Ah, maple syrup. The most wonderful thing that trees can give us.
And I will confess, I LOVE all things maple. I mean really LOVE maple.
Maple syrup,
maple sugar,
maple candy,
maple butter,
maple cookies, that wonderful rolled-up-in-the-snow joy that is maple taffy,
I love it all! I mean, I may live in England, but I'm still Canadian! If I were ever faced with having to chose between giving up chocolate or giving up maple . . . no, let's not go there, that thought is too terrifying.
Proper maple syrup is ridiculously expensive at the best of times. To get one litre of maple syrup, you need 10 litres of maple sap, which will only run out of the tree for a few short weeks each year. If the weather cooperates. It's so expensive that if Quebec ever did become an independent country, maple syrup production would probably make up a percentage of their national GDP. It's actually more expensive than crude oil (especially at the moment).
There have been so many maple syurp thefts that a 'global reserve facility' has been built - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/dec/22/maple-syrup-heist-quebec-canada
As an ex-pat, I pay an obscene amount for maple anything. I'm embarrassed to say how much I paid for a tiny jar of maple butter this week on Amazon. Yes, I could get my mother to post it over to me, but the extortionate postage that Canada Post charges makes finding a British supplier worth it. Despite a big chunk of my luggage allowance when I go back to Canada being devoted to maple everything, I still run out, in part because all of my British friends ask me to bring it back for them (Canadians want 'proper' Cadbury's chocolate).
I keep trying to convince myself that it is good for me. According to the label, it's a source if calcium and iron.
I also swear that hard maple candies are the best thing ever on a sore throat.
When I was in the throws of that Crohn's flare-up two years ago, maple syrup was something I could get down, and being very high in calories (it is sugar, after all), I used it liberally to help get weight back on me. Not the best kind of weight I'll admit, but at that stage, anything would do.
But today, I saw this - http://www.buzzfeed.com/laurenstrapagiel/maple-syrup-wow-science#.ylZlla5zE9
Turns out maple syrup is good for you! Science says so! I knew 33 million Canadians couldn't be wrong!!
And I will confess, I LOVE all things maple. I mean really LOVE maple.
Maple syrup,
maple sugar,
maple candy,
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| Tasty, and makes good throat lozenges |
maple butter,
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| Spreadable maple syrup! |
maple cookies, that wonderful rolled-up-in-the-snow joy that is maple taffy,
| is is seriously the only thing I miss about snow |
I love it all! I mean, I may live in England, but I'm still Canadian! If I were ever faced with having to chose between giving up chocolate or giving up maple . . . no, let's not go there, that thought is too terrifying.
Proper maple syrup is ridiculously expensive at the best of times. To get one litre of maple syrup, you need 10 litres of maple sap, which will only run out of the tree for a few short weeks each year. If the weather cooperates. It's so expensive that if Quebec ever did become an independent country, maple syrup production would probably make up a percentage of their national GDP. It's actually more expensive than crude oil (especially at the moment).
There have been so many maple syurp thefts that a 'global reserve facility' has been built - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/dec/22/maple-syrup-heist-quebec-canada
As an ex-pat, I pay an obscene amount for maple anything. I'm embarrassed to say how much I paid for a tiny jar of maple butter this week on Amazon. Yes, I could get my mother to post it over to me, but the extortionate postage that Canada Post charges makes finding a British supplier worth it. Despite a big chunk of my luggage allowance when I go back to Canada being devoted to maple everything, I still run out, in part because all of my British friends ask me to bring it back for them (Canadians want 'proper' Cadbury's chocolate).
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| Tree blood for the British friends - Mwaw haw haw!! |
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| It's a source of iron, it can't be all bad! Makes it metal too! |
When I was in the throws of that Crohn's flare-up two years ago, maple syrup was something I could get down, and being very high in calories (it is sugar, after all), I used it liberally to help get weight back on me. Not the best kind of weight I'll admit, but at that stage, anything would do.
But today, I saw this - http://www.buzzfeed.com/laurenstrapagiel/maple-syrup-wow-science#.ylZlla5zE9
Turns out maple syrup is good for you! Science says so! I knew 33 million Canadians couldn't be wrong!!
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