Happy National Maple Syrup Day! Get the flapjacks ready! On December 17, today calls for orders of pancakes, French toast, or biscuits topped off with butter and delicious maple syrup.
It is usually from the xylem sap of sugar maple, red maple, or black maple trees that maple syrup is made from although it not limited to those maple species.
These trees, in cold climates, store starch in their trunks and in their roots.
In the spring, the starch is then converted to sugar that rises in the sap. The maple trees are then tapped by boring holes into their trunks and the released sap is collected.
After the sap is collected, it is processed by heating to evaporate much of the water, leaving the concentrated syrup.
Maple syrup was first collected, processed, and used by the indigenous peoples of North America. The practice was then adopted by the European settlers who gradually refined production methods.
In the 1970s, further refinements in syrup processing were made with technological improvements.
• A maple syrup production farm is called a sugarbush or a sugarwood.
• The sap is boiled in a sugar house which is also known as a sugar shack, sugar shanty, or a cabane à sucre.
Up until the 1930s, the United States led in maple syrup production, now Canada is the world’s largest maple syrup producer.
In the United States, Vermont is the largest producer of maple syrup.
HOW TO OBSERVE
Serve up a breakfast worthy of real maple syrup. Learn more about tapping trees for sap to make syrup in the spring.
Whether you crave pancakes, biscuits, or some light crepes, be sure to share them using #MapleSyrupDay to post on social media.
HISTORY
It’s a sticky subject, but National Day Calendar® continues researching the origins of this sweet holiday.
Pass the syrup!
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