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Not The Onion@lemmy.worldby10MeterFeldweg@feddit.org
19 days

Quebec's strategic maple syrup reserve running dry amid high demand

www.ctvnews.ca English

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/72623197

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    The head of Quebec’s maple syrup producer’s association says the province’s strategic syrup reserve has run dry amid high demand for the product.

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    • Varesti@lemmy.zipEnglish
      19 days

      How do people use that much syrup? I’ve had one bottle for like 10 years.

        • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineEnglish
          19 days
          • good substitute for honey
          • amazing on oatmeal
          • BEANS
            • Varesti@lemmy.zipEnglish
              19 days

              I don’t really use honey either, lol.

                • whoisearth@lemmy.caEnglish
                  19 days

                  Bee vomit is the best

                    • Billegh@lemmy.worldEnglish
                      19 days

                      Distilled tree blood is better

                      • GreyEyedGhost@piefed.caEnglish
                        18 days

                        It’s my favorite insect vomit! I don’t usually mix it with my bacteria poop, though. I did try the bacteria poop made with bee vomit one time, and it wasn’t quite what I hoped for. I will have to try different varieties.

                    • DoGeeseSeeGod@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                      19 days

                      Beans???

                        • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineEnglish
                          18 days

                          Dear comrade, have you not heard the good word of maple beans, the heart of a good cabane à sucre menu?

                          The ones I make are not the most traditional, but I just use tomato sauce (literally just milled and canned tomatoes I can at home, not like a prepared seasoned sauce), maple syrup, mustard powder and salt. It’s by eye and to taste but maybe 4 cups of dry beans, 1 L sauce, 1-2 tbsp mustard powder, salt to taste and syrup to taste. I soak the beans and cook in the electric pressure cooker, so I add more water if I think the sauce isn’t enough (it typically isn’t). I’ll add some salt to start, but will add more after it’s done and add the syrup once it’s done too.

                          Eta: I’m 3rd gen slavic (I know how insane this sentence is everywhere else in the world but that’s how white people talk to each other here sorry) but I moved to eastern ontario a couple of years back and am trying to assimilate lol.

                            • whoisearth@lemmy.caEnglish
                              19 days

                              As a 2nd generation Canadian with British Parents, maple beans are just *chef’s kiss

                              • Malica@lemmy.zipEnglish
                                18 days

                                I’m definitely trying this, thanks for sharing!

                            • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
                              18 days

                              Peanut butter and maple sandwiches!

                                • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineEnglish
                                  18 days

                                  Reading that sentence spiked my blood sugar lol

                                  It’s too sweet for me to use as a condiment most of the time but I love it as an ingredient. It’s also a fun annual tradition!

                                • Malica@lemmy.zipEnglish
                                  18 days

                                  Beans? I’m intrigued.

                                    • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineEnglish
                                      18 days

                                      Shared more info in another comment.

                                        • Malica@lemmy.zipEnglish
                                          18 days

                                          I saw it after I commented, definitely trying it out, thanks!

                                            • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineEnglish
                                              18 days

                                              Lol if anyone ever needs proof that I don’t hold grudges on the fedverse, this is proof (I simply do not read usernames I guess 🤷‍♀️)

                                              Eta: despite it all showing up in my notifications at once I simply did not realize this wasn’t two different people lol

                                      • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                                        19 days

                                        They eat different things than you.

                                          • Varesti@lemmy.zipEnglish
                                            18 days

                                            🤯

                                          • phdepressed@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                                            19 days

                                            You can use it in place of brown sugar in a lot of recipes and add it on top of most breakfast foods.

                                              • Varesti@lemmy.zipEnglish
                                                19 days

                                                I rarely cook with brown sugar and I’m not sure which breakfast foods I’d put it on besides pancakes, waffles, or french toast. But I never really feel like eating those either.

                                                  • phdepressed@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                                                    19 days

                                                    Oatmeal? Guess you don’t bake or have kids. Also as should be obvious this only applies to actual maple syrup not a caramel colored corn syrup thing.

                                                      • TryingSomethingNew@sopuli.xyzEnglish
                                                        19 days

                                                        Look for the culturally-insensitive label of Canadians, not the culturally-insensitive one of slavery.

                                                        • Varesti@lemmy.zipEnglish
                                                          18 days

                                                          I SHOULD try some oatmeal again, it has been a while. No kids and I bake, but it’s usually savory things. I replied to another comment, but it’s real maple syrup in a glass jug and everything, lol.

                                                    • Bo7a@piefed.caEnglish
                                                      19 days

                                                      For me it replaces white sugar almost everywhere.

                                                        • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                          18 days

                                                          Yeah, it’s a great sweetener, one of my gotos when balancing flavours (along with salt, lemon juice/vinegar, and soy sauce/mushrooms).

                                                          • Varesti@lemmy.zipEnglish
                                                            18 days

                                                            Someone else said brown sugar.

                                                            What about powdered sugar?

                                                            (As a replacement.)

                                                              • Bo7a@piefed.caEnglish
                                                                18 days

                                                                powdered sugar has a weird effect on me. It always tastes just a little bit like sachharine (too sweet, and goes into the realm of unpleasant)

                                                                I use the maple syrup because I live in Quebec where it is somewhat affordable and am T2 diabetic. I cut out most sugar in my life, but coffee is somewhere I am not willing to compromise. I tested the glycemic load of maple sugar on my blood and it was significantly lower than white sugar, so I use that now.

                                                                • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
                                                                  18 days

                                                                  powder is usually for baking stuff, not really a subsitute for normal sugar.

                                                              • Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
                                                                19 days

                                                                Have more pancakes, waffles, French toast, French toast sticks.

                                                                  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
                                                                    19 days

                                                                    …daibetes

                                                                    • Varesti@lemmy.zipEnglish
                                                                      18 days

                                                                      Yeah, I really don’t… Maybe if I had guests or something.

                                                                      Edit: I have also eaten all 3 without any syrup and just butter before. 😆

                                                                        • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
                                                                          19 days

                                                                          We do breakfast for dinner every other week.

                                                                      • Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radioEnglish
                                                                        18 days

                                                                        You obviously dont know how to eat breakfast right.

                                                                          • Varesti@lemmy.zipEnglish
                                                                            18 days

                                                                          • ayyy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                                                                            18 days

                                                                            Diabetes and obesity are very common.

                                                                            • myyass@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                                              18 days

                                                                              Depending on the grade, even just a spoonful straight everyday lol

                                                                                • Varesti@lemmy.zipEnglish
                                                                                  18 days

                                                                                  You’re built different.

                                                                                • twistypencil@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                                                  19 days

                                                                                  Must not be good/real

                                                                                    • Varesti@lemmy.zipEnglish
                                                                                      19 days

                                                                                      It’s real maple syrup, I just don’t use it very often.

                                                                                    • StupendousMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                                                                      18 days

                                                                                      Or is a good sweetener for Matcha Lattes.

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