@kittykat9180
At one time a local breakfast place said it was extra if you wanted the real stuff, but for
$2 you could get a little glass bottle of “real.”
Bonus is that you could keep and re-use the bottle, so you could go into a crap place like IHOP and say No Thanks I brought my own syrup.
@pmarin
I used to bring my own maple syrup to Cracker Barrel, but the dude I was seeing at the time said it was embarrassing. I started bringing it in their little bottle.
There’s a guy up in Two Harbors, MN who harvest and boils up the syrup himself, then sells it out of his truck and house the rest of the year.
His light golden colored one tastes like you mixed butter into the syrup, it’s just incredible stuff! That I could mix into almost anything sweet. If it’s darker stuff, I’d need something more like a cookie batter to toss that into
@guyfromhawthorn I Love Two Harbors! Castle Danger Brewing, Russ Kendall’s smoked fish right down the road, starting point for Grandma’s Marathon, and more. Definitely worth a visit!
Got to be pure from actual trees! It is the best; you can do so many things with it. Maine, Vermont, or Quebec usually. On a tour up there we visited a maple farm. No HFCS crap for me. I won’t consume “pancake syrup” either. Maybe if it still had the sweet Aunt Jemima on the bottle but they got rid of her too.
Tree or tree products yes. Maple water, yes. Overnight oats with 100% maple syrup, yes. Maple sugar, yes. Take your over processed corn and other sugars and get out.
One can also tap other trees besides maple for syrup; a neighbor tapped some sycamore trees, Something like a 70:1 reduction was delicious.
/showme itchy guy tapping poison oak vines for sap
Has to be good quality 100% maple syrup. Don’t like maple anything else. I got spoiled growing up as my parents would buy it from someone who made it in western PA. I have a maple sugar sled from the late 1800’s (horse pulled ) made into a coffee table.
Not the best photo. The top shelf on it was made by the person who turned it into a coffee table.
@kittykat9180 It is a miniature sleigh for the maple sap tray. Someone put that top on it to make it into a coffee table and I got suckered in and bought it many years ago. Except for occasionally tripping in the dark over the iron metal ends it’s a great coffee table.
I use it in my steel cut oats. I make oatmeal in my crockpot overnight with maple syrup. Nice & hot when I wake up. I dump everything in, set the crockpot warm at midnight and it cooks perfectly at that temp. A winter favorite!!!
I used to make butter toast with good honey on it. Then I tried the Aldi whipped maple syrup (spreadable like whipped honey) on Kerrygold-buttered toast.
Amazing.
And yes for all the regular syrup uses, only real maple will do.
I won’t eat waffles/pancakes unless I have 100% maple syrup. None of that “pancake syrup” for me.
@kittykat9180
At one time a local breakfast place said it was extra if you wanted the real stuff, but for
$2 you could get a little glass bottle of “real.”
Bonus is that you could keep and re-use the bottle, so you could go into a crap place like IHOP and say No Thanks I brought my own syrup.
@pmarin
I used to bring my own maple syrup to Cracker Barrel, but the dude I was seeing at the time said it was embarrassing. I started bringing it in their little bottle.
Fake maple flavouring is awful. But maple syrup is good.
Try it in your coffee. Tastes great!
Great icing for a donut, but it’s also a key ingredient on my favorite chicken recipe.
There’s a guy up in Two Harbors, MN who harvest and boils up the syrup himself, then sells it out of his truck and house the rest of the year.
His light golden colored one tastes like you mixed butter into the syrup, it’s just incredible stuff! That I could mix into almost anything sweet. If it’s darker stuff, I’d need something more like a cookie batter to toss that into
@guyfromhawthorn
Ohh send info; MN is on my bucket list of places to explore.
@guyfromhawthorn I Love Two Harbors! Castle Danger Brewing, Russ Kendall’s smoked fish right down the road, starting point for Grandma’s Marathon, and more. Definitely worth a visit!
@guyfromhawthorn @pmarin
I stopped at the DQ in Two Harbors once, on our way to Thunder Bay.
Got to be pure from actual trees! It is the best; you can do so many things with it. Maine, Vermont, or Quebec usually. On a tour up there we visited a maple farm. No HFCS crap for me. I won’t consume “pancake syrup” either. Maybe if it still had the sweet Aunt Jemima on the bottle but they got rid of her too.
Depends what it’s in. Maple syrup for pancakes, waffles, or French roast. Not on sausages; I don’t like it on savory. Maybe in a spiced drink.
Tree or tree products yes. Maple water, yes. Overnight oats with 100% maple syrup, yes. Maple sugar, yes. Take your over processed corn and other sugars and get out.
One can also tap other trees besides maple for syrup; a neighbor tapped some sycamore trees, Something like a 70:1 reduction was delicious.
/showme itchy guy tapping poison oak vines for sap
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@llangley
@llangley all too expensive now but yes…
Headed to Vermont and Quebec for the next 2 weeks starting Sunday. Looking forward to being in maple land…
@chienfou
Leaf peeping?
@kittykat9180
Exactly
Poconos 2 years ago, Berkshires last year, Green Mountains this year…
Has to be good quality 100% maple syrup. Don’t like maple anything else. I got spoiled growing up as my parents would buy it from someone who made it in western PA. I have a maple sugar sled from the late 1800’s (horse pulled ) made into a coffee table.
Not the best photo. The top shelf on it was made by the person who turned it into a coffee table.
@Kidsandliz
I thought this was a miniature sleigh until I realized you said coffee table.
@kittykat9180 It is a miniature sleigh for the maple sap tray. Someone put that top on it to make it into a coffee table and I got suckered in and bought it many years ago. Except for occasionally tripping in the dark over the iron metal ends it’s a great coffee table.
I use it in my steel cut oats. I make oatmeal in my crockpot overnight with maple syrup. Nice & hot when I wake up. I dump everything in, set the crockpot warm at midnight and it cooks perfectly at that temp. A winter favorite!!!
I use maple syrup as a sweetener when I make whipped cream. Great for crepes, waffles, pancakes, clafoutis or whatever.
@Pitmonkey That sounds great. Safeway had a maple syrup whipped cream in a can last year & I loved it; homemade must be delicious!
I substitute organic Vermont maple syrup for sugar in things like smoothies and oatmeal.
I once had a sundae made with vanilla ice cream, crumbled bacon and maple syrup. It was heavenly.
I used to make butter toast with good honey on it. Then I tried the Aldi whipped maple syrup (spreadable like whipped honey) on Kerrygold-buttered toast.
Amazing.
And yes for all the regular syrup uses, only real maple will do.
@duodec
Maple butter is also fantastic.
We actually tapped a tree in our backyard this year and got a good amount of maple syrup! It was a neat experience.