Maple syrup...one of my favorites!
Did you know that in most maple syrup brands like mrs. Butterworths there is 0% maple syrup? Want a real taste of syrup? Come to Morse farm in Montpelier, Vermont, a 200 year old place that makes 100% PURE MAPLE SYRUP! Yum! It takes 40 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup out the sugar maple trees. To keep their sap sanitary they use plastic tubes to bring in the sap. They have only 6 weeks to collect their syrup and as these six weeks progress, different grades of the sweet sugary goodness is made. First is a transparent, light-flavored syrup called Fancy. A little later in the season they produce a darker, sweeter flavor Grade A medium. . The third grade is darker and distinct, my personal favorite Grade A Dark. It is sweeter and the flavor is more defined than the other two grades. The final grade is Grade B for cooking or die-hard fans, it is made at the very end of the season when the bugs are on the verge of emerging and it's very strong.
We liked visiting the 200 year old Sugar Shack and learning about how this process is done each Feb/March! Was on my mom's life's checklist. She'd always wondered. Now we know! No more Mrs. Butterworths!
http://www.vermontmaple.org/grades.php
You can order from them too by mail...visit their site.
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