Yes, it’s getting sweet and sappy here on unsweetened.ca because for the first time in my life I made maple syrup! All my years in the woods, all my stories of pruning, chopping, tending tress and I’d never tapped one. I’ve never made maple syrup before. I’ve never visited a Cabane au Sucre. I’ve never had maple taffy fresh from the snow. I felt I had failed as a Canadian to accomplish this basic of all basic rituals, this cultural rite of passage, this symbol of all that is woody, sappy and Canadian. Until this weekend! Sunday we were out…
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