THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, March 25, 2010
GETTING A TASTE OF MAPLE SUGARING AT THE REMICK COUNTRY DOCTOR MUSEUM & FARM
by Brendan Smith
Weirs Times Editor
This weekend marks the
New Hampshire Maple Producers weekend. Being one that enjoys
real maple syrup, but re- ally knowing next to noth- ing about the process ex- cept for its final delivery upon my pancakes, I was anxious to spend a day learning about this New Hampshire treat. Unfortunately, other
business has me out of town this weekend. For- tunately, the kind folks at the Remick Country Doc- tor Museum and Farm in Tamworth were gra- cious enough to give me an early taste of their Maple Sugaring Weekend events. One couldn’t ask for
a better place to experi- ence the marvel of maple sugaring. Planted firmly below the watchful eye of Mount Chocoura, The Remick Farm grounds provide a relaxing and ed- ucational environment. The Remick family set-
tled in Tamworth over 200 years ago, and six genera- tions of the same family worked the farm. Each generation prospered, and was active in the town’s history. Before his death in 1993, Dr. Edwin Crafts Remick created a foundation to preserve his home, farm and fam- ily history in a way that the public could enjoy. Today The Remick Coun- try Doctor and Farm Mu- seum is a working farm where the historic tradi-
A few of the 260 buckets collecting sap from the maple trees on the Remick Farm property.
My time travel was a bit in reverse. I was first taken to
NH
Syrup Maker Rick Canfield boiling sap in the wood-fired evaporator in the Maple Sugar House at the Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm in Tamworth. On Saturday, March 27th, the Farm will be giving maple sugaring tours for the whole family.
tions of agricultural and domestic life can be expe- rienced through interac- tive education programs and workshops which are held year-round. Visitors to the Remick
Farm Museum during the Maple Sugaring program on Saturday, March 27th, will be taken on a little journey through time.
the Maple Sugar House where Syrup Maker Rick Canfield, was at work at the 3-year old, wood- fired evaporator, boiling off some sap that would eventually become maple syrup. This is the way it is mostly done today though some syrup makers, Rick said, use oil or electric powered evaporators. The evaporator does exactly what its name
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