Posted: 4/7/2010 4:15:48 PM EDT
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Maybe I’m the only one that does not know this but I was eating breakfast the other morning and was reading the ingredients of my maple syrup and it was made from corn syrup and artificial flavorings no where did it say any thing about maple syrup I was like WTF so today when I was groceries shopping I went looking for 100% real maple syrup and to my surprise I could not find a single bottle in the store that was not artificially flavored and colored corn syrup so who know of some real maple syrup companies any places to order it from?
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Don't have that problem here.  I live in Wisconsin and buy from folks who make it themselves. The sap just got done running, and most folks have already finished up making their last batches. Cost for 1 quart of maple syrup = $8. I usually buy a couple a year. For you guys buying in in the stores or on-line, all I can say is WOW. They want almost $20-$30 a quart for this stuff?? Didn't know I had it so good. Not saying you're getting hosed- just that being local without distribution and margin costs, makes for a whole lot cheaper. Most folks I know make it as a fun side hobby. Here's a very quick test to tell if you have real genuine maple syrup (aside from reading the label). If it's nice and thick, like you used to have on your pancakes as a kid? It's fake. Real maple syrup is thin - almost like water. While we're at it, that cheap real Mexican vanilla you got south of the boarder? Yea that's fake too. Real vanilla has an amber hue, and costs more in Mexico than it does in the USA. The artificial Mexican stuff has things in it you don't want. |
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Don't have that problem here. I live in Wisconsin and buy from folks who make it themselves. The sap just got done running, and most folks have already finished up making their last batches. Cost for 1 quart of maple syrup = $8. I usually buy a couple a year. For you guys buying in in the stores or on-line, all I can say is WOW. They want almost $20-$30 a quart for this stuff?? Didn't know I had it so good. Not saying you're getting hosed- just that being local without distribution and margin costs, makes for a whole lot cheaper. Most folks I know make it as a fun side hobby. Here's a very quick test to tell if you have real genuine maple syrup. If it's nice and thick, like you used to have on your pancakes as a kid? It's fake. Real maple syrup is thin - almost like water. While we're at it, that cheap real Mexican vanilla you got south of the boarder? Yea that's fake too. Real vanilla has an amber hue, and costs more in Mexico than it does in the USA. The artificial Mexican stuff actually has things in it you don't want. We make it ourselves, nothing better than fresh maple; mmmm. 
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Its pretty simple to get maple syrup. The bottles are half the size of everything else and twice as expensive. Outside of that it takes very little perception to see what your getting. Maple syrup is clearly labeled on the bottle. But price is the easiest indication.
I DONT eat the corn syrup. At all. Maple or jelly. I could blind taste test the difference 10 times out of 10, I have no idea how you could be eating flavored corn syrup and not know it. Frankly I wish I could, I'd save a bundle on my pancakes! 
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| Wow I had no idea that this was pretty much common knowledge and that it had been going on for so long. I guess it kind of like cheap tequila is just flavored and colored vodka. I will defiantly get some of the real stuff from now on, some of the links look like they should have what I’m looking for and since I maybe go through 2-3 bottles of the fake syrup each year the prices of the real stuff wont be to bad. How long will 100% maple syrup last for is it kind of like honey and just turns to sugar? |
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Wow I had no idea that this was pretty much common knowledge and that it had been going on for so long. I guess it kind of like cheap tequila is just flavored and colored vodka. I will defiantly get some of the real stuff from now on, some of the links look like they should have what I’m looking for and since I maybe go through 2-3 bottles of the fake syrup each year the prices of the real stuff wont be to bad. How long will 100% maple syrup last for is it kind of like honey and just turns to sugar? Real maple syrup will last for years. Once opened, it should be refrigerated though - you will get a bio growth on the surface if you do not. It's sterile until you open it though. Because it's so thin, you will probably use it faster than the fake stuff - it soaks up a lot faster. |
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Wow I had no idea that this was pretty much common knowledge and that it had been going on for so long. I guess it kind of like cheap tequila is just flavored and colored vodka. I will defiantly get some of the real stuff from now on, some of the links look like they should have what I’m looking for and since I maybe go through 2-3 bottles of the fake syrup each year the prices of the real stuff wont be to bad. How long will 100% maple syrup last for is it kind of like honey and just turns to sugar? I dont think I have ever seen that kind of "tequila" .... Even the cheap stuff I have had was 100% blue agave... you must be shopping at the knockoff food store
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| My brother was a butcher at a grocery store and I was a bit hammered one afternoon and went in to see him for some steaks. The movie super troopers had just come out and he dared me to chug a bottle of syrup. Being the intoxicated big brother roll model that I am, I chugged the shit out of that syrup. Then my bro informed me that I just chugged a $25 bottle of syrup. Good times. |
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Actually most people do not prefer 100% Maple Syrup unless they were pretty much weened on it. Due to cost, the food industry has gotten away from it over the last 3-4 decades going from more concentrated blends, to less concentrated blends, to completely away.
Pretty much pure most people say pure Maple syrup and blends have the same shelf life of about one year before you can develop a mold on top. What they typically don't mention is old school those on the farm who made their own, typically skimmed the mold off, then boiled the syrup for use. We called that aged syrup much as one would age meat and actually its not hard to prefer its taste more than fresh. Now a neat thing to do is by the inexpensive syrups and then use your 100% to blend your own avoiding that people are use to the blends thing and you can blend to taste satisfying both pallets. The inverse of that in a pinch to make it stretch, make some brown sugar syrup then add pure maple syrup basically making your own blend from scratch. If you are looking for long term storage, I highly recommend honey instead of syrups. It has an amazing shelf life. Though commercial honey will have an expiration date on the jar, Honey has been known to be good after 2,000 years. Honey not only makes a good stand alone syrup that you actually need to use less, but is also a good blend natural sugar with pure Maple, syrups, and brown sugar syrups. Tj |
| I save up 1gal or real maple syrup. My parents would come down and see the kids and they always go to the Cracker Barrel so I started saving the bottles of unused syrup. If you take a look they sell it for $1.99 for that small bottle. There was a recipe for making corn cob syrup that I'm trying to find |
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I save up 1gal or real maple syrup. My parents would come down and see the kids and they always go to the Cracker Barrel so I started saving the bottles of unused syrup. If you take a look they sell it for $1.99 for that small bottle. There was a recipe for making corn cob syrup that I'm trying to find If it helps, that was called grain sorghum not to be confused with cane sorghum. The making was very similar, however today I'm sure its more of a mix than a from scratch process. They still make cane sorghum here in southern Appalachia even today. Good stuff especially on hot biscuits. Its my understanding grain sorghum was a poplar dish west of the Mississippi in the plain states where neither sugar maple or sugar cane was available. That may help in your search. People tend to think so much these days in modern terms of export but it just wasn't that long ago items like a syrup for your biscuit or pancakes just wasn't due to its low cost a popular imported item and people made due with what they had on hand. It wasn't until the 1950s probably and Aunt Jemimah that maple syrup became widespread popular. Some places like where my family was from had both sugar Maple and sugar cane, others just had sugar Maple or sugar cane, and some neither. Its the neither where you'll find grain sorghum. Tj |
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Maybe I’m the only one that does not know this but I was eating breakfast the other morning and was reading the ingredients of my maple syrup and it was made from corn syrup and artificial flavorings no where did it say any thing about maple syrup I was like WTF so today when I was groceries shopping I went looking for 100% real maple syrup and to my surprise I could not find a single bottle in the store that was not artificially flavored and colored corn syrup so who know of some real maple syrup companies any places to order it from? Last year I noticed at McDonald's that the package of honey said "honey sauce". A closer inspection showed that there was no honey in the sauce. Only honey flavored HF corn syrup. I don't know what is coming to this world. My neighbors only know food that comes in a wrapper and can be microwaved or fast food / take out. People think I'm crazy when I tell them I'm trying to grow all my meat & greens/veggies. Like something is wrong with me. Not to hijack but, families used cherish dinners. They cooked their dinners, usually together. SS |
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I grew up with "maple syrup" made by my Mom - it was a simple sugar syrup with maple extract.  And we loved it!
She never pretended it was real, though. We always had half karo / half aunt jamimas. I only buy 100% maple now. I find I use alot less syrup now that i use only maple. |