Evidently National Maple Syrup Day is always celebrated on December 17th. According to the Website Mapleweekend, maple syrup production was started by The Iroquois – or at least so says their legend. Quoting from that site, “Chief Woksis had thrown his tomahawk into a nearby maple tree. The next day, he needed the weapon for hunting and yanked it from the tree. The weather turned warm and the gash in the maple tree dripped sap into a container that was near the trunk. That evening, the chief’s wife was heading to the stream for water and found the container with sap and thought it was just like water. She tasted the liquid, found it to be sweet, and used it for cooking water. When Woksis came home from hunting, he smelled a wonderful scent – a maple aroma. The water had boiled down to syrup and had sweetened their meal with maple.” Hence, we now have the chance to eat waffles, pancakes, and if you’re Buddy the Elf, spaghetti drenched with maple syrup! However, for our purposes the “syrup” in 2013’s movie SYRUP is an energy drink that’s all the rage thanks to the behind the scenes marketing practices.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 17:50:40 +0000
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