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Maple syrup is a syrup made from the sap of maple trees. In cold climates, these trees store starch in their trunks and roots before winter; the starch is then converted to sugar that rises in the sap in late winter and early spring. Maple trees are tapped by drilling holes into their trunks and collecting the sap, which is processed by heating ...
Maple Syrup Production. Maple liqueur is considered to be a traditional part of Canadian cuisine, in part because of its components being Canadian whisky and Canadian maple syrup. Both of these components have their own unique history in Canadian cuisine. Notably, maple syrup has also been used in maple sap beer in areas such as Vermont. [1]
The sugar maple is one of the most important Canadian trees, being, with the black maple, the major source of sap for making maple syrup. [23] Other maple species can be used as a sap source for maple syrup, but some have lower sugar content and/or produce more cloudy syrup than these two. [23] In maple syrup production from Acer saccharum, the ...
The theft a global strategic maple syrup preserve about two hours north of Montreal involved stealing about $18 million worth of maple syrup over several months in 2011 and 2012, making it one of ...
Maple syrup has been made for centuries by extracting sap from maple trees and then boiling it down — a process that leads to the “miracle of pure maple flavor” and the amber color, created ...
Maple syrup (25.9%) BeaverTails (9.3%) Peameal bacon and Timbits (7.4% each) According to an informal survey by The Globe and Mail conducted through Facebook from collected comments, users considered the following to be the Canadian national dish, with maple syrup likely above all the other foods if it were considered: [160] [better source needed]
French explorer and colonist Pierre Boucher described observing indigenous peoples making maple sugar in 1664. Maple sugar fabrication was introduced to New France by settlers of Swiss and Norman French origin during the 17th century. Their goal was the production of syrup for trade or sale, and for personal use during the cold winter months.
The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist (French: vol de sirop d'érable du siècle, lit. 'maple syrup heist of the century') was the theft over several months in 2011 and 2012 of nearly 3,000 tonnes (3,000 long tons; 3,300 short tons) of maple syrup, valued at C$18.7 million (equivalent to C$24.1 million in 2023) from a storage facility in Quebec.