[Syrupmakers] Diatomaceous Earth?

[Keith Evans]

A tea spoon of baking soda per cup of water. Add slowly cause it will cause
the juice to rise fast and boil from the kettle. But as mentioned before, I
just heard of this being used to make the juice rise to cooking height.
Haven't heard about the separation with it though

On Sat, Oct 13, 2018, 11:50 AM Keith Evans <dr.ofsheetrock at gmail.com> wrote:

> I too have heard of the use of baking soda and water added to the juice to
> make it rise in the kettle, if it falls. By "it" , I mean the juice when it
> rises. Haven't heard of baking soda being used for separation. I'm in South
> East Alabama.
>
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2018, 11:44 AM tenacity at fidnet.com <tenacity at fidnet.com>
> wrote:
>
>>  Here in the midwest I have heard of using baking soda to bring the
>> "debris" to the top quickly. I have not tried this myself. but understand
>> it is used by some Amish regularly. Anyone tried using it? And in what
>> quantity for what size pan? We have both a 100 gallon and a 30 gallon batch
>> pan. Would love to hear any experiences.
>>
>>
>>
>> Gail in Missouri
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Paul Lefebvre" <paullefebvre at hotmail.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2018 10:20am
>> To: "A list for sorghum and cane syrupmakers" <
>> syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Syrupmakers] Diatomaceous Earth?
>>
>> Thanks for the reply Keith,
>>
>>
>>
>>     Here in Canada, pickling lime is banned as a food additive, so it’s
>> nearly impossible to get.  ☹
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>>
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>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Syrupmakers <syrupmakers-bounces at syrupmakers.net> on behalf of
>> Keith Evans <dr.ofsheetrock at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Saturday, October 13, 2018 8:04:11 AM
>> *To:* A list for sorghum and cane syrupmakers
>> *Subject:* Re: [Syrupmakers] Diatomaceous Earth?
>>
>> I've never used DE , but I use a pickeling lime at around 160° to help
>> with separation. It causes a bigger foam (crust) for particles to get
>> trapped in, therefore being able to remove those fine particles easier.
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 12:57 PM Paul Lefebvre <paullefebvre at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    I was wondering if anyone on this list uses Diatomaceous Earth in
>>> their production of syrup.  Maasdam Sorghum Mill briefly mentions the
>>> addition of Diatomaceous Earth in this
>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV6ztHccDy0> video at around 6:00 to
>>> help remove particles, but doesn’t go into the exact specifics for using
>>> it, and was hoping I could get some feedback from anyone out there who
>>> knows more.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
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