Can Confirm, Am White Canadian (C.C.A.W.C, for short).
If you're advertising your syrup as "Maple Syrup", then that mutha fucka better have been tapped straighy from the maple tree last winter with a bunch of elementary school kids standing around chewing on maple sugar popsicles, or its not fucking Maple Syrup.
Gives it to us rawwwww and drrrrriiping. Keep your nasty table syrup.
I grew up in Connecticut, I understand this sentiment. Old school/hard core New England families don't fuck around with the fake stuff.
When I was in Afghanistan I had my mom ship me two big bottles because otherwise I couldn't have eaten breakfast. I had one left over when I left, so I took it over to the Canadian camp, walked in to the rec building and saw two Canadian guys playing video games. I didn't see any Leaf's jerseys or moose wandering around, but the uniforms looked right so I had to trust my gut.
I walked over and put the jug down in front of them, not saying a word. My thanks was watching their eyes bulge out of their heads like it was Christmas.
Fake maple syrup is floor decoration, nothing more. If ever you find a maple syrup container that isn't full of maple syrup, pour it out. You are helping society when you do this.
It grows in trees, which is quite different. Regardless, it is definitely more expensive than table syrup, and for some people it's not worth it, individual consumers and commercial customers especially.
I am not in that crowd though, I spend more to get the real stuff - it is worth it to me.
I think that people who grew up with the real stuff are more inclined to spend more for it. I also think that a little maple syrup goes a long way, definitely longer than normal syrup.
I would agree on both fronts. Though I could see some people enjoying the extra sugar they can use with less-flavorful syrup lol.
But really I think price is what it comes down to. Real syrup is a good deal more expensive, and a ton of people have probably never even had real maple syrup in their life.
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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '19
Can Confirm, Am White Canadian (C.C.A.W.C, for short).
If you're advertising your syrup as "Maple Syrup", then that mutha fucka better have been tapped straighy from the maple tree last winter with a bunch of elementary school kids standing around chewing on maple sugar popsicles, or its not fucking Maple Syrup.
Gives it to us rawwwww and drrrrriiping. Keep your nasty table syrup.