<div dir="ltr">Thank you Lynwood, that is very helpful! Seems I had heard in the past that there are some things you just do not cook in brass because of some reaction with the metal in the cooking process, and I definitely wanted to avoid ruining the juice after all the work of harvesting it!<div><br></div><div>Gail in MO</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Lynwood Wagner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:onjwagner@hotmail.com" target="_blank">onjwagner@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr">Brass is going to conduct a lot better than iron or stainless of similar geometry & thickness so you will want to be very careful approaching the end point. We get rid of water in copper and finish in stainless for control reason. With maple syrup going to just 66 Brix, we use all copper since frothing over the pans is not an issue.<div><br></div><div>L. Wagner</div><div>Johnson City, TN<br><br><div><hr>Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:31:49 -0500<br>From: <a href="mailto:tenacity@fidnet.com" target="_blank">tenacity@fidnet.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:syrupmakers@syrupmakers.net" target="_blank">syrupmakers@syrupmakers.net</a><br>Subject: Re: [Syrupmakers] Questions on cooking sorghum juice<div><div class="h5"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Thanks Doug---I wasn't worried about cooking in copper, but this particular kettle is brass and I have no experience cooking in it, hence the question. I assume there WERE things cooked in it, as it is an old kettle, just not sure what was, and what wasn't.....<div><br></div><div>Gail</div></div><div><br><div>On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Douglas Gifford <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:historynutt@hotmail.com" target="_blank">historynutt@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>This year we did a second harvest of a smaller patch, and got about 22 gallons of juice. Rather than using our 50-gallon stainless pan, I am wondering about cooking in my brass 30-gallon kettle. Is there any problem cooking sorghum juice down to syrup
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<div>Secondly, has anyone ever frozen the sorghum juice and cooked it at a later date? Does this work out well?</div>
<div>Any feedback greatly appreciated! I'm posting these same questions on the Facebook page in case some of you check there too.</div>
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