Making Maple Syrup class of 78

Mr. Allen in the spring brought us out and about the property to tap the Maples in the court yard for sap to make into maple syrup. I found this to be a very interesting project and as a class we all enjoyed collecting the sap, bringing it to the kitchen where we got a giant industrial strength aluminum pot from the Sisters and proceeded to boil down the sap into a syrup. As a class we continually collected, added tasted and followed the progress of our maple syrup. It got sweeter every day.

One night, apparently as the sap was almost ready for a class breakfast, the sap had boiled down to beyond syrup and had burnt a hole clean through the bottom of this giant industrial strength pot we had been using to boil the sap in.

The sisters were probably relieved to have our science experiment out of the their kitchen. But anyone who had breakfast that morning may recall the scent of a science project gone bad…

Brian 1978