Maple syrup

[Princess Viola]

I love maple syrup, it's so good.

I bought some today because the bottle I've been using is almost empty and this way I'll have a nice new bottle of it ready to go when I finish up my current bottle.

I can't eat that cheaper pancake/table syrup they make, it's way too thick and overly artificially sweet for my taste. I'd say 'I tried maple syrup and this ruined the cheaper syrups for me', but no that isn't true. I started to dislike the cheaper stuff before I actually tried maple syrup.

Anyways what about y'all, do y'all love maple syrup too or are y'all OK with spending less money on the cheaper (and IMO highly inferior) table syrups or maybe you prefer some other type of syrup?

 

[AdamG]

I don't like syrup unless it comes 100% from a plant. Maple is by far my favorite. I like cane syrup, sorghum syrup, and some other less common ones. I don't like agave syrup though.
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Any of that fake store bought junk can just go away as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

I'm with you. Hiking in most woodlots around me you will encounter sugar shacks where people make their maple syrup, and sometimes share with neighbors.

 

[Rodafina]

Love the “real” stuff. I live near Vermont, USA. They have some of the best, if I do say so myself.

Being inside a maple sugaring shack is one of the most glorious sensory experiences I have ever had. The fires were raging to boil the the sap, end it was warm and steamy inside. The smell of maple was all around, and the roiling vats rumbled away.

 

[AdamG]

I'm with you. Hiking in most woodlots around me you will encounter sugar shacks where people make their maple syrup, and sometimes share with neighbors.

You must live up north. That sounds really nice, to get it so fresh (and sometimes gifted). I once helped harvest and press sorghum (naturally I took some home ). It is a physical and rewarding process, and also not near me. (edit) - I didn't oversee the boiling process, but I did keep the wood furnace at a constant temp for a bit
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Fortunately, I have a couple of good apiaries nearby to get local honey at great prices.

 

[Metalhead]

Real maple syrup on bacon pancakes.

I am making myself hungry now.

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

Fortunately, I have a couple of good apiaries nearby to get local honey at great prices.

In orchard country we have lots of apiaries. One makes specialty honeys. The meadery near me uses spotted knapweed honey (they call it star thistle). It makes a spicy mead.

I tire of seeing crap chinese honey in stores.

 

[MC1Rcat]

I love maple syrup...the 100% real stuff only...use it as a sweetener instead of sugar...or I use maple sugar. Maple sugar candy is also awesome! It is more expensive than the sugar water available called "pancake syrup", but it doesn't have all those bad chemicals in it....and I don't use it a lot, so a bottle lasts months. It's worth it!

 

[AdamG]

In orchard country we have lots of apiaries. One makes specialty honeys. The meadery near me uses spotted knapweed honey (they call it star thistle). It makes a spicy mead.

Ooh I love mead. I've made it a couple times, once with handpicked black- and raspberries, the second with ginger and pear. I've done beer as well. I'd love to have a small apiary if/when I get land w/ my wife, but I'm a bit allergic to their stings. So my wife would have to do all the actual hands-on work. And then I could experiment with different types of blossoms each season
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(and star thistle honey mead sounds wonderful )

 

[Luca]

I love the real thing, and I am also technically(?) kind of up north. At least close enough that the maple syrup sold in stores here is from Vermont.

I love maple syrup on pancakes and Belgian waffles.

 

[Au Naturel]

I remember my father tapping trees and boiling sap into syrup as a child. I lived in very rural Michigan. That memory hadn't surfaced in my mind for probably decades. I'm grateful for this thread.

 

[Princess Viola]

Honestly you'd think the companies that make the cheaper generic table syrups would try to make it closer to actual maple syrup if it's meant to be a more affordable substitute.

Like I'd still go for maple syrup but I wouldn't mind using the cheaper stuff if I had to if it were even like 75% close to being like the real stuff.

 

[VictorR]

Waffles? Maple Syrup.
Pancakes? Maple Syrup.
Baking Cookies? Maple Syrup.

Hot Summer Day? Maple Syrup Ice Water (1:10 syrup to water)

I'm serious about the last one. It's awesome.

 

[DaisyRose]

I can’t believe there was a time where I didn’t like syrup. I didn’t like it, then I tried it again and it’s amazing. It makes my pancakes so much better. I love to go to IHOP and have pancakes with syrup. It’s my favorite restaurant.

 

[Progster]

Yep, love maple syrup. The real stuff expensive though, as it's imported.

 

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[AdamG]

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I like the cracker barrel syrup. The cane adds a nice depth to it, but the first time I had I thought it was pure maple and hated it.

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

Yep, love maple syrup. The real stuff expensive though, as it's imported.

Global heating is having its impact on Sugar Maples. In Canada yields are down and thousands of gallons had to be released from their reserves.

The Canadian group Quebec Maple Syrup Producers recently announced it was releasing about 50 million pounds of its strategic maple syrup reserves — about half of the total stockpile. Quebec produces nearly 70% of the world's maple syrup, with the US being its biggest client for the sweet stuff.

I enjoy maple syrup on oatmeal pancakes!

 

[Judge]

No question, with "the real deal" being the best.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

I can’t believe there was a time where I didn’t like syrup. I didn’t like it, then I tried it again and it’s amazing. It makes my pancakes so much better. I love to go to IHOP and have pancakes with syrup. It’s my favorite restaurant.

They just opened a IHop in Brampton, before had to go to Niagara falls.