It's Maple Syrup Time!

[Mango]

We went to watch it being tapped and boiled this weekend. The Sugar Maple-- my favorite tree. Yummy syrup in the early Spring--Beautiful bright red color in the Fall. There is only a small window of time that the sap can be tapped, and it takes 40 gallons of sap to make only one gallon of maple syrup. It's also good for you.
http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/pdfpubs/7036.pdf

Maple syrup may help to support reproductive health and provides special benefits for men. Zinc is concentrated more highly in the prostate than in any other human tissue, and low levels of zinc in this gland relate to a higher risk for prostate cancer. In fact, zinc is a mineral used therapeutically by healthcare practitioners to help reduce prostate size. Manganese may also play a role in supporting men's health since, as a catalyst in the synthesis of fatty acids and cholesterol, it also participates in the production of sex hormones, thus helping to maintain reproductive health.

 

[scooterbug44]

We always had maple syrup! And got maple syrup candy in our Xmas stockings!