McIntosh Apple Pie Filling Recipe Whether you’ve got McIntosh apples to use up or if you’re just looking for the best apple pie you’ve ever tasted, you’ve found a solution here! This recipe for McIntosh apple pie filling is just the right amount of sweet, with perfectly tender-crisp baked apples (if you’ve ever had a…
While some residents will disagree, I feel that one of the best ways to enjoy our mountains is to take a scenic Catskills drive. Sometimes for no other reason than just… to drive. As I said, this is a little controversial. Any speed demons and late-to-workers reading this are already prepping their middle fingers. They’ll…
Any Amazon links below are affiliate links, which means I earn a small commission at no cost to you if you click and finalize an order. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Coltsfoot: The First Spring Flower There’s a wildflower that blooms each year before the snowdrops and crocus: the coltsfoot plant!…
We left off last week discussing the evaporator. That’s not the end of the story, though! There’s a whole process for finishing maple syrup, as well. After the syrup comes off the evaporator, it has to be filtered. Without filtering, the syrup looks murky from all the sugar sand still in it. The Filtering System…
Once piped from our basement, the condensed sap goes into the sap house, where our evaporator lives. The Sap House The sap house is a large shed in our backyard that stores most of the maple equipment. It’s also where my dad spends many spring hours boiling sap. During the season it’s very hot and…
