Maple syrup

[Anonymous]

Pls recommend your favorite maple syrup, good quality and good price, preferably organic.

[Anonymous]

As long as it's real maple syrup, not that Mrs. butterworts crap, you are good to go. I've found good stuff at Costco and Christmas Tree Shoppe.

[Anonymous]

Costco or Trader Joe's.

[Anonymous]

You don't need organic maple syrup. They aren't spraying maple trees with crap. Just saying...buy a good quality brand. I usually buy mine at MOM, and there are some local (Pensylvania, I think is closest, since the mid Atlantic isn't exactly maple sugaring territory) brands.

[Anonymous]

We buy ours in cans at the grocery store in Canada in the summer--I always think we have enough to make it through the year but that's never the case. But here, the Costco stuff is pretty good. I also greatly prefer Grade B syrup, which I've seen at Harris Teeter and almost nowhere else.

[Anonymous]

How can you tell a good quality maple syrup?

[Anonymous]

Agree with Costco and Trader Joe's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We buy ours in cans at the grocery store in Canada in the summer--I always think we have enough to make it through the year but that's never the case. But here, the Costco stuff is pretty good. I also greatly prefer Grade B syrup, which I've seen at Harris Teeter and almost nowhere else.

I agree, Grade B has the strongest flavor. I've found it at Trader Joe's--it's in a bottle shaped like a wine bottle.

[Anonymous]

Grade A is typically lighter in color and flavor than Grade B. Grade A is typically used at the table where as Grade B is typically used for cooking and baking. That said, DH is from New England and prefers to have Grade B for everything. It's all about personal preference.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/23/maple-syrup-grades_n_1167767.html

[Anonymous]

We buy ours in a cream colored opaque jug at the farmer's market. My parents bring us a quart or half gallon from Ohio twice a year. However I've seen the same jugs at markets in the DC area - they just say "Maryland maple syrup" instead of "Ohio" and usually have a sticker of the farm it is actually from.

Doesn't Virginia have a maple festival or something? Guessing it would be around now because in Ohio we tap the trees and make syrup in March.

[Anonymous]

http://www.virginia.org/listings/Events/TheHighlandMapleFestival/

Ohio PP here - It's this weekend! Now I'm bummed that we have to go shopping for baby gear. I love all things maple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We buy ours in a cream colored opaque jug at the farmer's market. My parents bring us a quart or half gallon from Ohio twice a year. However I've seen the same jugs at markets in the DC area - they just say "Maryland maple syrup" instead of "Ohio" and usually have a sticker of the farm it is actually from.

Doesn't Virginia have a maple festival or something? Guessing it would be around now because in Ohio we tap the trees and make syrup in March.

Why yes they do!
http://www.highlandcounty.org/maplefestival.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.virginia.org/listings/Events/TheHighlandMapleFestival/

Ohio PP here - It's this weekend! Now I'm bummed that we have to go shopping for baby gear. I love all things maple.

Nevermind - it's crazy far. I thought there was one on the way to Charlottesville

[Anonymous]

I'm from New England and it is a point of pride there to say you think Grade B is better. Kind of little saying you only drink scotch neat. But it's really personal preference I find Grade B to to be far too strong.

[Anonymous]

I'm from Mew England and prefer Grade B. I get it at Trader Joes.