Category: Maple Syrup Season

You’re Invited to Attend a Briden Farm Tasting Event!

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Ring Necked Pheasant Dinner

A time of Fun with Friends while enjoying the Tastes of Briden Farm Woodland Pasture Raised Meats and other Goodies. No pressure, just a fun time together where you’ll get to try our products for free!

Were hoping to hold a Tasting Event in Your Area soon. We hold our Events in homes and we’re looking for people to Host an Event. As Host, or Hostess, You’ll reap rewards, like Free Meat! We have things setup, or will set them up, so that we do most of the work and all you have to do is invite guests who you think would enjoy a fun time sampling our Woodland Pastured Meats and other products. No pressure though, we just want to keep it Fun!

If You, or someone you know, would like to Host and Event, please contact Brian at Briden Farm at 902-907-0770. Even if You don’t want to Host an Event, We’d still like You to attend. For Free!

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Farmhouse Recipes: Oatmeal Pancakes

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Oatmeal Pancakes

One of our favourite recipes here at Briden Farm is Oatmeal Pancakes. We have used the recipe without fail for years, and we found the original recipe in …

The Harrowsmith Cookbook Vol Two

The Harrowsmith Cookbook Volume Two

Of course we always mix it up a bit! On Purpose! Although it’s great exactly as it’s written on Pg. 21 of Harrowsmith Cookbook, we still like to make little adjustments. As we do with most all our food! 

So, here’s what we do…

We pour 2.5 cups of Briden Farm Goat Milk over 1.5 Cups of Oatmeal. Usually letting it sit for about 10 minutes. Meanwhile we sift together a cup of flour, a Tablespoon of brown sugar. Then about a half teaspoon of Sea Salt, and a teaspoon Cinnamon. The last two are Watkins Products. Click Here to Learn More About Those. 

We then mix in a Tablespoon of Baking Powder. 

Once all those dry ingredients are are well mixed, we add it to the Oatmeal Mixture. Then add a Briden Farm Egg, and a 1/4 Cup of Oil. Mixing Well. 

We usually mix this the night before, and let it Sit in the fridge overnight. 

The fresh Goat Milk, Free Range Egg, and Watkins Products make this taste so good! Plus, we find it so filling we only eat about half the number of Pancakes! Which means we often have extras! Would You like Some? 

You may be wondering why we called this Post, Farmhouse Recipes! That’s because we hope to bring a Weekly Podcast of Farmhouse Recipes to our Briden Farm Podcasting Channel every Week on Friday Mornings. 

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Oh! Don’t forget the Toppings!
Briden Farm Maple Syrup and Watkins Vanilla or Chai Powder!

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Maple Syrup Season Has Begun At Briden Farm

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Making Maple Syrup

People may tell me I’m early, but I listen to the Trees! 

Actually, when I just can’t wait any longer to taste that sweet, embrace that smell, and feel that steam on my face, then… It’s  Maple Time! 

Now, I really am that passionate about it, and I even taste the first drops of sap when I tap the tree! 🌳 

However, it does take warmer, 4°C (40°F) Daytime Temperatures and Freezing Nights. That’s when the Sap, the  Natural Maple Water, flows best. When temperatures are to low, or remain above freezing, the Sap does not run as well. 

If You’ve never experienced the tastes, smells, and feel of fresh Maple Syrup or had it touch Your Soul you’re missing out on what it means to be! Ok, probably what it means to be Canadian! Although the USA does produce in places like Vermont, New York, Maine, and Pennsylvania. 

Simply put, come visit us at Briden Farm, where the Maple Syrup is on! There is nothing like tapping a tree, tasting the sap, gathering the sap, boiling it till it reduces to about 1 fortieth of its original volume and experiencing the smell, feel, and taste! It truly is that incredible! 

Now, that whole process, takes several hours! I put in the first three taps, more properly known as Spiles, yesterday morning. We like to start slow, it allows us to get geared, get our system down, and enjoy the process. 

I think the reason I truly enjoy it so much is it really signals the end of Winter! Not to say we might bot have another Storm, or Two, … or Three! (I hope not!) 

Yet, the start of Maple Season signals the end of Winter, the coming of Spring, and sadly, before we know it… 

It’ll All be over on the third night the Peepers Sing! 

Last year, I ran late, and got the first of what is known as Buddy Maple Syrup! It chemically changes once the buds start coming out, or getting ready to emerge on the trees! 

Let you season run to long and You’ll find a difference in taste! Let it go even longer and you’ll see that instead of sweet… You’ll find it Bitter! That’s bittersweet! 

However, what I discovered last year, is there is a very short period, toward the end of the Maple Season, before the sap turns bitter and stops running, that it tastes a lot like a nice Creme Brûlée! Now, that , it seems, is best fresh, as it doesn’t hold the Creme Brûlée taste as long as regular Maple Syrup does! 

We invite You to come visit us at Briden Farm and experience our Maple Syrup, embrace the Smell. Taste, and Feel of Spring! Have Questions? Call ☎️ Brian 902-907-0770 

 

 

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