[LMB] OT: RE: sugar maples

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What makes grade b better than a? 



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From: quietann <quietann at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:35:15 
To:"Discussion of the works of Lois McMaster Bujold." <lois-bujold at lists.herald.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [LMB] OT: RE: sugar maples

On 4/30/07, Marna Nightingale <marna at marna.ca> wrote:
>
> Elvi Dalgaard wrote:
>
> > Same goes for me, though I suspect that once you add shipping, it's the
> > same price as getting it in the upscale grocery store. I mean, there
> > isn't any place in the world where you actually CAN'T buy real maple
> > syrup, is there?
>
> There are certainly places where it makes a very popular guest-gift; I
> gather it is rare and expensive in the Southern US, based on the
> receptions it gets.


I just got back from the UK.  We have Bostonian friends living near
Chichester while the wife studies rare book preservation, and we took her to
the grocery store (They don't have a car, and usually have groceries
delivered, which means fewer impulse buys.)  She found a tiny bottle of real
maple syrup at Sainsbury's for about 8 pounds ($16 in US money, wow, that
exchange rate just killed us!). When I say tiny I mean maybe 200 ml at the
most.

I am assuming that everyone here knows to buy Grade B syrup if they want
really nice maple flavor.



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