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As a Canadian, I’ve had maple syrup less than a dozen times in my life. It plays no part of my life, or my families or friends. So the fact that it’s tied to Ca
by baskethead 5y ago
As a Canadian, I’ve had maple syrup less than a dozen times in my life. It plays no part of my life, or my families or friends. So the fact that it’s tied to Canada is strictly a foreign marketing thing I think. I actually have less association with maple syrup than I do with the clubbing of baby seals controversy which is zero as well.
I get a kick out of seeing all the maple syrup products at YYZ or YVR but you never see those same products anywhere inside Canada. Something like Hockey is more genuinely a strong Canadian passion but maple syrup is practically nil except to the maple syrup producers.
- vaughnegut 5y agoCanada produces something like 70-80% of the world's maple syrup, and as the article says Quebec alone produces around 70% of the world's maple syrup. I imagine our flag combined with that most maple syrup people are consuming definitely give the impression people here are incredibly into maple syrup.
- dylan604 5y agoSay it aint so. Next, you'll tell me Canadians don't like beer, don't like hockey, and they aren't funny either.
- dheera 5y agoI do like the maple doughnuts at Tim Horton's though
- neom 5y agoInteresting, maple syrup is super popular where I'm from, I think it would be odd to not see maple syrup on a breakfast table in NWO.
- cf100clunk 5y agoSome popular breakfast syrups are prohibited from being called "maple" as they don't contain any. If genuine maple syrup is super popular where you are, great for the Canadian producers.
- neom 5y agoAs a Canadian, I assure, you I'm quite able to tell what is maple syrup and what is not....
- cf100clunk 5y agoNothing personal meant. I didn't understand your NWO acronym, and some searches of it yield some very strange results. I'll guess North West Ontario since you identify as Canadian? I know that area well. Or, to be pedantic, you might be a Canadian in North West Oklahoma or North West Oman (which would really blow my mind that maple syrup would be so popular there)? All I meant was that the major food processors who make breakfast syrups really don't go out of their way to differentiate themselves from true maple syrup.
- neom 5y agoNo offence taken. Born in Thunder Bay, High School in Fort Frances, family from The Soo! Lots of real maple syrup in those towns, at least amongst our family and friends!
- werdnapk 5y agoMaple syrup is a whole different ball game in Quebec. It's basically a food staple in most Quebec households compared to the rest of the country.
- perl4ever 5y agoI'm <300 km south of the border. When I was young, maple syrup was served with pancakes, but eventually I just preferred honey (aka "bee barf") on the rare occasion that I had them. I do remember maple sugar candy as a treat, but I haven't really had a craving to go look for it as an adult. I never have had a particular desire to visit Quebec, but since the COVID-19 restrictions, it's been on my mind, because I can't if I wanted to.
- nicbou 5y agoAs a Quebecois (abroad), I go through a few 250ml bottles a year. It's not something you'd drink by the litre, but it does go in everything.
- Tiktaalik 5y agoMaple syrup does seem like a bit of an exaggerated Canadianism. If you grow up in the west you might have more of a kinship with berry syrups like saskatoon berry syrup than maple syrup.
- Mikeb85 5y agoCanadian here too (Alberta). While we don't produce maple syrup and there's no strong connection with our culture like in Quebec, everyone here still consumes maple syrup in some quantity (even if it's just once a week during breakfast).