I remember reading last year that there is a maple syrup shortage from Canada that is effecting the price of food. I did not realize that Canada makes 80% of the world’s maple syrup! Many consumers have been switching to maple syrup as a sweetener in their baking products so the demand for maple syrup has been increasing. Canada had a mild spring this year, which lowered their maple syrup production. New England, however, had a banner year and had lots of maple syrup.
As I was reading this story I found myself wondering why it took so long for this story about Canada having a mild spring (effecting the maple syrup supply) to enter the news media – their spring was six months ago for crying out loud!
And I was surprised to learn that so much syrup came from Canada because when I buy maple syrup at the store it always says it was from a New England state!
I wonder how the supply is this year!
The first time I tried “real” maple syrup on my pancakes I was really surprised that it is much sweeter than the “maple flavored” pancake syrups on the market! I just wish it wasn’t so expensive!