How to Cut Squash

Have you ever read a butternut squash recipe that looks incredible, but backed out because you were daunted by the funny shaped-vegetable? Use this quick, step-by-step guide to cutting squash, then make our recipe below. Start by cutting the ends off of your squash    Cut your squash with a large knife where the neck of the squash ends (where the skinny part of the squash starts … Continue reading How to Cut Squash

How ESF’s Pure Maple Syrup Is Made

From the middle of February to the end of March, during prime sap collection time, SUNY-ESF students and staff tap and produce maple syrup and maple butter at Tully’s Heiberg Memorial Forest to be sold at the ESF bookstore. Proceeds from the store, managed by the ESF Alumni Association, fund both need and merit-based scholarships for students at the university. It takes 40 gallons of … Continue reading How ESF’s Pure Maple Syrup Is Made