[Syrupmakers] syrup kettles

[Charles Deese]

Several years ago we had a hard freeze one night with most of my cane still standing in the field.  I ground and cooked one batch about 3 days after the freeze.  The cane smelled sour and the juice smelled sour.  I cooked it more as an experiment expecting to have to throw it away.  The result was syrup as fine as I've ever cooked.

Charles
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> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:13:20 -0800
> From: jellybean_red at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [Syrupmakers] syrup kettles
> To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
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> I have cooked sour juice and it has never been rope-e.
> Maybe something other than cane juice was cooked in it
> and soaked down into the pores of the cast-iron, and
> leached out when you cooked the juice.  Just a
> thought.
> 
> Dick Weaver
> --- Richard Harrison  wrote:
> 
>> Tommy,
>>       I agree with Bill. That's the first thing that
>> popped into my mind : soured juice from cane that
>> likely was frost-bit. It only takes a few stalks to
>> mess up a batch of syrup. Red rot can also cause
>> sour juice.
>>                                            Richard
>> 
>> Bill Bradshaw  wrote:
>>           Tommy, we had some juice that was a little
>> sour. We thought it might be ok, but the syrup came
>> out what was called rope-e Bill
>>     ----- Original Message ----- 
>>   From: DeLois Crews 
>>   To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net 
>>   Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 1:31 PM
>>   Subject: [Syrupmakers] syrup kettles
>>   
>> 
>>   has anyone heard of a syrup kettle being the
>> reason for dirty looking syrup? We have made syrup
>> for the last 4 years and even when we make xtra sure
>> that it is cleaned very well through wiping process,
>> after the syrup cools and sets for several days,
>> stringy-like substance is found in the syrup. We had
>> a person tell us it is the kettle and if we change
>> out our kettle it will solve the problem. Any
>> comments or suggestions will be appreciated.
>>    
>>   thanks and have a blessed day!
>>   Tommy Crews
>>   deelottie at windstream.net
>>    
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