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Wood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't. (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 4 months ago by hperrin to c/showerthoughts

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[–] Bertuccio 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

No idea why you've got any downvotes.

This is very true. You have to search for actual maple syrup in the US.

EDIT: Yeah. I know how to find actual maple syrup, folks. There was a time long ago when products actually looked like what you were buying and weren't all imitation crap. There was no such thing as corn-syrup labeled "breakfast syrup" or "maple-flavored syrup" or "Real syrup" in giant bold text and "with maple flavor" in tiny font somewhere distant.

Stop defending deceptive product labeling.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago

he's getting downvoted cause what he said isn't true.

If it says Maple Syrup, it is. From wikipedia: In the United States, a syrup must be made almost entirely from maple sap to be labelled as "maple", though states such as Vermont and New York have more restrictive definitions.

your guy is calling corn syrup stuff maple syrup when all you gotta do is look at the dang label

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I literally have never had a hard time finding real maple syrup unless I'm in a gas station or something.

Maybe it's because I'm in the Midwest and sugar maple is absolutely everywhere, but it's very, very easy to find real maple. Yes it's more expensive, and absolutely yes it tastes far better.

Maple syrup to "pancake syrup" is like real butter to hydrogenated palm oil. My mother uses the Blue Bonnet margarine, and I used to use it growing up. As an adult I've only used real stick butter and god, going back home sometimes for dinner can really suck. Margarine is so chemical-tasting, how the hell do people butter their toast with it?

[–] Duamerthrax 4 points 4 months ago

NJ here. No problem finding it. You can even get Maple Syrup made in the state if you really want. There are people near me who do it as a hobby.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

The downvotes are because he's legally incorrect

Maple sirup is the liquid food derived by concentration and heat treatment of the sap of the maple tree (Acer ) or by solution in water of maple sugar (mapel concrete) made from such sap. It contains not less than 66 percent by weight of soluble solids derived solely from such sap.

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=168.140

[–] Duamerthrax 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You have to search for the word 'maple". If it just says Syrup, it's made from corn syrup. This is true everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Except for the corn part. Sugar sources vary around the world.