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1 posted on 05/08/2021 9:49:25 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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Darn these white males and their supremacy, syrupy ways!😂


2 posted on 05/08/2021 9:51:44 AM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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“I don’t even eat breakfast in the morning—get up and go.”

Shouldn't he at least enjoy the fruits of his hard work on some pancakes or waffles?
3 posted on 05/08/2021 9:53:02 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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Good for him! Way to go!


4 posted on 05/08/2021 9:58:14 AM PDT by dkGba (God Bless America dkGba)
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My mom's cousins made syrup in Canada. No more buckets collecting syrup: a maple forest crisscrossed with plastic tubes going to a vacuum chamber. They then moved the syrup from there to an ancient wood boiler to boil down the syrup.

I love the stuff but ate enough then to be sick of it for quite a while.

5 posted on 05/08/2021 9:58:37 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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I knew some folks who did this as a side gig. It was the closest thing to free money I’ve ever seen.

The sugar shack was heated with wood from their land, The trees they tapped were actually their neighbors. It was time consuming but their only actual cost was bottles and labels


6 posted on 05/08/2021 9:58:57 AM PDT by cyclotic (Live your life in such a way that they hate you as much as they hated Rush Limbaugh)
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Probably just a matter of time before some government alphabet agency shuts him down for unspecified reasons.


7 posted on 05/08/2021 10:01:37 AM PDT by gopno1
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When I was 16, I was way more interested in tapping something else, other than trees.


8 posted on 05/08/2021 10:03:52 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts. )
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Anyone in agriculture is the ultimate entrepreneur. This kid has already learned more about the real world and business than he would learn at Harvard Business School


10 posted on 05/08/2021 10:07:59 AM PDT by PGR88
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Does he pay royalties for the use of trees on his grandfather’s and neighbors’ lands?


11 posted on 05/08/2021 10:09:53 AM PDT by thecodont
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“You can go to Walmart and buy a gallon of Mrs. Butterworth’s for seven bucks...”

A gallon of corn syrup with a little maple flavoring added just isn’t quite the same thing. :)

12 posted on 05/08/2021 10:11:09 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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Maple syrup - my favorite of all the tree vegetables!


13 posted on 05/08/2021 10:17:03 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (I'd rather be anecdotally alive than scientifically dead...)
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15 posted on 05/08/2021 10:23:35 AM PDT by deport ( )
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Funny. I loved maple syrup, and that was all we served on Sunday morning pancakes with the kids. Until my son had Log Cabin syrup at a friend’s house. That was all he wanted afterwards


16 posted on 05/08/2021 10:24:05 AM PDT by FatherofFive (We support Trump. Not the GOP)
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Dad needs to study up.

9 Health Benefits of Maple Syrup:
Contains Numerous Antioxidants. ...
Gets a Lower Score on the Glycemic Index. ...
Fights Inflammatory Diseases. ...
May Help Protect Against Cancer. ...
Helps Protect Skin Health. ...
Alternative To Sugar For Improved Digestion. ...
Supplies Important Vitamins and Minerals. ...
Healthier Alternative to Artificial Sweeteners.

High fructose corn syrup is a major cause of:
heart disease, obesity, cancer, dementia, liver failure, tooth decay and more.


19 posted on 05/08/2021 10:26:37 AM PDT by conservative98
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He’s trapping trees?

What does he use for bait.....Charlie Brown’s kites?


20 posted on 05/08/2021 10:28:31 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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How long until some Leftist air head with a degree in Poli Sci and a sinecure job with the Wisconsin state shuts him down for causing pain to the trees?


22 posted on 05/08/2021 10:37:57 AM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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Many cheese-eaters here in WI make maple syrup. Sugar Maple is our state tree.

It is less common to do it for money - bravo young kid! It is harder work than most realize. Sap only flows heavy when nights are cold and days are warm only during part of springtime. It’s a very short season. And you need roughly 40 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup.

My son does it on our property small scale for family and friends, not for money.

The Sugar Maple trees are great dead too, fine hard wood.


25 posted on 05/08/2021 11:07:30 AM PDT by BuddhaBrown (Path to enlightenment: Four right turns, then go straight until you see the Light!)
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Old cross section of a maple tree, showing tap scars from the 1800's


33 posted on 05/08/2021 12:16:56 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (I'd rather be anecdotally alive than scientifically dead...)
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Watch this Movie(kinda Similar):
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44 posted on 05/08/2021 7:42:18 PM PDT by US Navy Vet (Trump Train!!!)
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