I like real maple syrup on waffles in the AM

But that stuff is expensive.

Costco sells a BIG plastic container of real Maple
syrup but living alone it would take time for me to use
it all.

Bottom line.... will maple syrup keep say a year OK?
If yes should it be at room temp or kept in the fridge?

wrote:
> I like real maple syrup on waffles in the AM
>
> But that stuff is expensive.
>
> Costco sells a BIG plastic container of real Maple
> syrup but living alone it would take time for me to use
> it all.
>
> Bottom line.... will maple syrup keep say a year OK?
> If yes should it be at room temp or kept in the fridge?

i have kept it in glass bottles for close to a year and it seems to
taste fine. but these are glass bottles, don't know about plastic.
myraide

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:54:49 -0600, me wrote:

> I like real maple syrup on waffles in the AM
>

>
> Bottom line.... will maple syrup keep say a year OK?
> If yes should it be at room temp or kept in the fridge?


Look at the use by date. I have one and the date is more than 2 years in
the future. I keep it in the refrigerator.

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:54:49 -0600, wrote:

>I like real maple syrup on waffles in the AM
>
>But that stuff is expensive.
>
>Costco sells a BIG plastic container of real Maple
>syrup but living alone it would take time for me to use
>it all.
>
>Bottom line.... will maple syrup keep say a year OK?
>If yes should it be at room temp or kept in the fridge?


I keep it in the fridge. The worst thing that could happen to it is
that is might "sugar" a bit and you'll need to stick the container in
warm water for awhile.

There is an A&P near me that carries a wonderful line of Polish fruit
syrups, blueberry, blackberry, etc. They are marvelous for pancakes or
waffles, but since we keep such eating to a minimum and it can be 2
months in between uses, , the syrup needs to be warmed from the
fridge. You can see the solids in the bottle when you take one from a
cold fridge. The kids all go "Ewwwwww!" Silly geese.

My kids are quite disturbed when they see a jam or syrup that has
sugared. Picky, TV-influenced eaters that they are, they prefer items
made with corn syrup and those things never sugar. Of course, they
never taste good, either.

Boron

> wrote in message
...
>I like real maple syrup on waffles in the AM
>
> But that stuff is expensive.
>
> Costco sells a BIG plastic container of real Maple
> syrup but living alone it would take time for me to use
> it all.
>
> Bottom line.... will maple syrup keep say a year OK?
> If yes should it be at room temp or kept in the fridge?

We've bought Costco authentic maple syrup for a long time. It's usually
from Canada, if I'm not mistaken. I've kept it in the fridge for a year,
I'm almost certain. Their bottles are getting smaller than they used to be,
so it's not as much of a problem.
But with the brand I'm buying from Whole Foods (suggested by a poster here),
I prefer it.
http://www.shadymaple.ca/en/
I can tell you, it doesn't last anytime.
Dee Dee

"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
28.19...
> On Wed 22 Feb 2006 09:59:45a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Myraide?
>
>>
>> wrote:
>>> I like real maple syrup on waffles in the AM
>>>
>>> But that stuff is expensive.
>>>
>>> Costco sells a BIG plastic container of real Maple
>>> syrup but living alone it would take time for me to use
>>> it all.
>>>
>>> Bottom line.... will maple syrup keep say a year OK?
>>> If yes should it be at room temp or kept in the fridge?
>>
>> i have kept it in glass bottles for close to a year and it seems to
>> taste fine. but these are glass bottles, don't know about plastic.
>> myraide
>
> My parents used to buy it by the gallon (usually several), divide it
> amongst pint jars and pressure can it. They always said that maple syrup
> could go sour once opened. I dunno.
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright Õ¿Õ¬

Reminding me of the old saying: Beans go sour in 3 days. (As well as, fish
and relatives go bad in 3 days.)
I dunno, either.
How do these things get started -- there must be some truth in them.
Dee Dee

"Dee Randall" > wrote:

>But with the brand I'm buying from Whole Foods (suggested by a poster here),
>I prefer it.
>http://www.shadymaple.ca/en/
>I can tell you, it doesn't last anytime.
>Dee Dee

It doesn't last in that you consume it so quickly?

Or cause it goes bad quickly?

> wrote in message
...
> "Dee Randall" > wrote:
>
>>But with the brand I'm buying from Whole Foods (suggested by a poster
>>here),
>>I prefer it.
>>http://www.shadymaple.ca/en/
>>I can tell you, it doesn't last anytime.
>>Dee Dee
>
> It doesn't last in that you consume it so quickly?
>
> Or cause it goes bad quickly?

THANK YOU! for letting me clarify:
What I meant to say is, it gets eaten so quickly - actually we have to hold
ourselves back. We have some Costco left, and DH gets to eat that on 1 or 2
pancakes/or waffles as he always harrumphs and says that the more expensive
brand is too good for him, and then he uses the shadymaple. (You know, like
the piano player saving the best to the last so it can be remembered.)
So far it hasn't had the chance to go bad.
The thick style spread of this brand is quite expensive, but I've not opened
it yet. It sits on the table a-waiting.
Dee Dee

> wrote in message
...
> I like real maple syrup on waffles in the AM
>
> But that stuff is expensive.
>
> Costco sells a BIG plastic container of real Maple
> syrup but living alone it would take time for me to use
> it all.
>
> Bottom line.... will maple syrup keep say a year OK?
> If yes should it be at room temp or kept in the fridge?

We make 3 or 4 gallons a year on our land. We do it in a sugar shack, the
whole bit. I BWB it and store in in the root cellar. It lasts for years that
way. Left opened and unattended for a period of time in the fridge it will
sometimes get a bit of mould. Skimming and reboiling fixes that. I have had
some go rancid once opened (one half pint, who knows how long it was hiding
in the back of the fridge).

You can also freeze it with no discernable degradation.

I always store in glass.

Anita

"Dee Randall" > wrote

> But with the brand I'm buying from Whole Foods (suggested by a poster
> here), I prefer it. http://www.shadymaple.ca/en/
> I can tell you, it doesn't last anytime.

That's the brand I buy from my supermarket, Dee.

nancy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Dee Randall" > wrote
>
>> But with the brand I'm buying from Whole Foods (suggested by a poster
>> here), I prefer it. http://www.shadymaple.ca/en/
>> I can tell you, it doesn't last anytime.
>
> That's the brand I buy from my supermarket, Dee.
>
> nancy
>
Supermarket! You must have one heck-uva supermarket! Lucky you -- I may
move there! Lordy, lordy, I looked for a long time before I found this at
Whole Foods in Baltimore, which is abt. 130 miles from me and I won't be
going back until September. Is your market a chain -- if so, will you tell
me what it is?
Thanks,
Dee Dee

"Dee Randall" > wrote

>> That's the brand I buy from my supermarket, Dee.
>>
>> nancy
>>
> Supermarket! You must have one heck-uva supermarket! Lucky you -- I may
> move there! Lordy, lordy, I looked for a long time before I found this
> at Whole Foods in Baltimore, which is abt. 130 miles from me and I won't
> be going back until September. Is your market a chain -- if so, will you
> tell me what it is?

Perhaps it's not the type you buy, though ... just the brand, I
wasn't paying close enough attention ... it's just Acme, an Albertson's
store.

nancy

"Dee Randall" > wrote:

>THANK YOU! for letting me clarify:

So you really feel the organic brand is that much
better?

"Anita Amaro" > wrote:

>You can also freeze it with no discernable degradation.

Really?! I will try that! Thanks!

>I always store in glass.

This stuff from Costco come in a plastic jug I think

> wrote in message
...
>I like real maple syrup on waffles in the AM
>
> But that stuff is expensive.
>
> Costco sells a BIG plastic container of real Maple
> syrup but living alone it would take time for me to use
> it all.
>
> Bottom line.... will maple syrup keep say a year OK?
> If yes should it be at room temp or kept in the fridge?

better off buying a smaller container. It keeps longer in glass, but a BIG
plastic container is probably just wasting money for one.

> wrote in message
news
> "Dee Randall" > wrote:
>
>>THANK YOU! for letting me clarify:
>
> So you really feel the organic brand is that much
> better?

Do a google on rec.food.cooking with the brand I mentioned. You will find
a poster's recommendation and why he recommends this brand. I felt that he
had something of interest to say and I am satisfied and will buy this brand
as long as I live, unless they change it.

I don't know about organic in general for everything. I'm only addressing
this particular brand of maple syrup. DH & I both agree.
Thanks.
Dee Dee

Kswck wrote:

> better off buying a smaller container. It keeps longer in glass, but a BIG
> plastic container is probably just wasting money for one.

Maple syrup is much more expensive to buy in small containers. It is more
economical to buy it in in a large quantity and then put it up in preserving
jars for later use.

Kswck wrote:


> better off buying a smaller container. It keeps longer in glass, but
> a BIG plastic container is probably just wasting money for one.

Nah. I bought one of the plastic jugs and used it pretty sparingly. I
don't make pancakes or French toast all that often, although I did use
it on oatmeal sometimes. The syrup kept fine in the refrigerator for a
long time until I used it up. Near the end, it did crystalize some (you
could hear a lump rattling around) but that's not a big deal.



Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

wrote:
>
> "Dee Randall" > wrote:
>
> >THANK YOU! for letting me clarify:
>
> So you really feel the organic brand is that much
> better?

Real maple syrup is by definition pretty organic, after all it's simply
boiled tree sap.

Pete C.

"Pete C." > wrote in message
...
> wrote:
>>
>> "Dee Randall" > wrote:
>>
>> >THANK YOU! for letting me clarify:
>>
>> So you really feel the organic brand is that much
>> better?
>
> Real maple syrup is by definition pretty organic, after all it's simply
> boiled tree sap.
>
> Pete C.

As I said before, if anyone is interested, google on rfc the brand I
mentioned in my post and you will get the information the poster gave
regarding this brand. I believe this is pretty much the same sort of
conversation that we are having now, but this poster I am speaking of gave a
more in depth posting regarding maple syrup than I can.
Dee Dee

"Pete C." > wrote in message
...
> wrote:
>>
>> "Dee Randall" > wrote:
>>
>> >THANK YOU! for letting me clarify:
>>
>> So you really feel the organic brand is that much
>> better?
>
> Real maple syrup is by definition pretty organic, after all it's simply
> boiled tree sap.
>
> Pete C.

Here's something close of which I speak:

http://groups.google.com/group/Organ...6a74392d6cca02

Maple syrup made from the sap of maple trees is up to 60 percent
sucrose. It is essential that consumers use certified organic maple
syrup because of the danger of chemical residues from forests sprayed
with pesticides. Additionally, many maple syrup producers use
formaldehyde pellets in the sap holes to prevent the holes from closing
and formaldehyde in holding tanks as a preservative. Chemical
anti-foaming agents may also be added to non-organic maple syrup.

Wayne Boatwright wrote on 22 Feb 2006 in rec.food.cooking

> On Wed 22 Feb 2006 09:59:45a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
> Myraide?
>
> >
> > wrote:
> >> I like real maple syrup on waffles in the AM
> >>
> >> But that stuff is expensive.
> >>
> >> Costco sells a BIG plastic container of real Maple
> >> syrup but living alone it would take time for me to use
> >> it all.
> >>
> >> Bottom line.... will maple syrup keep say a year OK?
> >> If yes should it be at room temp or kept in the fridge?
> >
> > i have kept it in glass bottles for close to a year and it seems to
> > taste fine. but these are glass bottles, don't know about plastic.
> > myraide
>
> My parents used to buy it by the gallon (usually several), divide it
> amongst pint jars and pressure can it. They always said that maple
> syrup could go sour once opened. I dunno.
>

I used to get it in (IIRC) 16 oz cans from a Quebec farm, case at a time.
Once opened after about 6 months you'd get candy forming in the can.
After about a yr open mold could develop.

--
-Alan

Dee Randall wrote:
>
> "Pete C." > wrote in message
> ...
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> "Dee Randall" > wrote:
> >>
> >> >THANK YOU! for letting me clarify:
> >>
> >> So you really feel the organic brand is that much
> >> better?
> >
> > Real maple syrup is by definition pretty organic, after all it's simply
> > boiled tree sap.
> >
> > Pete C.
>
> Here's something close of which I speak:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/Organ...6a74392d6cca02
>
> Maple syrup made from the sap of maple trees is up to 60 percent
> sucrose. It is essential that consumers use certified organic maple
> syrup because of the danger of chemical residues from forests sprayed
> with pesticides. Additionally, many maple syrup producers use
> formaldehyde pellets in the sap holes to prevent the holes from closing
> and formaldehyde in holding tanks as a preservative. Chemical
> anti-foaming agents may also be added to non-organic maple syrup.

I strongly suspect that this is more eco-nut delusions much like the
Teflon ones. I've seen a few maple syrup production facilities and can't
say I ever saw or heard of formaldehyde being used anywhere. At any rate
I get my maple syrup from one small place in CT since I've found it to
be superior to most everything else I've tried.

Pete C.

"Pete C." > wrote in message
...
> Dee Randall wrote:
>>
>> "Pete C." > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> "Dee Randall" > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >THANK YOU! for letting me clarify:
>> >>
>> >> So you really feel the organic brand is that much
>> >> better?
>> >
>> > Real maple syrup is by definition pretty organic, after all it's simply
>> > boiled tree sap.
>> >
>> > Pete C.
>>
>> Here's something close of which I speak:
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/Organ...6a74392d6cca02
>>
>> Maple syrup made from the sap of maple trees is up to 60 percent
>> sucrose. It is essential that consumers use certified organic maple
>> syrup because of the danger of chemical residues from forests sprayed
>> with pesticides. Additionally, many maple syrup producers use
>> formaldehyde pellets in the sap holes to prevent the holes from closing
>> and formaldehyde in holding tanks as a preservative. Chemical
>> anti-foaming agents may also be added to non-organic maple syrup.
>
> I strongly suspect that this is more eco-nut delusions much like the
> Teflon ones. I've seen a few maple syrup production facilities and can't
> say I ever saw or heard of formaldehyde being used anywhere. At any rate
> I get my maple syrup from one small place in CT since I've found it to
> be superior to most everything else I've tried.
>
> Pete C.

Thanks for your response.
Dee Dee

Dave Smith wrote:
|| He often had a bowl of maple syrup
|| with bread and butter for dessert.

Now *THAT* sounds like something that I would do, 'though I haven't
yet. Yet!

BOB
--
Raw Meat Should NOT Have An Ingredients List

Dave Smith > wrote:

>Maple syrup is much more expensive to buy in small containers. It is more
>economical to buy it in in a large quantity and then put it up in preserving
>jars for later use.

Good idea

Thanks