The reserve is a joke. The government forces producers to sell to the reserve which then limits how much is sold on the market. In bad years the government taps into the reserve to ensure the global supply is stable.
What they haven't told you is that Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont have emergency stockpiles of maple syrup that, should Canada need more, we can provide...for a price.
The only Ringo book I've read was The Last Centurion and that was excellent. All of his other books at that time were Scifi and I'm not much into that. And as long as I'm on the subject, my little brother served with him in the Rangers.
I've been a big SF fan, since I was a kid and read Heinlein's "Have spacesuit will travel". Don't know if you include zombie apocalypse as SF but if you don't he has some well written books in that genre.
If you want some outstanding, home-tapped maple syrup, let me introduce you to my friend Mark, known generally as "Hardscrabble Farmer" over at theburningplatform.com Just place your order by emailing him, and he will send you the product. You pay AFTER receiving the syrup. No deadbeats please, he's a nice guy. merceroak@hotmail.com
I use real maple syrup when doing a bacon brine, no Aunt Jemimah, Log Cabin or Mrs. Butterworth crap, you gotta use the real deal for good bacon. Once you've had real maple syrup you can never go back to the stuff they peddle on TV.
"Drill baby, drill".
ReplyDeleteSweeeeet!
ReplyDeleteJust finished re-reading John Ringo's SF book "Live Free or Die" in which maple syrup plays an important role.
ReplyDeleteWhy do you think I've secretly been buying up maple syrup operations here in New Hampshire?
DeleteThe reserve is a joke. The government forces producers to sell to the reserve which then limits how much is sold on the market. In bad years the government taps into the reserve to ensure the global supply is stable.
ReplyDeleteIts price fixing, nothing more.
Exile1981
I never realized how crucial it was to have stable price Canadian Maple Syrup.
DeleteWhat they haven't told you is that Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont have emergency stockpiles of maple syrup that, should Canada need more, we can provide...for a price.
DeleteThe only Ringo book I've read was The Last Centurion and that was excellent. All of his other books at that time were Scifi and I'm not much into that.
ReplyDeleteAnd as long as I'm on the subject, my little brother served with him in the Rangers.
I've been a big SF fan, since I was a kid and read Heinlein's "Have spacesuit will travel". Don't know if you include zombie apocalypse as SF but if you don't he has some well written books in that genre.
DeleteI can't stand maple syrup, it's nothing but a sticky, nasty mess to me so.....
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_Heist
ReplyDeleteIf you want some outstanding, home-tapped maple syrup, let me introduce you to my friend Mark, known generally as "Hardscrabble Farmer" over at theburningplatform.com Just place your order by emailing him, and he will send you the product. You pay AFTER receiving the syrup. No deadbeats please, he's a nice guy. merceroak@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteWhen I first heard about this I thought it was a Babylon Bee satire on Biden opening the petroleum reserve.
ReplyDeleteI use real maple syrup when doing a bacon brine, no Aunt Jemimah, Log Cabin or Mrs. Butterworth crap, you gotta use the real deal for good bacon. Once you've had real maple syrup you can never go back to the stuff they peddle on TV.
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