On 10/03/2012 1:28 AM, Bull wrote:
> In >,
> > wrote:
>
>> On 9/03/2012 3:57 PM, Sky wrote:
>>> On 3/8/2012 8:43 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>> "Christopher M." wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I just added a drop of maple syrup to some cola.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is that what Moxie tastes like?
>>>>
>>>> I've no idea, what's Moxie?
>>>>
>>>> One of my neighbors makes maple syrup from his own trees, he produces
>>>> only a couple gallons a year... takes 40 gllons of sap for 1 gallon of
>>>> syrup. He makes a enough for his own use and to give some small
>>>> bottles as gifts... just gave me some of last years crop... delicious:
>>>> http://i44.tinypic.com/xe4eft.jpg
>>>
>>> If your neighbor made his own maple syrup and gave only a few small
>>> bottles as gifts to friends, then why/how did your neighbor get that
>>> 'tamper proof' cap on the bottle you show in your photo?? Just curious.
>>>
>>> I have a bottle purchased at a local gourmet shop very similar to the
>>> one you show in the photo you shared (link listed above in quoted text).
>>> My photo is here ---> http://oi39.tinypic.com/2h573sw.jpg<-- -
>>> however, the two different bottles may not hold the same volume.
>>>
>>> The 'other side' of the detached label from my similar bottle of maple
>>> syrup says, "Butternut Mountain Farm, Morrisville, Vermont, 05661" along
>>> with their phone numbers. It's a wee bottle of only 1.7 fl. oz. (50 ML).
>>> The price tag was $3.99, and that's from a couple years ago or more.
>>>
>>> Sky
>>>
>> He has used old bottles for refilling. Remember, it's not a factory
>> production and a couple of gallons isn't a lot. He probably had some
>> bottles given to him or just what's been collected over time.
>>
>> I was wondering why Sheldon would post a pic of home made maple syrup as
>> there appears no benefit to anyone or anything (except his ego). It's a
>> "refilled" maple syrup bottle with no label. For all we know Sheldon
>> could have removed the label himself from a "new" bottle, "invented" the
>> story and posted the pic to lend it some credence. Certainly we aren't
>> able to do a taste test. The pic is a waste of effort.
>
> For Kryps sake:
>
> New maple leaf glass bottles are readily available. Where do you think
> maple syrup producers (large or small) get the ones they use? -- by
> collecting OLD USED ones???
>
My original point was that Sheldon could have simply written;
"Go to your cupboard and take out a glass maple syrup container with
maple syrup in it, gaze at it and imagine the flavour of this maple
syrup I was given."
That bit of text would have added just as much to the post as the
picture of a standard maple syrup bottle containing something which we
are assured is indeed maple syrup!
>
> http://www.leaderevaporator.com/p-34...s-bottles.aspx
>
> Bull
They say a picture is worth a thousand words but, in this case,
Sheldon's picture is just superfluous noise.
--
Krypsis