11-13-2012, 06:20 AM | #10006 |
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Bearing in mind that not everyone has a memory for such things, I'll also accept original palindromes, but as with all these quizzes, you may not look up an answer.
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The longest one I can think of is "race car". However, I suspect James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake might be a palindrome. |
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11-13-2012, 01:48 PM | #10008 |
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Well, yes. But I was thinking (albeit not very seriously) of a treatment involving applying the syrup to the elm trees, Vermont being famous for its maple syrup. The real answer is far more sensible.
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Anyone want to guess how many gallons of Maple sap it takes to make one gallon of syrup? Stitchawl |
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11-13-2012, 06:17 PM | #10010 |
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11-13-2012, 06:20 PM | #10011 |
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The longest one I know (having read it in a Bill Bryson book and being struck by its weirdness) is;
Satan oscillate my metallic sonatas There's also; Sex at noon taxes I do like word games! |
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11-13-2012, 07:39 PM | #10013 |
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100 gallons?
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It takes 40 gallons of tree sap, boiled down in an evaporator, to make one gallon of Maple syrup. My neighbors used to gather around the wood-fired evaporator in early April as the kids would gather up the sap they tapped from the trees on our property, stand around chatting while it boiled away into syrup. The adults drinking rum to keep warm, the kids waiting impatiently with plates of clean snow... then dribbling out the new syrup onto the snow (turning it into a taffee-like treat) the bottling the rest to sell to local gift shops. After taking out money for the cost of the cans and bottles, the profits were divided among all the kids who did the hard work tapping and gathering every afternoon. Each family would receive a gallon or two for their own use. Nice annual social event in rural Vermont. This goes on every night as long as the sap is running. That requires below freezing temps at night and above freezing during the day. By the end of April, it's gotten warmer and the sugaring is done for the year.
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Too bad I hid a boot.
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11-14-2012, 02:08 AM | #10017 |
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Being of a curious and inquisitive mind, how many gallons of sap does a tree yield?
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Some trees can have 3-4 sap buckets tapped into them while smaller trees might only be able to support one. The big commercial tappers don't even use buckets any more. They run plastic tubing from tree to tree to collecting vats, just needing to be sure that gravity works for them. The sap itself is absolutely tasteless when it comes out of the tree. You couldn't tell that it wasn't just plain water. I had about 8 trees on my property, but my neighbors all had more. The kids were able to make themselves a nice piece of pocket money each year, but carrying buckets of sap out of the woods is work! If there is enough snow still on the ground, they would put a big plastic barrel on a sled and drag it from tree to tree, dumping in the sap from each bucket. I'd estimate that each night they were able to boil down about 5-8 gallons of syrup to "A" grade. Most of the families preferred "B" grade as it has a much stronger maple flavor. THIS was what it was like in my area every night during sugaring season, except there was no cement on the ground or bricks for the houses. We were in the woods... Very social, pretty drunk, and of course, darker as it was early April and the sun goes down early. Stitchawl Last edited by Stitchawl; 11-14-2012 at 02:32 AM. |
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Now, the obvious follow up question is; What is the difference between grade "A" and grade "B"?
Thanks for the thorough description, that is a lot of sap from a tree. What happens to it once it is tapped? Do you somehow plug the hole? Wouldn't it continue to give off sap if you didn't? |
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