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5. "can I use this cheap maple syrup ..."

Fri Nov 26, 2021, 07:21 PM

Nov 2021

'The 2020 United States average price per gallon was $32.00'
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Wisconsin/Publications/Crops/2021/WI-Maple-Syrup-06-21.pdf

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Canada releases 50 million pounds from maple syrup reserve amid global shortage [View all] left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 OP

I bet the late great John Candy would have made a maple syrup movie Submariner Nov 2021 #1

If someone else hadn't mentioned the Great Maple Syrup Heist, Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2021 #33

So can I use this cheap maple syrup to replace the high-price gas in my guzzler? erronis Nov 2021 #2

It is the Quebec syrup cartel. That "caban a sucre" to you. applegrove Nov 2021 #3

"can I use this cheap maple syrup ..." left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #5

I opened to see if it was 'the onion' empedocles Nov 2021 #6

Market Watch left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #7

If you can refine it to some form of alcohol. Nt raccoon Nov 2021 #25

"the world's maple syrup cartel" milestogo Nov 2021 #4

Yep -- serious matter left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #8

?? moreland01 Nov 2021 #9

More likely as the hotels and restaurants cut back on their orders Canada responded by cutting back cstanleytech Nov 2021 #17

SWEET!! Historic NY Nov 2021 #10

Hmmm...58 years old and I never knew there was a Maple Syrup Strategic Reserve! LudwigPastorius Nov 2021 #11

Is this the Onion? nt Wicked Blue Nov 2021 #12

No, it's MarketWatch left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #15

I thought the exact same thing....but it is true... Pachamama Nov 2021 #51

He who controls the syrup... Ouroborosnek Nov 2021 #13

Mmmmmmm....Bacon. COL Mustard Nov 2021 #42

I will be concerned when they tap their Strategic Beer Reserve aye. nt doc03 Nov 2021 #14

PROBLEM SOLVED!! BadGimp Nov 2021 #16

sadly there appears to be a shortage of frozen pancakes at my grocery store orleans Nov 2021 #22

We are stocked with maple syrup and maple sugar pandr32 Nov 2021 #18

Not so fast. Wouldn't real Canadians measure their maple syrup in liters instead of pounds? NT mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2021 #19

... left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #21

But why is a liquid commodity Karma13612 Nov 2021 #27

I heard a joke in Toronto not long after the conversion to the metric system. Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2021 #35

This news should stop people from making fun of Canada Kaleva Nov 2021 #20

Lol!!!!! LeftInTX Nov 2021 #45

don't like Maple syrup dem in texas Nov 2021 #23

Was it real maple syrup or pseudo-maple? Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2021 #36

No such thing as "too sweet" :) Polybius Nov 2021 #44

I can get plenty of great maple syrup from back home in Michigan. Crowman2009 Nov 2021 #24

It's funny really.. Karma13612 Nov 2021 #28

When my father worked for an oil company as a research engineer Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2021 #38

Lol! Karma13612 Nov 2021 #40

Most maple syrup that is sold in stores is maple flavored sugar water. twodogsbarking Nov 2021 #26

Aldi food store chain Karma13612 Nov 2021 #29

Then it is not 'maple syrup' left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #30

That was my point. Note the ingredients. twodogsbarking Nov 2021 #31

I noted the ingredients left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #32

Mission accomplished. Say no to high fructose. twodogsbarking Nov 2021 #34

Once i tried geniuine maple syrup SouthernDem4ever Nov 2021 #41

So my grandma making simple syrup and flavoring it, then putting it in a squeeze bottle... moriah Nov 2021 #48

I confess, I didn't know there was a Maple Syrup Reserve. malthaussen Nov 2021 #37

Google tells me ... left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #39

Lol Polybius Nov 2021 #43

It's billions of dollars, so yeah ... left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #46

I really love this headline, more than I should. moriah Nov 2021 #47

'Maple syrup' is only maple syrup left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #49

Of course -- real maple syrup is the real thing. moriah Nov 2021 #50

Hopefully not stored in old salt mines like the petroleum reserve. yellowcanine Nov 2021 #52