Pure Maple Goodness
Pure Maple Syrup is one of life’s simple pleasures. Pure maple syrup is an all natural product with no artificial ingredients to detract from that unmistakable maple flavor. Commercially produced pancake syrups are loaded with unwanted ingredients that have absolutely no nutritional value. Who wants to serve their family all of those preservatives anyway? Start your own family tradition and create memories that will last a lifetime. Make your family pancakes with pure maple syrup next Sunday, I bet they’ll be asking for more!
Let’s go back in time, to a slower pace, where the simple things in life brought great pleasure. Can you remember Sunday mornings where piping hot pancakes were served with whipped butter and warm pure maple syrup? My family eagerly awaited each pancake as it came off the griddle.
- All Natural
- Locally Produced
- Pride of NY Member
Why would you serve your family anything less than pure maple syrup?
The History of Maple Syrup
An old Iroquois legend describes the accidental discovery of the sugarmaking process. A hunter returned to his dwelling and found an enticing sweetness in the air around the kettle in which his mate was boiling meat. The fluid in the kettle, he learned, was sap and had been collected beneath a broken maple limb.
To make their sugar, the Indians would cut a slash in the maple tree and collect the sap as it dripped out. Logs were then hollowed out, and filled with the fresh sap. White-hot field stones were then added to cause the sap to boil. The Indians would process the sap through the syrup stage to end with crystallized sugar, which did not spoil when stored.
When the first European settlers arrived, the Indians traded maple sugar with them and eventually taught the settlers the secrets of the maple sugaring process.
Fun Maple Facts
Did you know...
1. It takes 42 gallons of sap to produce one gallon of syrup?
2. The United States produced 1.8 million gallons in 2008?
3. Maple sap runs in early spring when nighttime temperatures are below freezing and daytime temps are above.
4. Pure Maple Syrup is an "all natural" product with no additional ingredients.
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