This is one of my favorite times of year in the Finger Lakes Region of New York. The sap starts flowing and maple trees are tapped to collect this treasure. Then the sap is boiled down until is produces that sweet amber liquid- maple syrup.
All the weekends in March, you can go to farms and watch demonstration about how the sap in collected as well as view the cooking and heating of it down to the syrup. It takes about 50-60 buckets of sap to make 1 gallon.
So this Sunday morning, I headed out to a farm near me for their Maple Festival. I began with feasting at their All-You-Can-Eat Pancake breakfast featuring their pure maple syrup. I also indulged in a maple frosted donut- pure scrumptiousness. Usually, I would devour a donut but this time I took small bites and enjoyed that fresh maple frosting that can’t be had any other time of year but March.
Once I was filled to the brim with pancakes and sweetness, I walked the trails through the sugarbush and saw the bucket taps as well as the new lines used to collect too. It truly is amazing what trees provide for us.
If you have never tasted pure maple syrup, you are definitely missing out. I splurge and purchase only NY state maple syrup all year.
Syrup means spring is right around the corner. So maple syruping season is always filled with sweetness for that reason too.
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5 responses to “Maple Syrup IS a Season- Day 18 SOLSC”
Sometimes you wolf food other times you take small bites to savor the taste. This was definitely a small bite to savor occasion. I admit that my maple syrup experience is limited to Log Cabin. No where near the same.
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Yum! A long time ago when I taught 2nd grade, we would take our students maple sugaring at a nearby farm. I have sweet memories of those trips. Thanks for spurring my memory!
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Maple sugaring is such a fun process. And you’re right, there’s nothing like the real thing. I’d be most interested in the all-you-can-eat challenge. That’s how I would view it anyway.
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Maple syrup is literally the best. I recently took my four year old daughter to a local maple sugaring event and loved learning all about it.
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I agree with Bob. Fresh maple syrup on pancakes need to be eaten slowly and linger with the taste. Thanks for sharing the experience. Even though I great up In Syracuse, I never had the opportunity to enjoy a working maple syrup farm.
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