Our home ecology class was on maple sugaring today. The maple season is in full swing!
Unsere Naturkundeklasse war heute über die Herstellung von Ahornsirup. Die Saison ist schon angelaufen.
Humphrey Nature Center
Evaporator
Verdampfer
Jules and Conrad are filling the freshly boiled syrup into bottles.
Jules und Conrad füllen den neuen Ahornsirup in Flaschen.
Grading system
Klassifizierungssystem
We got to taste the new syrup; it was still hot!
Wir haben den neuen Sirup probiert, der noch heiß war!
Outside, Flora found a wooly bear.
Draußen hat Flora diese Raupe gefunden.
The sugar bush
Ahornbäume, die angezapft werden.
New sap
Neuer Saft
When you listen closely, you can hear it drip.
Wenn man genau hinhört, kann man ihn tropfen hören.
Simple method
Einfache Methode
The gorge
Die Schlucht
Ist ja toll. Ich habe das schon öfter im Fernsehen gesehen, muss spannend gewesen sein.
ReplyDeleteWir machen das schon bestimmt seit 20 Jahren jedes Jahr wieder. Es ist immer wieder interessant. Übernächstes Wochenende gehen wir zu den Ahornsirupveranstaltungen im Freilichtmuseum.
DeleteWürden wir sicher auch machen, wenn es das hier gäbe. Hier ist es meistens Mehl mahlen oder so.
DeleteStimmt, das kann man manchmal auch sehen. Wir sind mal nach Busti in Pennsylvania gefahren, um uns so eine Mühle anzusehen. Und bei Jonathans college, St. Vincent in Pennsylvania, gibt es auch eine Mühle, die noch Mehl mahlt.
DeleteBei uns gibt's ja noch massig Mühlen. Viele machen so Veranstaltungen.
DeleteIch glaube, in Gegenden, wo mehr Getreide wächst, gibt es die auch, aber nicht hier in unserer Gegend, obwohl hier früher "Wheatland" war.
DeleteHier ist definitiv "Wheatland". Und Roggen, und Hafer ...
DeleteHier wächst fast kein Getreide mehr, weil ein Schädling die Ernten zerstört hat und dazu das Wetter mehrere Jahre lang zu trocken war:
Delete"The US Census of 1850 notes that the counties of Monroe and Livingston led the entire United States in wheat production.
As the vast agricultural expanses of the American Midwest opened up, the local wheat industry went into decline, beginning in the decade prior to the Civil War. This breakdown was exacerbated by severe adverse weather in the latter 1850s."
Die Schädlinge werden da nicht erwähnt, aber "Wheatland" hat mal das meiste Getreide in den USA produziert!
Sowas ist immer ärgerlich.
DeleteMaking maple syrup is such an amazing process. I love the dark amber . . I sometimes will treat myself to spoonfuls of syrup! It's so nice to see the beautiful park and also to hear the dripping of the syrup into the bucket. Flora's found wooly bear is cute :)
ReplyDeleteHa, the syrup they were bottling was dark amber. We all determined its grade. It was so good to be back at Letchworth! In two weeks, we will be doing the maple weekend at the GCV&M. Veronika will be with us then. I was surprised to see a wooly bear.
Delete(I agree that the wooly bear feels a little surprising.) Maple weekend with Veronika will be fun at GCV&M! What break is that for her? Will she still come home for Easter? Goodness, the first day of spring is the 20th already!
DeleteIt is their spring break. No, she cannot come home for Easter. It is hard to imagine that spring will be here soon.
DeleteAh, I see, I thought that might be the case. I wonder why the break isn't coordinated with the holiday?
DeleteJP Catholic has a year-round quarter system which is very different from most American colleges. That way you get your degree in three instead of four years. That also means that the breaks are different. Veronika has two weeks off before her new quarter starts. Also, many of the smaller Catholic colleges like to celebrate Holy Week and Easter as a community. Magdalen College always did it, and Miriam loved it! One Easter Jonathan joined her.
DeleteOh, I remember that . . yes that is very nice!
DeleteIt also brings together the students and professors.
DeleteThat is very important, and I don't think many colleges honor that.
DeleteSo true!
Delete