❤️

Maple syrup is “nectar of the gods,” as Dad would say. He made pancakes for every Sunday night supper-feeding himself, Ma, eight kids, and our Irish grandfather. A tribe! To this day, my sibs and I wax poetic at mention of maple syrup. Rock on!

Your daughter is such a little Mini-Me of YOU.... so cute and smart... good job pops !.... sweet video too eh?

That was so neat to watch. Never knew you could do that. Your wife is gonna want a bunch now to have for baking. Good to see her and your daughter in the video. Never knew you had that many different trees on your property or your surroundings.

I think I am maple sugar envious, nice going.

Wow...what s wonderful world it is👈👈👈maple 🍁 syrup boiled down from sap to pancake 🥞 syrup to now you boys are making it into maple sugar for long storage👈👈👈what a fantastic idea. I m sure you boys enjoyed the process just by watching it turns into the final product 👍👍👍, good job and well done!!!💋❤️🇸🇬

Thanks for showing the different trees in the beginning! I watch you with my 11 year old son and he says you always teach him something.

🤣LMAO!! That stuffs CRAZY good! Loved this one! ( did you say Spruce have pine needles?)🤣

Looked amazingly tasty. Many thanks for sharing the joy of harvesting and creating a natural treat.

Excellent. Loved seeing the family!

I love the show. Bizarre building the strangers construction. It's always so sweet

mid week entertainment and an education ! thanks Kev

Kevin DON HOW IS IT GOING FOR YOU??? Both of you are sugared on up now!!! Love my maple sugar that I have in my house !!! I have some molds that are maple leaves OLD ONES and I will pour some of the maple sugar into them and have them as candies around the house then !!!

When I was a kid we lived for a couple of years on the edge of the Beaver Valley, near Markdale, we got to make maple syrup with a couple of neighbours. Their setup was a 44 gallon drum over a brick firebox. As an Aussie, it was a pretty awesome experience. NOTHING in this world is better than maple syrup.

@ModernSelfReliance

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree with you more.

Used Poplar to make spoon rack for my college sweetheart at LSU in 201 elective class lol. Appreciate you knowledge and respect for mother nature brother! All our best!

A maple tree will always have opposite arrangement of its new branches (best way to know in spring / winter) a red maple will have large red buds that swell in the spring where the Sugar maple will have small and sharp buds

What an ending! 🤣🤣 maple sugar monster

Great video Kevin. Heard on Maple Sugar but seeing it masses was a indeed a learning experience. Enjoy your hard work.

That was an awesome video. Now I want to try some maple sugar for my coffee.

Is this a maple tree?😅 You are a beautiful person! I enjoy this so much.

other alternative video titles - "Being Canadian 101" and "Sugar Coma in the woods with Kevin" XD

A video during the week heck yeah!!

Drinking it straight out of the tree is the most amazing drink there is. “Sugar Bob” out of Vermont makes GREAT maple syrup……AMAZING. I think it’s the best there is.

LOL! I Knew you were going to say that !!!! Because It has buckets hanging all over it... LOL!

Fantastic episode Kevin!

That was amazing, I love the way you made that, I have maple trees all around my house but unfortunately they are small, don't think they would be able to provide enough sap for much at all

Awesome vid I love maple syrup ❤️from New Zealand 🇳🇿

Really appreciate all the tree knowledge! A few of my taps this year are just 3 inch lengths of bamboo and a string holding up a 2 litre soda bottle 😆 working beautifully

My Father told me that my Grandfather made maple cream..... he had a rotating paddle in it as it boiled.... I don't live that far north now..Sugar Maple trees are sort of rare here.... but maybe someday I'll have sugar Maples again.

I didn't know you had so many types of trees! I figured it was just pine and maple there lol

I love brown sugar and lemon juice on my pancakes. I would love to try maple sugar and lemon juice. 😍

Truly excellent video. Chock full of great information. “C” was waiting for you to identify oak. Here, in our pocket of New England, we are entirely surrounded by oaks. However, a neighbor down the road has a small stand of maples. I see the buckets every March. I should make friends and learn. Thank you for your videos!

Hi Kevin. Another interesting video. Thanks.

@ModernSelfReliance

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Really enjoyed the avatar type comment at the end. Inject trees lol

Great video glad you posted keep them coming thanks

*Modern self reliance* Bravo well done, I learned something new today. Thank-you sir for always taking the time to bring us along. God Bless.

Great knowledge with trees and syrup....I'm guessing mostly from trial and error....fun video

I loved the tree education part.

so good to see the family. and TY this was great!!

I enjoyed this. Great job.

Thank goodness your sharing with us your wonderful personality

This channel is always informative.

A true Canuck! Awesome video! 🇨🇦🇨🇦

Hello from British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦👍👋♥️maple sugar kettle popcorn

I really enjoyed watching you make maple syrup learning about all the different types of trees I really like this video please make more videos 😃😃😃

At :51 you said your White Spruce tree has pine needles. The White Spruce I planted in my backyard in about 1965 has Spruce needles. ;-)

The sugar look delicious thank you for video.

Surprise Tuesday video Kevin? What got into ya? 😂

Very good video, lots of info . thank you

she's a sweet heart :) cool kid

Thanks for the lesson. I'll keep that in my memory bank.

Awesome, you put a video out, well on a Wednesday for me. Happy see one of your vids show up 👍

Thank you for the info as well as the humour. These girls are very cute.

A diabetics nightmare 😆😆😆 !! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience !! 🙏💚👍🇬🇧......Simon

That was amazing.

It looked well good. nice to see all enjoying the sugar. :)

my goodness man watching u eat a whole spoon full made my mouth ache and well water at the same time im gonna try it ill let ya know wow p.s. love the content

Love my Birch trees on our five acres, chaga tea is a must..

Oh my your daughter is adorable 🥰

You should do a video of you tapping the other trees and trying the syrup

@ModernSelfReliance

2 жыл бұрын

MMMMmmmmm... Piney.

Your video contents get better and better. May be they will give you your own tv show soon :D

Jeez,Kev. Any tree NOT grow in Canada? 😄. This was a great video. Thanks for making it!

@ModernSelfReliance

2 жыл бұрын

I forgot White Pine on this property.. there are many many different species. OAK... Sub species.. Norway Maple, Blue Spruce.... I could go on forever!

Great episode,

😂😂 oh the end of the video was a hoot 🤣🤣

That was very cool. You got a lot of syrup too. Regards from South Jersey

Awesome content! thanks

My young maple is about 1.5" diameter. Looking forward to this in 100 years

Brilliant 👏

your up all night lol ;)

you would make a great teacher on skillshare.

Great video learn something new every day keep teaching

@johnspellman7531

2 жыл бұрын

Do silver maple trees work for this

LOVE IT!

That’s awesome. Yummy

Oh that’s amazing I wish we had the same trees

I can imagine the sugar rush you are having lol 🤣

I hope one day I'll be able to try some homemade maple syrup I've still never tried store brought either lol so I'll start with that

Amazing video. Love watching you and Don work. Question though. Did you have to be taught how to make Maple Syrup or are all Canadians born with the knowledge to make the best stuff on the planet?

@ModernSelfReliance

2 жыл бұрын

At an early age I think most Canadians are forced to work in the forest collecting buckets of water from trees.

Very cool!

Pretty cool.