Canadian Staple

While shopping for my trip to England and Europe, I bought a small jug of maple syrup and a tin of maple flavoured tea for a friend in England. Unfortunately, my luggage was overweight so I had to take out the maple syrup and a bunch of other heavy things like conditioner, mouthwash, body spray, etc. [which I bought my second day in England].

I had sent my friend a box of things a few years ago with maple syrup that lasted in no time so I wanted to get her some more. I was really bummed about not being able to give her the maple syrup because you can’t get this Canadian staple over there.

When I came home, I decided to keep it to myself. Why? Because I have never had pure maple syrup. It’s a little sad considering I am in a country known for it. I made pancakes and instead of using my mom’s sugar-free maple-flavoured syrup, I had the real thing poured over my buttery pancakes. So sweet and so delicious! Although, I must admit, I did feel like I was going to get diabetes afterwards.

Now that I opened the maple syrup, it’s sitting in my fridge waiting to be used again. I want to use it in unique recipes. In fact, I was talking to a Facebook friend who left me to make maple salmon. I thought that was quite interesting so I think that may be my next maple syrup recipe. Does that sound yummy or what?