What side do you fall on? Since being re-introduced to the authentic stuff many years ago, no carmel-colored corn syrup has darkened my doorstep. Maple Syrup has been a joy that junior and I shared for breakfast since he was a toddler. He won’t eat pancakes with the mass market corn syrups.
Fake stuff.
Real stuff is too sweet and too expensive for my tastes.
I’m with you! I even hate the smell of the cheap stuff. However my H likes the corn syrup variety. He says real maple syrup isn’t sweet enough. Usually he is not a big sweet eater so I just don’t get it.
Real stuff.
No contest. I use very little, so it lasts a long time and I avoid corn syrup as much as possible.
Real maple syrup. I’m a New Englander…the stuff comes from these parts.
When I lived in the Midwest, I really never had the chance to taste the real thing…because everyone there used Mrs. Butterworths or Log Cabin.
I hate the way the fake stuff is all thick and gooey.
We also make sweetened fruit puree when it’s in season and freeze it use all year and it’s just great to have something like blackberry syrup on your waffles in the middle of winter!
Not just real stuff – Grade B (baker’s) real stuff. I’ll tolerate Grade A dark amber, but Grade B is really the way to go.
Not just real (a life long preference from this native upstate ny-er) but lately the home made one produced by a childhood friend who has a small farm.
O. M. G. I have become one of those pretentious “I only consume artisanal products where I have personally stroked the bark of the tree lovingly under the full moon” people.
I’d apologize, but you’ll pry my maple syrup from my cold, dead, glucose covered hands.
We just had this discussion in my house. I am from NH. I will not use the fake stuff at all. When I was lower income I DID buy the Log Cabin brand which had a drop or two of real in their ingredients. Two of my kids only like the fake but my son did a school project when we lived back east where they made their own syrup so HE uses the correct kind.
My H grew up with a southern mom who used some kind of sugar syrup-I forget what it’s called, but it doesn’t even have maple flavor. He doesn’t like the real maple at all. The real stuff IS very sweet, but you really don’t need much, and it’s supposed to be thin. Best when warmed a little.
I’m also a grade B person, but I usually end up with grade A dark because it’s common here.
The real stuff, besides the flavor (and I love the grade B, it is less filtered and more hardy), maple syrup in terms of sugar is less harmful to you then the corn syrup, aka HFC, they use in the fake stuff, not to mention the fake stuff has other additives, preservatives, etc. All sugars have downsides, in terms of calories and such, but Maple tends to be more healthy than the fake crap is, lower glycemic index and so forth. And, again, it tastes better!
Real.
Only the real deal.
Since I go into tachycardia from any preservatives or sulfites, I have to opt for the real stuff. I use it on my oatmeal and i mix a spoonful into my plain yogurt.
High fructose corn syrup? Real maple? No even a choice. Real…always
Ha, I think the real stuff is too thin and runny! We live in maple syrup country, but I didn’t grow up with it and still don’t like it that much. People right around the corner from us are tapping their maple trees now. I do think that’s cool!
Tis the season, or actually getting close to the end. The sap is running and the sap sheds are belching sweet fumes. Lots of people collect sap and make syrup in our area. It has to be the real thing in our home.
Part of Mr. Ellebud’s family is French Canadian. Real maple syrup…end of discussion.
We usually buy the large bottle of real maple syrup from costco.
I do have some family members who pour out too much though. They still need training.
Yes, the real stuff is pricey but good things are worth the expense and like others said, a little goes a long way. A small bottle of the maple syrup will last for months at my house. The next question is 'who makes the best, New England, New York or the Midwest? I sent Lake Jr. a quart of Wisconsin Maple Syrup and he raved about it.