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.
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sarameg - Nov 07, 2009 5:34:12 pm PST #17818 of 30001
Steph L. - Nov 07, 2009 5:34:12 pm PST #17819 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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.
§ ita § - Nov 07, 2009 5:35:02 pm PST #17820 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I love maple syrup. When I was broke I went to Mrs. Butterworth instead and it was teh nast. Then I tried Ralph's brand, and it's lots better. When I get financially regularised, it's back to maple. Canada since I was little.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 07, 2009 5:36:03 pm PST #17821 of 30001
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I like margarine better because 90% of my use for it is making toast or grilled-cheese sandwiches, and it doesn't tear up the bread like real butter does.
Kathy A - Nov 07, 2009 5:36:34 pm PST #17822 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I grew up on margarine, but can't stand the stuff now.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 07, 2009 5:36:38 pm PST #17823 of 30001
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I grew up thinking margarine was butter and calling it ""oleo", so I am not sure that is what it means. I discovered as a grownup that real maple syrup and butter made my taste buds sing. Also, I am now fat.
Steph L. - Nov 07, 2009 5:37:03 pm PST #17824 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
it doesn't tear up the bread like real butter does.
Exactly!
sarameg - Nov 07, 2009 5:38:07 pm PST #17825 of 30001
I grew up on margarine, but I love real butter. I even love unsalted butter. Like, if I didn't know it'd make me ill, I could eat spoons of the stuff. Cold, preferably.
Kat - Nov 07, 2009 5:38:21 pm PST #17826 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I just did a google search for maple stirs and the only websites that have them are the ones that reference where I grew up.
Oh man, I love maple stirs -- it's essentially partially boiled down maple sugar. They pour it into a paper bowl and give you a stick and you stir it as it cools and hardens. If you eat it before it's all the way hard, it's the most amazingly delish consistency.
Steph L. - Nov 07, 2009 5:38:54 pm PST #17827 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Also, I am now fat.
I spent almost 20 years drinking skim milk because of the fat-is-BAD hype. When I moved in with The Boy, I discovered that he drinks 2%, which made me recoil in horror. But I'm too lazy to buy 2 types of milk, so we just get 2%.
Lo and behold, I haven't gained weight from that evil evil 2% milk. And oh, my god, it tastes SO much better!