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10MeterFeldweg@feddit.org to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Quebec's strategic maple syrup reserve running dry amid high demand

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Quebec's strategic maple syrup reserve running dry amid high demand

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10MeterFeldweg@feddit.org to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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The head of Quebec’s maple syrup producer’s association says the province’s strategic syrup reserve has run dry amid high demand for the product.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/72623197

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  • RabbitBBQ@lemmy.world
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    It’s way past time to run your waffles and pancakes on renewable syrup

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    How do people use that much syrup? I’ve had one bottle for like 10 years.

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      You obviously dont know how to eat breakfast right.

      • Varesti@lemmy.zip
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    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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      Diabetes and obesity are very common.

    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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      They eat different things than you.

      • Varesti@lemmy.zip
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        🤯

    • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online
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      • good substitute for honey
      • amazing on oatmeal
      • BEANS
      • AA5B@lemmy.world
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        Peanut butter and maple sandwiches!

        • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online
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          Reading that sentence spiked my blood sugar lol

          It’s too sweet for me to use as a condiment most of the time but I love it as an ingredient. It’s also a fun annual tradition!

      • Varesti@lemmy.zip
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        I don’t really use honey either, lol.

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          Bee vomit is the best

          • Billegh@lemmy.world
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            Distilled tree blood is better

          • GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca
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            It’s my favorite insect vomit! I don’t usually mix it with my bacteria poop, though. I did try the bacteria poop made with bee vomit one time, and it wasn’t quite what I hoped for. I will have to try different varieties.

      • Malica@lemmy.zip
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        Beans? I’m intrigued.

        • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online
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          Shared more info in another comment.

          • Malica@lemmy.zip
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            I saw it after I commented, definitely trying it out, thanks!

            • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online
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              Lol if anyone ever needs proof that I don’t hold grudges on the fedverse, this is proof (I simply do not read usernames I guess 🤷‍♀️)

              Eta: despite it all showing up in my notifications at once I simply did not realize this wasn’t two different people lol

      • DoGeeseSeeGod@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Beans???

        • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online
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          Dear comrade, have you not heard the good word of maple beans, the heart of a good cabane à sucre menu?

          The ones I make are not the most traditional, but I just use tomato sauce (literally just milled and canned tomatoes I can at home, not like a prepared seasoned sauce), maple syrup, mustard powder and salt. It’s by eye and to taste but maybe 4 cups of dry beans, 1 L sauce, 1-2 tbsp mustard powder, salt to taste and syrup to taste. I soak the beans and cook in the electric pressure cooker, so I add more water if I think the sauce isn’t enough (it typically isn’t). I’ll add some salt to start, but will add more after it’s done and add the syrup once it’s done too.

          Eta: I’m 3rd gen slavic (I know how insane this sentence is everywhere else in the world but that’s how white people talk to each other here sorry) but I moved to eastern ontario a couple of years back and am trying to assimilate lol.

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            As a 2nd generation Canadian with British Parents, maple beans are just *chef’s kiss

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            I’m definitely trying this, thanks for sharing!

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      Depending on the grade, even just a spoonful straight everyday lol

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        You’re built different.

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      You can use it in place of brown sugar in a lot of recipes and add it on top of most breakfast foods.

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        I rarely cook with brown sugar and I’m not sure which breakfast foods I’d put it on besides pancakes, waffles, or french toast. But I never really feel like eating those either.

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          Oatmeal? Guess you don’t bake or have kids. Also as should be obvious this only applies to actual maple syrup not a caramel colored corn syrup thing.

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            I SHOULD try some oatmeal again, it has been a while. No kids and I bake, but it’s usually savory things. I replied to another comment, but it’s real maple syrup in a glass jug and everything, lol.

          • TryingSomethingNew@sopuli.xyz
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            Look for the culturally-insensitive label of Canadians, not the culturally-insensitive one of slavery.

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      For me it replaces white sugar almost everywhere.

      • Varesti@lemmy.zip
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        Someone else said brown sugar.

        What about powdered sugar?

        (As a replacement.)

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          powdered sugar has a weird effect on me. It always tastes just a little bit like sachharine (too sweet, and goes into the realm of unpleasant)

          I use the maple syrup because I live in Quebec where it is somewhat affordable and am T2 diabetic. I cut out most sugar in my life, but coffee is somewhere I am not willing to compromise. I tested the glycemic load of maple sugar on my blood and it was significantly lower than white sugar, so I use that now.

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          powder is usually for baking stuff, not really a subsitute for normal sugar.

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        Yeah, it’s a great sweetener, one of my gotos when balancing flavours (along with salt, lemon juice/vinegar, and soy sauce/mushrooms).

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      Have more pancakes, waffles, French toast, French toast sticks.

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        …daibetes

      • Varesti@lemmy.zip
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        Yeah, I really don’t… Maybe if I had guests or something.

        Edit: I have also eaten all 3 without any syrup and just butter before. 😆

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          We do breakfast for dinner every other week.

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      Or is a good sweetener for Matcha Lattes.

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      Must not be good/real

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        It’s real maple syrup, I just don’t use it very often.

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    Oh no! What will they drink and use for bath water now?

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      easy, source it from the canadian high artic/tundra.

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      Im not sure. Im starting to panic

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    I blame climate change.

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      Well it is climate change. If the spring time is volatile, warm early then cold longer than normal etc… it messes up the sap yields tremendously.

      You also need hundreds and hundreds of trees to have a decent production. You cant just plant those further north and have them yielding anything before a very long time.

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      Yes, there has been a significant change in the political climate.

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        And “Maple syrup yields depend on weather conditions.” from the article.

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          All farmers complain about the weather, but maple syrup farmers complain the most. They only get a few weeks and the weather has to be perfect. A couple hot days early in the season can screw everything up.

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          Yes, that’s why the reserve exists.

          Maple syrup yields depend on weather conditions.

          As a result, the producers’ association has established a strategic reserve to ensure prices and supply remain relatively stable.

          But not why it’s low this year:

          Last year, U.S. commercial customers stocked up, fearing that U.S. President Donald Trump would carry out his threat to impose tariffs.

          Goulet says the buffer has been exhausted as sales continue to rise.

          The association is using this to call for more investment in the industry to meet rising demand.

          The head of Quebec’s maple syrup producers’ association says the province’s strategic syrup reserve has run dry amid high demand for the product.

          Québec Maple Syrup Producers President Luc Goulet says government support will be needed to ensure the industry doesn’t miss out on opportunities to grow the sector.

          Last year was actually amazing. Not from the article:

          https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/sector/horticulture/reports/statistical-overview-canadian-maple-industry-2025

          Climate change impacts it, but that’s not what the article is about.

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    It was stolen a decade or so ago too.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Maple_Syrup_Producers#History_2

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      There’s a decent show about it

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    I’m going over the ocean just to say i don’t care for their tree sugar juice tabernak

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    You can tell the writer had fun with the headline

    • sweettea@lemmy.world
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      had to check it wasn’t the Beaverton

    • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online
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      I feel like I’m missing the joke 😭 Can someone explain?

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        They’ve phrased it like the other various headlines about the world’s strategic oil reserves running low due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz

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          Oooh, okay. Thanks!

          I think I’m too close to the story lol. They report on the strength of the season and the strategic reserves every year. It’s significant to the local economy. This phrasing is standard, not riffing off other world events.

          Some examples:

          Global maple syrup shortage forces Quebec to release half its strategic reserve https://globalnews.ca/news/8410985/global-maple-syrup-shortage-forces-quebec-to-release-half-its-strategic-reserve/

          Canada’s maple syrup reserve hits 16-year low https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68657703

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