Re: [OT] Would you like some tree sap with that?

On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:34:11 -0800, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
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On 2/25/25 12:16 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
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On Feb 25, 2025 at 12:10:23 PM PST, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>
wrote:

On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:22:43 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:

On Feb 24, 2025 at 1:41:56 PM PST, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
wrote:
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  It seems that inventive Quebeckers have developed a new drink that is
  starting to be noticed around the world: tree sap.
 
  Yes, the very tree sap that has traditionally been used to make maple
  syrup is now being filtered and pasteurized and sold as a drink in its
  own right. Sales are already significant, although still well behind
  coconut water.
 
  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cde98k6e2dno
 
  In case you're wondering, I have never tried this stuff and I've never
  seen it in a store so I can't give you a recommendation OR a warning.

I seem to recall seeing a video of someone gathering up a bunch of
maple sap saying it didn't have much taste. Certainly that person had
no interest in drinking any of the sap.

Wow, you Snow-Mexicans really are a clever bunch!

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I wonder if maple sap is similar in sweetness to sugar cane. As in
taking a stalk of sugar cane and chewing on it to get at the sweet sap
inside. Something I did on occasion in my youth.

 
You were a cane freak!

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I think you mean a "cane junkie"!  ;)
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It was great as it's a source of sweet sap that grows back. Plus a guy
up the road from us that grew the sugar cane also used it in a couple
of ways. One was to boil it in one of those big vats (multipurpose as
it could be used to water cattle or to boil a pig to loosen the hair
as part of the butchering process.)  It was also used to slowly simmer
the sap from crushed sugar cane stalks to make up a nice syrup.
Oh, and the other thing he did was to leave some of the sap from the
crushed sugar cane out for a week or so to ferment. Never tried the
fermented stuff but he seemed to like it.

Chewing on a stalk of sugar cane was just a benefit of processing the
cane.

Ian  (I prefer Horatio... Cane! [rimshot!] )