• make bison jerky with it
• make cheesecake and scones other oven goodies with it
• make ice cream with it
• sweeten cold-press coffee with it
• can you say baked birch butternut squash?

I have also read about creating apple syrup by boiling down apple juice and that sounds intriguing. It would be grand to harvest fresh fall apples, juice them at home, and immediately make apple syrup.

You know, these little discoveries can mean totally sourcing my own income someday… investing in real estate would not be so bad if I could have a yard of apple trees that I can harvest for the cost of their maintenance :)
a loft downtown, though, which is my inherited real estate investment… not really my idea of home, despite downtown being my ‘hood. (That is about contrast)

I also want to have mulberry trees for my silkworms to dine on, and harvest their silk peacefully and spin it into yarn to make wedding dresses with. I originally wanted to spin and crochet my own silk wedding dress but didn’t know how to do either yet so it wasn’t worth the investment/learning stress. It would be interesting to do one of these each year, over the years I would maybe garnish enough reputation to be able to coordinate specific commission…
just an idea :)
This reminds me that I had a dream about drop-spindle spinning.