We burn different kinds of wood under our food to make them taste like that wood. Mesquite, apple, hickory, all come to mind. Wood smells really good.
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lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 months ago
It what? Who thinks wood smells edible?
hperrin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 months ago
My friend Winona for one
DarkCloud@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The big brown beaver?
Illuminostro@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Maple smells like sugar when cut. Maple syrup used to be made of the sap.
JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 2 months ago
it still is?
stangel@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It still is, but it used to, too.
cmbabul@lemmy.world 2 months ago
RIP Mitch
SethranKada@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Only the expensive luxury stuff. The kind sold in tourist traps. Most maple syrup sold in stores is flavored corn syrup, which keeps the price down.
WR5@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think at that point it’s called “corn syrup” or just “syrup”. Maple syrup is still made from maple.
elephantium@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hmm. I just went to Target’s website and searched “maple syrup” – even though they have a notoriously bad search, the first row of products were actual maple syrup. The second row had a mix between “pancake syrup” and actual “maple syrup”
OTOH, searching “pancake syrup” was the opposite – 5 corn syrups before any actual maple syrups.
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
“Maple syrup” is a legally protected name, the same way “butter”, “ice cream”, and “chocolate” are. There are legal requirements for their contents in order for you to call it that on the label. That’s why you see descriptions like “chocolatey” or “buttery” on cheaper products.
creditCrazy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
In my experience unless you’re in Vermont that is quite true but yeah in Vermont just about everyone makes their own maple syrup if I recall correctly we I believe banned corn syrup maple syrup because everyone here takes maple syrup very seriously