#21 BARB'S REFLECTIVE 150- MAPLE SYRUP

Maple syrup is so Canadian and so good. On pancakes, in fudge and baking and even snow cones dipped in it, no one leaves without a smile. March is Maple Syrup month.

It can be found in many locations. The farm, the markets and even the supermarket. The PC brand costing $10.00 for the bottle in the picture is an easy find. Depending where it is bought there are a variety of containers.

On a farmer's market trip to Cambridge we bought the 2 Litres jug from this sweet company.
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Shady Grove Maple Co
During a family trip to St. Joseph's Island, we discovered it was the largest producer of Maple Syrup in Ontario.

Thompson's Maple Products was a fun jaunt with family.
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Thompson's Maple Products
Thompson
We came home with some products from this wonderful location.
Other market trips like St. Jacob's yielded wonderful jugs of the product.
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St.Jacob's Market
Although lots of maple syrup comes from Ontario, Quebec is the largest producer in the country and I believe in the world. Calls for a trip to La belle province to visit some locations and buy their syrup.
For those that love maple syrup, it does comes in lighter and darker versions.
Some of the best maple syrup I have used comes from my brother Ron and wife Sheila who live on St. Joseph's idea. He has a small sugar bush and bottles his own syrup for personal consumption. It is dark and very tasty.
In our area here in York Region, there was the Baker sugar bush at Bathurst and Highway 7. Gone now but there is a street name after them. The Baker family was an original Pennsylvania family that settled in the area in 1790.
The conservation areas in the province have special days for obtaining the sap to make the syrup. Bruce's Mills near us has school trips for young people to learn about this important heritage.
Thanks to our First Nations people who introduced it to the White Man, it is definitely a very Canadian tradition. Yes it does come from the sap in a Maple tree!
There are lots of sites that have history and information on the process of gathering the sap and boiling it to sugar. Try visiting some sites then go to an actual location. Lots of fun for the whole family!

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