Pretty soon he'll be telling us that real maple syrup tastes bad.

I had a friend whom I asked if she wanted me to bring anything back from the US, to Germany.

The only thing she requested was pancake syrup. Extra sweet, or sweet in a different way, I guess.

I found it slightly horrifying, but the US is mostly known for heavily-processed foods, and I dutifully packed Mrs. Butterworth into my suitcase.

And, for the record, it _is_ hard to find pancake syrup here, but maple syrup (Ahornsirip) is easy to find, so long as you're happy with Canadian maple syrup.

Though the grading systems seem all over the place. Like maple syrup grading in general, I suppose, but that's a different discussion.

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I found it slightly horrifying, but the US is mostly known for heavily-processed foods, and I dutifully packed Mrs. Butterworth into
my suitcase.

Yuck. I'm too much acclimated to the real stuff. I can't stand the fake stuff anymore.

And, for the record, it _is_ hard to find pancake syrup here, but maple syrup (Ahornsirip) is easy to find, so long as you're happy with
Canadian maple syrup.

There's a difference between Canadian and U.S. maple syrup?
(other than "maple syrup" and "maple syrup, eh?" 8) )


A friend of ours was going to Japan and would be visiting families there. One custom in Japan is the giving of small gifts (sort of like souvenirs). We picked him up a bunch of 4oz bottles of real maple syrup made near by here. He said that went over very well in Japan.


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Im ok with Canadian style.

However when I go to England I might do a grocery run and see what fun foods I can eat and make.


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There's a difference between Canadian and U.S. maple syrup?
(other than "maple syrup" and "maple syrup, eh?" 8) )

I don't think there really is, but different trees, different place, there's probably some hint of place to it.

The only big difference, in my book, is wanting maple syrup from a particular area because you have some sort of connection to that area (or dislike Canada or something).

Now, the _darkness_ of syrups makes a much larger difference in flavor, but that's more a factor of when in the season a syrup gets harvested.

souvenirs). We picked him up a bunch of 4oz bottles of real maple syrup made near by here. He said that went over very well in Japan.

Nifty!

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Dr. What wrote to Adept <=-

And, for the record, it _is_ hard to find pancake syrup here, but maple syrup (Ahornsirip) is easy to find, so long as you're happy with
Canadian maple syrup.

There's a difference between Canadian and U.S. maple syrup?
(other than "maple syrup" and "maple syrup, eh?" 8) )

I am guessing the difference is that the "pancake" syrup is processed and sweetened, where the ahornsirip maybe is not.

A friend of ours was going to Japan and would be visiting families
there. One custom in Japan is the giving of small gifts (sort of like souvenirs). We picked him up a bunch of 4oz bottles of real maple
syrup made near by here. He said that went over very well in Japan.

When I think of places in the US to get real maple syrup, I would think of northern tier states, like Michigan, + New England so I am not too
surprised it was good.

Well, those places and Funk's Grove, Illinois. :)


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And, for the record, it _is_ hard to find pancake syrup here, but map syrup (Ahornsirip) is easy to find, so long as you're happy with Canadian maple syrup.

There's a difference between Canadian and U.S. maple syrup?
(other than "maple syrup" and "maple syrup, eh?" 8) )

I am guessing the difference is that the "pancake" syrup is processed and sweetened, where the ahornsirip maybe is not.

When I said it, I was thinking about it more in the, "Made in Germany" sense.

E.g., if you buy a t-shirt, it probably doesn't matter which country it came from, beyond whether or not they're likely to have used a quality manufacturing process and/or good cotton.

But maple syrup is made by boiling down sap from maple trees, in the early spring when it's above freezing during the day and below freezing during the night. You'll get a similar product north or south of the Canadian border.

What's probably more important is how late in the season people make the maple syrup -- the later in the season it is, the darker the syrup tends to be, and the more intense the flavor is.

And that darkness is put on a scale, with the scale changing depending on country, and, going back a few years, changing _within_ a country, because of things like how people thought that grade A is better than grade B, when "grade B" just meant, "this is darker, and has more maple flavor". So now, in some places, it's, e.g., "grade A dark amber".

Pancake syrup, on the other hand, is something that's a recipe, chosen by manufacturers

(And "Ahornsirup" is just the direct translation of "maple syrup".)

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And, for the record, it _is_ hard to find pancake syrup here, but map syrup (Ahornsirip) is easy to find, so long as you're happy with Canadian maple syrup.

There's a difference between Canadian and U.S. maple syrup?
(other than "maple syrup" and "maple syrup, eh?" 8) )

I used to grow & make cane syrup. Its 100% sugarcane with nothing added. Has a unique flavor to it. Most of the pancake syrups down here in my area are from sugarcane with a bit of corn syrup mixed in to sooth the flavor.

One thing I learned making syrup everyone has their own preferences. A lot of folks love 100% cane syrup but I'm more of a Mrs. Butterworth fan. Never could get a taste for Maple Syrup either. :)

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