The clear, thin sap of Maple trees must be boiled down to create maple syrup -- it takes about 30 to 40 gallons of sap to create one gallon of syrup. Check out this HowStuffWorks podcast to learn more about Maple syrup.
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07/16/08 • 2 min
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BrainStuff - How Maple Syrup Works
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Welcome to brain Stuff from how stuff works dot com where smart Happens. Hi'm Marshall Brain with today's question, what is maple syrup and how do they make it? Maple syrup comes from the sap of maple trees. Yes, just the normal sap that's running underneath the bark in the early spring. If you cut the bark or drill a hole into certain species of maple trees, clear sap will leak out of the cut. This sap is very thin, almost like water, but it con
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