[Halifax, NS] Urban sugaring a success for one Haligonian, but city not so sweet on idea
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/urban-sugaring-halifax-1.7500868

* former resident: great coastal city
* excellent universities, culture (food; music; diversity, e.g.1980's influx of Buddists)
* scenic beauty; tourism; festivals; fishing
* historical important: e.g. WWII convoy staging
* longish winters; like all places healthcare under strain

#trees #flora #MapleSyrup #MapleTrees #Halifax #NovaScotia

It’s my first columnaversary as CBC-KW’s food columnist! What better way to celebrate a year of exploring local foods than with maple syrup? Talked about terroir, this year’s harvest, and there’s a Salted Guinness Maple Caramel Syrup recipe that’s mighty good on ice cream!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/maple-syrup-season-jasmine-mangalaseril-1.7502007

Our maple syrup season has ended. We tapped our tree on Feb 22, which was a month later than normal. This winter in Massachusetts was consistently below 38° which is not ideal for sap flow.

We harvested 28 liters of sap which after boiling down, gave us a little over a pint of syrup. This really drives home why it’s so expensive!

Sap Totals:
2025 February 22 - March 23 = 28 liters
2024 February 1 - March 17 = 30 liters
2023 January 22 - March 12 = 36 liters

Reducing #MapleSyrup with my son while I crank #GangOfFour #SolidGold #PunkRock

Warmer weather could mean more mud and possible flooding, but with overnight temps being lower it also means it is sugaring season. Saw lots of buckets hanging from the trees along the roads today. #vermont #mapleSyrup #sugaring

It's the little things that count.

Sugaring season got off to a late start with this winter’s temps being so consistently cold. Checking the bucket on Saturday (5 days after we tapped) we had about 1 gallon of sap. We’re in the process of boiling that down now and hope there’s a lot more to come, because this won’t make much syrup. (3.2oz)

With temps forecast to be in the 40s this week, yesterday was “tapping day,” kicking off our (belated) maple syrup season.

Or as my wife excitedly calls it, the day she “gets to use her power tools,” and Dan gets to stand back and take photos.

Someone in one of my groups asked what the best maple syrup made in Canada was.
The poor OP.
Being French-Canadian Metis, I waxed poetic ...you see, syrup is our holy wine.
Maple syrup is our all-purpose condiment, and ideally should come from Quebec and in a can.Commercial "table syrup" is not "real syrup". (and we're right.)
Tap our veins, and sap will run out.
#maplesyrup #frenchcanadian #metis

I'm sure folk in #Canada take baths in #MapleSyrup but in the UK it costs more than printer ink!!

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@eniko As a Canadian, I know that we've got a Canadian Strategic Maple Syrup reserve.

We can trade cheese for maple syrup. Maybe. If the US Strategic Cheese Reserve isn't those Kraft Singles individually wrapped slices of orange plastic cheese.

Gotta be your own marketing department and make the #maplesyrup too.

Today my humans were too lazy to cook elaborate dinner. So they made #waffles with #vegetables & smoked salmon. Fast and tasty For dessert they had sweet waffles with #maplesyrup (@donniecameron63 )

Pro-tip: if you are a restaurant owner, and you claim to serve maple syrup, make sure that it is maple syrup.

Most US restaurants serve table syrup, however some of them call it maple syrup.

"Wait... that's not the same thing?"

Holy shit! No! It is not the same thing at all. Table syrup is a mixture of sugary and highly processed ingredients. Maple syrup has only one ingredient: maple syrup.

"How can it be that maple syrup has only one ingredient?"

They tap the maple tree, extract the sap, and boil it.

"They boil the tree? "

No, the sap! Boiling the sap turns it into a syrup. There is processing, but it is minimal.

I'm going to a new restaurant for lunch today. The usual spot at which we hold our bi brunches is apparently closed today. (I don't know why.) The new place is *supposed* to serve maple syrup. I'm going to put it to the test. If they don't, I'm going to report them for deceptive advertising.

Table syrup is not the same as maple syrup, similarly to how margarine is not butter.

Taste-wise, it does not come even close.

Very, very nice, @cardamomaddict!

#MapleSyrup #Elmira #Festival #WaterlooRegion | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/maple-syrup-shows-up-in-unusual-ways-at-local-bars-restaurants-jasmine-mangalaseril-1.7164679?cmp=rss

> It’s Maple weekend in Ontario. Locally, Elmira will be celebrating it's 60th maple syrup festival. But there’s more to maple syrup than pancakes and waffles. Food columnist Jasmine Mangalaseril talked to food and drink professionals in Waterloo Region who use maple syrup in different and unique ways.

'Tis the season for maple syrup making. For any who are curious about the history and process, I made a slideshow video about the process and you can watch it on Vimeo here:
https://vimeo.com/548606103
It's just under 6 minutes watch. My voiceover.