Just got done watching a Masterpiece Contemporary show from a few weeks ago called "Endgame," about the talks that brought about the end of apartheid. Really excellent show!! Starred Chiwetel Ejiofor (in a thick beard--I didn't recognize him for about ten minutes) as Mbeki, William Hurt as his Afrikaner counterpart in the talks, and a cameo by Derek Jacobi as the CEO of Cecil Rhodes' company (Consolidated Goldfields) whose underling was the mediator who organized and facilitated the talks. Just a fascinating depiction of the events in South Africa in the late 80s'/early 90s.
ETA: You can see it online here: [link]
I just opened my cupboard and realized K bought "syrup" to replace our almost empty bottle of maple syrup. It's ingredients are high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, caramel coloring, water, potassium sorbate, citric acid and salt. Notice the word maple is not in that list.
As someone who grew up in a town with an annual maple festival, I'm just sort of appalled.
AND the brand? Tropical!! What?!?! Maples don't grow in the tropics because they need a freeze-thaw-freeze cycle for the sap to run.
I just opened my cupboard and realized K bought "syrup" to replace our almost empty bottle of maple syrup.
Non-maple "syrup" is one of my shameful food loves. I was raised on Log Cabin and Mrs. Butterworth, so it tastes normal to me. Now that I have a brother in Vermont (mecca of real maple syrup), he supplies it to us on a regular basis. Still, when I have it, just for a minute, it doesn't taste "right."
I always liked the fake stuff better as a kid. Like with my non-love of lobster, my family was happy to indulge my cheaper preference.
I missed that, Kathy, because Masterpiece keeps changing its name and TiVo didn't know. I'm pissed I missed Chiwetel.
My skin has gotten so sensitive. Now when I eat tomato sauce it burns my lips as if it had been spicy food. I even have a tiny rash on top of the scar from when I last split my lip. I have no idea what's up with that. Everything I cook with stings. Still tastes good though.
I grew up with Log Cabin, too, and like Steph the real stuff always tastes weird to me at first. I actually buy the butter-lite stuff for myself now.
t /syrup heretic
But but but but....sputter!
She didn't even buy Log Cabin or Mrs. Butterworth (I loved MB when I was a kid, yet not over real maple).... She bought TROPICAL!
I love real maple. I grew up in a place where every winter the sugar shack would be open and we could buy maple sugar stirs which are heaven.
I always liked the fake stuff better as a kid.
I also like margarine better than butter, because (again) it's what we ate when I was growing up, so it tastes "normal" to me. I invariably refer to it as "butter," which can cause people to point and mock.
Maple kinda gives me a headache. I can handle it in savory stuff (like an apple cider-maple-fivespice marinade for pork) but straight up maple? Newp.
I love real maple. I grew up in a place where every winter the sugar shack would be open and we could buy maple sugar stirs which are heaven.
When we were in Vermont this year, we had maple soft-serve ice cream. Oh. My. God. I honestly don't think I've ever had better ice cream in my LIFE.
