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I just had maple syrup, real canadian maple syrup for the first time
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I can honest to goodness say that I have never actually tried the fake stuff. I see people buying them here in Canada, because it is cheaper, but I just can't bring myself to try it.
When I moved to Canada and tasted a maple walnut pastry for the first time I witnessed heaven on Earth for the first time.Now you need to try some maple walnut cake.
Zombie James
Banned
One of those rare food items that can easily cost you 4x as much as the fake stuff but is worth every single penny. Pancakes and waffles become an event with real maple syrup.
Now go eat a butter tart if you've never tried one.
Ether_Snake
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Nah, like 8-9$ for a can, lasts quite long.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
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Brianimaniac
Banned
I live in Ohio, so it's easy to get the real stuff, and it's great.
But I still like the fake stuff too. They're good in different ways.
But I still like the fake stuff too. They're good in different ways.
-Minsc-
Member
Sometimes what person grew up with is what they'll always like best.
Rule of thumb, forty litres of sap to make one litre of maple syrup.
Aquavelvaman
Banned
I'm not sure if I've never had real maple syrup or if I've never had fake maple syrup. People always talk about it but I don't know.
This is what I have in my house right now:
I put it in my oatmeal.
It's basically like every maple syrup I've ever had. Have I been living the high life all this time and not knowing it, or is there another world out there for me to discover?
This is what I have in my house right now:
I put it in my oatmeal.
It's basically like every maple syrup I've ever had. Have I been living the high life all this time and not knowing it, or is there another world out there for me to discover?
Like the hat?
Banned
Maple is probably my favorite flavor. I did a maple syrup walk with my kids last year and got to try the sap directly from the tree. It was pretty interesting. Like a vaguely maple hinted water.
ClivePwned
Member
please tell me the Costco/Kirkland stuff is the good kind. In the UK, it's the only cost effective (£14 for a 1 litre plastic bottle compared to £6-7 for a much smaller bottle in the supermarkets) maple syrup I can get. I ran out and tried one of the store-branded ones which turned out to be maple-flavoured for a back up and it wasn't great.
I'm not sure if I've never had real maple syrup or if I've never had fake maple syrup. People always talk about it but I don't know.
This is what I have in my house right now:
I put it in my oatmeal.
It's basically like every maple syrup I've ever had. Have I been living the high life all this time and not knowing it, or is there another world out there for me to discover?
That's the real stuff - you can see the 'Grade A Dark Amber' grading on it. Plus you'll basically never USDA Organic with anything that has HFCS in it - I think it's possible, but expensive/difficult.
You could try a darker grade if you want to compare flavors, but you're already in the happy place.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
I've had it before, I'm cool with Aunt Jemima's. I don't eat enough pancakes or waffles to care tbh.
My Finnish friend sent me an image of "Maple Flavoured Pancake Syrup" and told me it was nasty. Afterward he went to a Canadian specialty shop and found authentic maple syrup then went through a similar revelation.
It always surprises me that maple syrup isn't a commodity in most places.
It always surprises me that maple syrup isn't a commodity in most places.
Buggy Loop
Member
I live in Quebec, maple syrup is in my blood.
When i was in 3 to 6th grade, i was in a private school in a remote place where we stayed there all week and returned home on weekends. One of the activity in the spring was to actually make maple syrup, from taping into the trees, to collecting the sap and then boiling it. It was amazing.
Actually, i find that there is a part in the process where the product is BETTER than the syrup, it's after a few hours when the sap has been boiling, it's some kind of warm sugary water, but not too much, like you could actually hydrate yourself with this. I don't recall the name but it's AMAZING.
When i was in 3 to 6th grade, i was in a private school in a remote place where we stayed there all week and returned home on weekends. One of the activity in the spring was to actually make maple syrup, from taping into the trees, to collecting the sap and then boiling it. It was amazing.
Actually, i find that there is a part in the process where the product is BETTER than the syrup, it's after a few hours when the sap has been boiling, it's some kind of warm sugary water, but not too much, like you could actually hydrate yourself with this. I don't recall the name but it's AMAZING.
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
We don't play.
Living Proof
Member
I don't have this problem in Michigan. It's more expensive, but it lasts me a long time anyway.
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
Mix maple syrup with Maple Crown Royal...you're welcome.
xDUMPWEEDx
Banned
I feel bad for the plebs that know nothing else than the Ms. Butterworth corn syrup garbage.
Also when I went shopping it doesn't have ingredients listed... because the product name is the ingredient presumably. That said I think honey says "ingredients: honey" on the bottle, so who knows.
Anyway I didn't see anything particularly amazing about it. It tasted similar to the stuff I had growing up or what they have at IHOP.
Jack The Nipper
Banned
May try it soon
The Main Event
Member
I put maple butter on my corn. So good.
Mr. Giggles
Member
I wouldn't wash my dogs asshole with the swill they pass as maple syrup in Vermont.
Canadian gold or death
7-10 dollars?! Wow. Looks like everyone around the world other than Canada gets it bad in respect to the amount we have to pay for Real Canadian Maple Syrup. The things we do for yum yum... Damn.
Kaiser Swayze
Member
In a drink? Eh. A little maple in an Old Fashioned is alright, but I don't want to be drinking waffles.
Golden Syrup is:
Heaven when covered on Rasin Rock Cake/Bun.
Heaven when covered and cooked with gammon ham along with pineapple chunks
Heaven when cooked with Bacon
Heaven when cooked with Chinese style chicken dish
Heaven when mixed slightly with honey and used as a dip with hot Fried Chicken/Karaage and with a slice of lemon on the side (THIS IS THE SHIEEEET!!!!)
Heaven when cooked with Japanese style tofu dish.
Gold Syrup is not heaven when used as a sauce for pancakes. That's sugar overdose and the taste isn't heavenly when compared to Maple Syrup. Canadian Maple Syrup all the way.
LOL! You see it as a rotting lion carcas on the can too? Same here! Death to that lion and all the flies that festering over it. According to the can, a dead lion plus tons of flies equals sweet sweeeeeet Golden Syrup carcas juice!
capitalCORN
Member
Guys, guys, guys. Maple fudge.
Hari Seldon
Member
Sorry Canada gaf, poutine sucks ass. I don't want my french fries to squeak like little bugs when I eat them. I order it with just gravy. I absolutely don't understand the point of the curds other than to squeak. They offer no taste relative to the gravy.
capitalCORN
Member
And Halloumi, Kefalotiry and Paneer have no flavour?
Mr. Giggles
Member
I see the Canada haters are starting to come out of the woodwork.
First you disrespect out maple trees then you insult our poutine... Might as well throw in a diss about our bagged milk..
I'm telling you we won't stand politely by as you continue these atrocities, the Canadian uprising is coming folks
It's a comin
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Real food >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mass produced garbage
What kind of bug squeaks and why did you eat them?
Extra Sauce
Member
Extra Sauce
Member
To be fair I wouldn't wash my dog's asshole with Canadian maple syrup.
Hari Seldon
Member
I don't know what those are, I get mine from a few little poutine stands when I go fishing up there. The only thing that the curds add to it in my mind are a strange texture/sound that feels like you are eating bugs when you are just trying to enjoy some gravy fries lol.
Edit: Perhaps I shouldn't say it sucks ass. Of fucking course gravy fries are awesome. I just don't understand why the curds are there lol.
capitalCORN
Member
Trust me, bugs are crunchy. Except fleshy grubs, they're 'juicy'. Nothing like some good ole QC curds. The curds add the creaminess. The fries add the saltiness and fullness. The gravy adds the savory. I literally had one meal of poutine a day when I was homeless. It's a special food to me.
Is it not supposed to be a rotten lion corpse?Golden Syrup is:
Heaven when covered on Rasin Rock Cake/Bun.
Heaven when covered and cooked with gammon ham along with pineapple chunks
Heaven when cooked with Bacon
Heaven when cooked with Chinese style chicken dish
Heaven when mixed slightly with honey and used as a dip with hot Fried Chicken/Karaage and with a slice of lemon on the side (THIS IS THE SHIEEEET!!!!)
Heaven when cooked with Japanese style tofu dish.
Gold Syrup is not heaven when used as a sauce for pancakes. That's sugar overdose and the taste isn't heavenly when compared to Maple Syrup. Canadian Maple Syrup all the way.
LOL! You see it as a rotting lion carcas on the can too? Same here! Death to that lion and all the flies that festering over it. According to the can, a dead lion plus tons of flies equals sweet sweeeeeet Golden Syrup carcas juice!
ClivePwned
Member
I can't visualise it as anything else, now. I only use the stuff for Anzac biscuits.