Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2017/05/25/watch-how-maple-syrup-harvesti.html
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I like my maple syrup like I like my emotional disposition…sandy
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My God the torture! Since sugar maples can’t talk, I suppose their suffering counts for nothing to some people!
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Ontario syrup? Blasphemy!
These new advances in technology, including vacuum lines, have made syrup harvesting a lot easier. It’s also much faster to boil with newer evaporators
Even more high-tech
Stump based production
http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=news&storyID=17209
Reverse Osmosis for syrup concentration
https://www.leaderevaporator.com/c-60-reverse-osmosis-machines-and-accessories.aspx
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The business of maple syrup has changed in other ways:
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Why does this seem like part of an Ent version of The Matrix?
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Hopefully this technological innovation will help to reduce the scourge of untapped maple trees. Did you catch that NPR story a couple years back? Scary stuff.
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They’ve been using tubes for decades now.
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Vancouver Island syrup is coming into production. Now there’s some sweet, sweet blasphemy there.
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Isnt this going to put thousands of Canadistanis out of work and cause greater inequality?
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They’re so stoned!
“Good for you?” Not really. It’s still basically distilled sugar.
Better for you (compared to other syrups and sugars), perhaps. It still shouldn’t be a dietary staple, though, as much as a delicious treat.
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All part of the maple syrup empire discussed at length on the show Riverdale!
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