It is once again that wonderful time of year when the days are getting longer, the snow is melting, the temperatures are rising, and the maple sap starts flowing. For the last 10 years we have enjoyed attending the Maple in the County festival to visit the local sugar shacks, farms, and local businesses, where we get our fill of maple syrup and pancakes. We also love the maple candy, maple cotton candy, and other maple flavoured treats we find, but the main take home prize is always a nice big bottle of pure maple syrup. I mean, growing up in Newfoundland, we thought maple syrup was made by Aunt Jemima, but now we are maple syrup snobs – although Dan still has a soft spot for the other stuff and we keep an emergency bottle on hand, just in case.
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