CANADA ~ Maple Syrup ~

... More Canadian beauties❤️... a really special one👍... fantastic new wooden postcard to add to my collection (nr4)... made of two-ply maple veneer... with the maple leaf as the national symbol, the product is synonymous with Canada... the sap of the sugar maple tree is one of the most delicious natural sweeteners in the world... the country produces 71% of the world’s supply... there are more than 8,600 maple syrup businesses in Canada.... the art of tapping maple trees and boiling the sap into a rich syrup was first taught to European settlers by the indigenous peoples of Canada... in dutch it is called "esdoornsiroop or ahornsiroop"... never tasted it... ( gonna look for it at my local supermarket)... I'm sure it will taste delicious on our Belgian waffles😋... Thanks so much Glenn!!【ツ】Must have been great fun, the Calgery Stampede!! YEE HAA🤠

In Canada, syrups must be made exclusively from maple sap to qualify as maple syrup and must also be at least 66 percent sugar.

How maple syrup is made:
In springtime, when the nights are still cold, water from the soil is absorbed into the maple tree. During the day, the warmer temperature creates pressure that pushes the water back down to the bottom of the tree, making it easy to collect the precious maple sap.The sap is gathered over 12 to 20 days, usually between early March and late April, according to the region.

Each maple tree is ‘tapped’ – a hole is drilled into the tree to a depth of around three inches, into which a metal spile is tapped. A lidded metal container is then hung from the spile to collect the sap.

After harvesting in the maple woods, the sap is transported to a sugar house, where it boils down to become pure maple syrup. During cooking, storage tank pipes feed sap to a long and narrow ridged pan called an evaporator. As it boils, water evaporates and becomes denser and sweeter. Sap boils until it reaches the density of maple syrup. About 40 litres (10.5 gallons) of sap boil down to one litre (about 0.25 gallons or one quart) of pure maple syrup. After evaporation, the finished Quebec syrup is taken to be inspected and graded before it is bottled or canned, and shipped.

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(Issued 17-06-2019)