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31. All my life my mom bought Aunt Jemima "syrup"

Thu Jan 29, 2015, 06:48 PM

Jan 2015

I never knew any different. I had no idea what real maple syrup tasted like until about 5 years ago when we went to an Amish restaurant and had it on corn cakes.

Now I'm a little mad at mom.

My grandpa thought it was pretty funny to feed me blackstrap molasses (homemade by some guy from Sopchoppy, FL) one time. Looking back it probably was pretty funny for him and his friends but I was not appreciative at the time. Nastiest thing I've put in my mouth yet.

I love maple syrup on pancakes and waffles and french toast but I put honey on cornbread. My wife thinks I'm a weirdo for putting syrup on French toast - she eats it savory with just butter salt and pepper. I never heard of such a thing - and the things is, I love her French Toast more than any other I've ever had - she makes it much crispier than the usually big fluffy piece of toast. It just has to have syrup. Which makes her mad because I'm "ruining it!" lol.

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Syrup [View all] trof Jan 2015 OP

maple, straight no chaser NightWatcher Jan 2015 #1

Given my druthers - Grade B maple syrup Brother Buzz Jan 2015 #2

Done Munificence Jan 2015 #4

What is the difference between Grade A and Grade B? Laffy Kat Jan 2015 #5

only $50.00/gallon! handmade34 Jan 2015 #7

maple season is almost upon us handmade34 Jan 2015 #9

We're always putting bees on the almond trees during your sap run Brother Buzz Jan 2015 #11

Ahhh... handmade34 Jan 2015 #15

I heard about that new grading scam a while ago. Brother Buzz Jan 2015 #19

pure maple..not the diluted or artificial stuff.. tokenlib Jan 2015 #3

the darker the better... handmade34 Jan 2015 #6

"A" on vanilla ice cream. "B" on everything else. Moondog Jan 2015 #8

Grew up with cane syrup - locally produced and a lot cheaper than maple csziggy Jan 2015 #10

Maple syrup has a stronger flavor, so you just don't need that much of it Major Nikon Jan 2015 #12

The flavor is interesting, but I get too much sweetness from it csziggy Jan 2015 #16

until you have tried mesquite honey ;-) Kali Jan 2015 #20

Maybe we should do a honey exchange! csziggy Jan 2015 #21

I never heard of that KamaAina Jan 2015 #24

it is a prosopis too and it would seem there is honey produced from it Kali Jan 2015 #26

I'm surprised how hard it is to find outside the Deep South KamaAina Jan 2015 #23

That's what I buy at the Piggly Wiggly or the Winn-Dixie. trof Jan 2015 #27

It doesn't however, belong on a steak KMOD Jan 2015 #13

It depends on what I'm eating. Jamaal510 Jan 2015 #14

I like Blueberry, too ... for a change. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #17

When I was a child, my grandmother would give us: Xyzse Jan 2015 #18

Karo syrup is corn syrup - not high fructose but regular type csziggy Jan 2015 #22

I see... Xyzse Jan 2015 #25

High Fructose Corn bigwillq Jan 2015 #28

Jelly (preferably currant) on french toast and also on biscuits if there's no sausage gravy HereSince1628 Jan 2015 #29

I was raised on Alaga syrup. trof Jan 2015 #30

All my life my mom bought Aunt Jemima "syrup" OriginalGeek Jan 2015 #31