What is National Maple Syrup Day?
National Maple Syrup Day is approaching, so get the flapjacks ready for National Maple Syrup Day. Calls have been received for orders of pancakes, french toast, or biscuits topped off with butter and delectable maple syrup since December 17th.
These trees, which thrive in cold climates, have store starch in their trunks and roots.. The starch is then converted to sugar that rises in the sap in the spring.. 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 a large portion of the water, leaving the concentrated syrup..
Maple syrup was first collected, processed, and used by the indigenous peoples of North America. European settlers adopted the technique and gradually improved production methods. The process of making syrup was refined by technological advancements in the 1970s.
- A maple syrup production farm is known as a sugarbush or a sugarwood. A maple syrup production farm is called a maple syrup
