NH Maple Syrups: Don't be Fooled by Imitations’

The best to store syrup is in the freezer!! It won't freeze and will stay fresh for a long time.Maple syrup was one of the first natural sweeteners. It is 100% fat free and, unlike cane sugar, contains some vitamins.  So do not think twice about over indulging in this sacred and decadent treat.The slow process of procuring the sap and the tree hopefully alleviates the pain in the wallet when purchasing a gallon of ‘genuine NH maple syrup’ that price tag will run you about $40 a gallon.  Up here in these parts, far away from Anywhere, USA, we take pride in our brown wine:Grade Light Amber - Delicately sweet maple flavor.Grade Medium Amber - More maple flavor, less sweet than the Light.Grade Dark Amber - Darker still, this syrup has a hearty maple flavor.Grade B - Dark as can be. Used for cooking and flavoring products.The Sugar Maple is the preferred tree to tap. It has about 2.5% sugar in its sap.It takes 30 - 40 years for a maple tree to grow large enough to be tapped.You have to collect approximately 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of maple syrup.View the list »
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Thoughts of the strange happenings in NH: Canterbury has long since been known as the town of the: UMNRY, Upwardly Mobile Now Retired Young crowd. Earthy, rustic, Non-denominational, persons living life out in the woods and residing in French Farm Houses and always waving at people they don’t know.

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Canterbury also is known by those who grew up there as the best place to be a kid during maple syrup season.

Little known but good to know useful and useless facts on the Maple Syrup industry in NH:

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  • The Sugar Maple is the preferred tree to tap. It has about 2.5% sugar in its sap.It takes 30 - 40 years for a maple tree to grow large enough to be tapped.You have to collect approximately 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of maple syrup.
  • The slow process of procuring the sap and the tree hopefully alleviates the pain in the wallet when purchasing a gallon of ‘genuine NH maple syrup’ that price tag will run you about $40 a gallon.  Up here in these parts, far away from Anywhere, USA, we take pride in our brown wine:Grade Light Amber - Delicately sweet maple flavor.Grade Medium Amber - More maple flavor, less sweet than the Light.Grade Dark Amber - Darker still, this syrup has a hearty maple flavor.Grade B - Dark as can be. Used for cooking and flavoring products.
  • The best to store syrup is in the freezer!! It won't freeze and will stay fresh for a long time.Maple syrup was one of the first natural sweeteners. It is 100% fat free and, unlike cane sugar, contains some vitamins.  So do not think twice about over indulging in this sacred and decadent treat.
  • Native Americans taught us this trade back in 1540 and it has produced in NH alone; 4,000 seasonal jobs a year.  The Granite State manufactures 9% of all ‘Grade A’ maple syrup tapped in the world.  More relevantly, NH maple syrup tapping, sapping and tasting is a big boom for our tourist industry.
  • Should one prepare for the doomsday of the Sugar Maple?  Perhaps!  There is speculation that with global warming, a shift in the earth’s climate and a new breed of tree devouring insects spawning every year; the Sugar Maple maybe in short demand soon. To find out more about the art of Making Maple: http://www.nhmapleproducers.com or just head north to the Maple Museum, The Rocks Estate in Bethlehem, NH
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