FiverBob

It's morning - - time to rse and shine. NO coffee, ph00, snacks, nuttin. Where is janitor? OK Scott, AGAIN, I will help you out - - coffee on, ph00 on, hot water for Claude on, and found something on our counter that I brought that the blonde made - - - some rhubarb custard pie - - she made 2 so brought one - - family recipe. Ummmm good. Enjoy.

Heading out to conquer the world. ................uhhhh, well, maybe just my lanai. Big fireworks and heavy rain for about 3 hours last night - - still too dark to tell, but I may have to wait a while to begin work. Oh well, enjoy another ph00. Have a gudurn.

Bob

j_martin

Man I hate the smell of exploding/burning sugar...

Being the born again burned out electronics guy I am, I rigged a dual probe thermocouple sensor for my main boil. One probe in the syrup, one in gently boiling water on the back burner. Water boils at different temps depending on the weather. Varies by a few degrees. When the temp difference hits 7° F, an alarm goes off.

I do the main boil in a couple of big stainless soup kitchen kettles. Filter it when it's thin, about 20% sugar, then finish it in a sauce pan. Makes the final filtering a lot easier.

Also bought a $40 used stove and put it in on the porch so if above said burn/explosion occurs, at least most of the smoke is outside. Finish is inside on the kitchen stove with the alarm setup.

Now I have to go bribe the admiral to make me some pancakes. Getting hungry for some maple syrup.

j_martin

Take it from an old tymer. You need to work on your priorities.

j_martin

Hope the natural firewood maker didn't get too rambunctious.

Thanks for the coffee. I'll pass on the ph00. The pie WAS good. (burp)

Tallguy67

What are you trying to say Mr Martin??

Justwannabeme

spying on T rad, work must be slow :

JM, man I wish i lived closer!!! yup, did a temp timer, hence the ten minute checks. was doing well all day but, as you know, when it came time Baume/brix scale to syrup- that change goes extremely quick.
was in full foam when the drip of water hit the glass casserole type dish. probably an original Corning glassware from the 50s.
I do a four pan progressive now, much quicker. still learning and having fun though. 8 gallons sap in five hours. today's batch is black walnut syrup to see what the heck that is like.....yesterday's maple I made "Wolfy Red" in honor of my neighbor, very very thick but clear, dark cherry red with light sweetness so you eat more....lol
backwoods boy likes his black and muddy from open fire. it is not for chemist me, I like the "fine wine" approach. despite boiling eggs in the front pan yesterday.....lol(local tradition).

me N Chris N chaikwa!! strong team for March b days~28th!!

chaikwa

No, I wasn't referring to you, I was referring to my sista. Kinda blows my theory of 'all good people were born in March' now tho!

Quicker isn't always better y'know!

Afternoon all.

Got hung up trying to post this mornings report. It WAS all typed out, but it hung up after hitting submit. Finally got sick of waiting and shut it off. Don't know where it went, don't care. The FORD AD probably sucked it up and spit it out!

NE frmhnd

I had a couple quote-and-reply messages saved, then went and copied a picture location to post it to facebook, and lost it all. It's all your fault, Mr Martin!!!

I have a cat or two that's working on committing suicide by stepping into the path of a 12 gauge pheasant load. They get into the basement while I am stoking the fire, then go through the crawl space to the back basement, and have figured out how to open the accordian-folding door into the kitchen. They got into my butter and bread yesterday. Then after I tossed a bunch of wood in yesterday three of them came into the kitchen, I led them out the front door with a bowl of milk, and the last one came in past them. It flipped out, tried climbing the windows, and crapped all over the floor as it jumped up trying to climbing the glass in the storm door. If I had any super cloibri's for the 22 it woulda died right in the house.

The bar I frequent is closing Wednesday. Sale is Saturday. Thinking of sending someone and seeing if the ice machine can be bought really cheap. 3 pool tables as well but I don't have any place to put one. Would probably go right through my floor.

Justwannabeme

[QUOTE=chaikwa;3174518]Quicker isn't always better y'know!

when you are my age, it is...

oh, wait! .............snicker snicker

Easter eggs colored, second son over working on his truck, snacking on delicious chocolate (slap hand) and taking second son and hubby to the
remote, limited open, restaurant all U can eat pancakes fer supper.
radio playing " I'm gonna drink myself single tonight", got brochure for
Key West deals. ohhhhhhhhhh mannnnn, don't get much better!

Tallguy67

Wow, quiet day in the breakroom.

Chrisreyn

well it was.............

now ya ruined it....

j_martin

Who, me?

Tallguy67

I may not be shutting down the breakroom, but I will tidy up and get us ready for the morning. The coffee perc for old schoolers like me, drip machine for more refined tastes and ph00 machine for those who swing that way are all setup to go.
JWBM donated a jar of maple syrup and Bark and I turned it into about 5 pounds of lazy maple rashers. Throw that in a cast iron pan in the morning and then fry the eggs in the bacon fat and we are golden. Maybe fry a little bread in the drippings that are left.

The breakroom is getting quiet these days so if there are newbies in the shadows, speak up and get known. With the exception of Chaikwa, we don't bite. To be fair, Chaikwa only bites if you don't change the batteries in your smoke detectors or if you are irresponsible with fire. Don't be afraid of the dragon, it is pretty nice and it REALLY likes beer battered shrews.

Have a good evening all y'all. Keep your head up and keep your stick on the ice.