decent maple syrup

Page 2 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.
Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
S

Sukhoi

Elite Member
Dec 5, 1999
15,350
106
106
I will brag that my dad buys grade B directly from the Amish in NE Ohio for about $25/gal.
 
S

Sukhoi

Elite Member
Dec 5, 1999
15,350
106
106
OverVolt said:
Maple syrup stealth brag? Does he drive it home in his BMW M5? Now I've officially seen everything on ATOT.
Click to expand...

Actually I was wrong. Talked to him earlier this evening, and it's $38/gal. But I'm still bragging.
 
JM Aggie08

JM Aggie08

Diamond Member
Jan 3, 2006
8,415
1,008
136
I spend $3.50/bottle because it's fucking syrup. I'm not some fat body that eats it more than once a week at, even at most.
 
Hayabusa Rider

Hayabusa Rider

Admin Emeritus & Elite Member
Jan 26, 2000
50,879
4,268
126
I spent about ten years between NH and VT so I think I have the same perspective as the natives.

Grade A Light is what you sell the tourists. They look at it and think it's like extra virgin olive oil and it's not. It's the least flavorful, but it has a nice light color in a clear glass bottle.

Grade A Medium Amber is what most use for their pancakes, although some like dark. Medium is my "go to" syrup. If I use dark it's for cooking. "B" I never saw, but I believe it's use as flavoring in commercial products more than anything else, but I do know some old timers who did "sugaring" on their own and used it all the time.

I can't abide anything other than the real stuff. To me Mrs. Butterworth is nothing more than dark colored corn syrup with something that if I pretend I can almost detect something which is vaguely reminiscent of maple flavoring. If I'm going out to breakfast and I plan on pancakes I'll take a bottle of the real stuff. There's about as much similarity between "pancake" and maple syrup as there is between the latter and motor oil.
 
KeithTalent

KeithTalent

Elite Member | Administrator | No Lifer
Administrator
Nov 30, 2005
50,231
118
116
No such thing. Maple syrup stinks for pancakes and waffles.

KT
 
feralkid

feralkid

Lifer
Jan 28, 2002
16,865
4,979
136
Hayabusa Rider said:
I spent about ten years between NH and VT so I think I have the same perspective as the natives.

Grade A Light is what you sell the tourists. They look at it and think it's like extra virgin olive oil and it's not. It's the least flavorful, but it has a nice light color in a clear glass bottle.

Grade A Medium Amber is what most use for their pancakes, although some like dark. Medium is my "go to" syrup. If I use dark it's for cooking. "B" I never saw, but I believe it's use as flavoring in commercial products more than anything else, but I do know some old timers who did "sugaring" on their own and used it all the time.

I can't abide anything other than the real stuff. To me Mrs. Butterworth is nothing more than dark colored corn syrup with something that if I pretend I can almost detect something which is vaguely reminiscent of maple flavoring. If I'm going out to breakfast and I plan on pancakes I'll take a bottle of the real stuff. There's about as much similarity between "pancake" and maple syrup as there is between the latter and motor oil.
Click to expand...

Grade C is the one used in commercial products. It isn't sold to the general public.
 
Hayabusa Rider

Hayabusa Rider

Admin Emeritus & Elite Member
Jan 26, 2000
50,879
4,268
126
feralkid said:
Grade C is the one used in commercial products. It isn't sold to the general public.
Click to expand...

Never saw that either :D

Anyway, some people don't like maple syrup, and that leaves more for the rest of us. I also know people who don't know the difference between a good steak and shoe leather :p
 
KeithTalent

KeithTalent

Elite Member | Administrator | No Lifer
Administrator
Nov 30, 2005
50,231
118
116
preslove said:
What do you prefer, instead?
Click to expand...

Just thick old table syrup. The basic stuff. I always find maple syrup too runny, or just overpowering where you can't even taste the waffles/cakes/toast.

KT
 
Scarpozzi

Scarpozzi

Lifer
Jun 13, 2000
26,392
1,780
126
That's my only gripe with real maple syrup. It takes us a long time to use the stuff up since we don't eat pancakes that often... I only buy it by the quart. I like medium amber the best. Good stuff.
 
ControlD

ControlD

Diamond Member
Apr 25, 2005
5,440
44
91
I bought some "real" maple syrup once, about two years ago I guess. Now, I like to make the family pancakes on Sunday mornings. This time around when I served the family I went ahead and poured some of that syrup on the hot cakes ahead of time. I wanted to surprise them you know?

Anyhow, I was a bit concerned that the stuff basically had the consistency of water. I went ahead and served it. I thought my daughter was going to punch me and my wife was going to divorce me. I gagged a little bit. That stuff sucked.

Luckily I had my trusty bottle of Log Cabin ready to roll. I tried to feed the offending pancakes to the dog but he passed on the opportunity. I made a new batch of pancakes, put a little extra of the good stuff on there and (barely) was forgiven by the family.

I tried to give the rest of the syrup away but ended up pouring it down the drain.
 
Last edited:
Linux23

Linux23

Lifer
Apr 9, 2000
11,374
741
126
the only reason i don't like maple syrup is because one time i bought maple syrup flavored sausage links and it had such a terrible, toxic smell that it took to days to get the stench out of my house.
 
vi edit

vi edit

Elite Member
Super Moderator
Oct 28, 1999
62,484
8,345
126
I'm a house divided. My wife loves that HFCS derived sludge that passes as syrup. I'm firmly entrenched in the the "real" maple syrup camp.

Our children are caught in the middle of the war and have to pick a permanent side.

I'd rather go hungry than subject a perfectly good pancake to that unholy abomination of goop that is squeezed out of a bottle.
 
DrPizza

DrPizza

Administrator Elite Member Goat Whisperer
Mar 5, 2001
49,601
167
111
www.slatebrookfarm.com
I too get mine locally. Sometimes from the Amish, sometimes from students who live on farms that produce maple syrup in the Spring. Very cheap compared to purchasing it in the store. I may even buy an extra gallon this coming Spring, just to turn it into maple candy.
 
OverVolt

OverVolt

Lifer
Aug 31, 2002
14,278
89
91
I actually prefer the HFCS stuff in the long run. Maple is too thin, and when it dries out it becomes more crystalline as oppose to sticky, like around the cap. I guess it would be like trying to say you're too good for HFCS and put honey on your pancakes instead, even though it would taste terrible.

They likely water down the maple syrup. Lame.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom