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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: walkabout in Valencia
From: "richard mcgrath" <richardinvermont@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:16:04 -0400
...here too.  The Canadians don't have a monopoly on high(ish) tech
sugaring.  American Indians were doing it before either French or English
arrived...or so the story goes.
Richard

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hudson" <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: walkabout in Valencia


> ...ever been to a maple syrup production facility in Quebec or Nova Scotia
?
> The last one I went to in Nova Scotia had upwards of 10,000 mature maple
> trees in the woods all hooked up together with 3/4 to 1" bore plastic
piping
> collecting the sap. 100 gallons of sap are boiled away down to 1 gallon
and
> that 1 gallon is the "maple syrup". The in-the-woods production facilities
> are pretty primitve and basic .............. just a water boiling
operation
> fed by wood fired furnaces consuming eight foot long semi-split seasoned
> fire logs !
>
> jh
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "richard mcgrath" <richardinvermont@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 10:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: walkabout in Valencia
>
>
> > Chris, I dunno' about there, but here they sell bars of Lindt 90% cocao
in
> > the supermarket.  Then again, here...they make maple syrup from tree
> > sap.--Richard
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 3:29 AM
> > Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: walkabout in Valencia
> >
> >
> >> I hate to admit it, Richard, but I have a feeling that there is more
> >> cocoa
> > in a Hershey bar than in the average bar of English "chocolate".
> >>
> >> But German, French and Belgian chocolate is the best, along with the
> > organic stuff from Green & Black's and the Fairtrade stuff from the
Co-op
> > in
> > the UK.
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >> On 12 Apr 2010, at 21:07, richard mcgrath wrote:
> >>
> >> > ...clearly not a fan of Hershey bars...
> >> > Richard
> >>
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