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Maple Syrup Facts:
 

It takes 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup.

Maple syrup is a completely natural product.

Maple syrup is nutritionally important and contains minerals, B-vitamins, and amino acids.

There are over 24 antioxidants in maple syrup. 

Maple syrup has the same calcium content as whole milk.

Maple syrup has only 40 calories per tablespoon.

Our Own Maple Syrup Facts: 



Our house easily goes through 3 gallons of syrup per year, but it's closer to 4.

It's cheaper if you buy them all at once - you can usually make a deal with the farmer. 

My children can never get enough, neither can Anna.   

We do not see this as a problem. 

Coffee is a great place for maple syrup.  So is warm milk. 

We've been on more than one maple syrup excursion this Spring. 

There's something magical about a sugar shack.

Everyone should befriend someone who has a sugar shack and lots of maple trees. 

And if they have a tractor, that's even better. 

Drilling taps, checking buckets, and emptying sap are jobs everyone should do in the Spring.

Today alone the boys have eaten carmelized maple syrup, maple candy, maple syrup on pancakes, and dripping maple sap straight from the tree.

Maple cotton candy is as close to heaven as you are ever going to get.

You can get that and the best maple creamy around at the Champlain Valley Fair each year in August - so you can extend the thrill of maple syrup from Spring straight through to late summer.

If you don't have a waffle iron, you should get one.  There's no better place to cradle warm maple syrup right before it goes into your mouth. 

We think the use of maple syrup is limited only by your imagination.