How do people use that much syrup? I've had one bottle for like 10 years.

It was stolen a decade or so ago too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Maple_Syrup_Producers#History_2

There's a decent show about it

I blame climate change.

You can use it in place of brown sugar in a lot of recipes and add it on top of most breakfast foods.

Must not be good/real

Have more pancakes, waffles, French toast, French toast sticks.

Yes, there has been a significant change in the political climate.

• good substitute for honey
• amazing on oatmeal
• BEANS

And "Maple syrup yields depend on weather conditions." from the article.

You can tell the writer had fun with the headline

All farmers complain about the weather, but maple syrup farmers complain the most. They only get a few weeks and the weather has to be perfect. A couple hot days early in the season can screw everything up.

It's real maple syrup, I just don't use it very often.

Yes, that's why the reserve exists.

Maple syrup yields depend on weather conditions.

As a result, the producers’ association has established a strategic reserve to ensure prices and supply remain relatively stable.

But not why it's low this year:

Last year, U.S. commercial customers stocked up, fearing that U.S. President Donald Trump would carry out his threat to impose tariffs.

Goulet says the buffer has been exhausted as sales continue to rise.

The association is using this to call for more investment in the industry to meet rising demand.

The head of Quebec’s maple syrup producers’ association says the province’s strategic syrup reserve has run dry amid high demand for the product.

Québec Maple Syrup Producers President Luc Goulet says government support will be needed to ensure the industry doesn’t miss out on opportunities to grow the sector.

Last year was actually amazing. Not from the article:

https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/sector/horticulture/reports/statistical-overview-canadian-maple-industry-2025

Climate change impacts it, but that's not what the article is about.

Yeah, I really don't... Maybe if I had guests or something.

Edit: I have also eaten all 3 without any syrup and just butter before. 😆

I don't really use honey either, lol.

I rarely cook with brown sugar and I'm not sure which breakfast foods I'd put it on besides pancakes, waffles, or french toast. But I never really feel like eating those either.

For me it replaces white sugar almost everywhere.

Oatmeal? Guess you don't bake or have kids. Also as should be obvious this only applies to actual maple syrup not a caramel colored corn syrup thing.

had to check it wasn’t the Beaverton

They eat different things than you.

We do breakfast for dinner every other week.

Beans???

Dear comrade, have you not heard the good word of maple beans, the heart of a good cabane à sucre menu?

The ones I make are not the most traditional, but I just use tomato sauce (literally just milled and canned tomatoes I can at home, not like a prepared seasoned sauce), maple syrup, mustard powder and salt. It's by eye and to taste but maybe 4 cups of dry beans, 1 L sauce, 1-2 tbsp mustard powder, salt to taste and syrup to taste. I soak the beans and cook in the electric pressure cooker, so I add more water if I think the sauce isn't enough (it typically isn't). I'll add some salt to start, but will add more after it's done and add the syrup once it's done too.

Eta: I'm 3rd gen slavic (I know how insane this sentence is everywhere else in the world but that's how white people talk to each other here sorry) but I moved to eastern ontario a couple of years back and am trying to assimilate lol.

Bee vomit is the best

I feel like I'm missing the joke 😭 Can someone explain?

As a 2nd generation Canadian with British Parents, maple beans are just *chef's kiss

Look for the culturally-insensitive label of Canadians, not the culturally-insensitive one of slavery.

..daibetes

They've phrased it like the other various headlines about the world's strategic oil reserves running low due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz

Distilled tree blood is better

Oooh, okay. Thanks!

I think I'm too close to the story lol. They report on the strength of the season and the strategic reserves every year. It's significant to the local economy. This phrasing is standard, not riffing off other world events.

Some examples:

Global maple syrup shortage forces Quebec to release half its strategic reserve https://globalnews.ca/news/8410985/global-maple-syrup-shortage-forces-quebec-to-release-half-its-strategic-reserve/

Canada's maple syrup reserve hits 16-year low https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68657703

It's my favorite insect vomit! I don't usually mix it with my bacteria poop, though. I did try the bacteria poop made with bee vomit one time, and it wasn't quite what I hoped for. I will have to try different varieties.

Peanut butter and maple sandwiches!

I'm going over the ocean just to say i don't care for their tree sugar juice tabernak

Yeah, it's a great sweetener, one of my gotos when balancing flavours (along with salt, lemon juice/vinegar, and soy sauce/mushrooms).

Beans? I'm intrigued.

I'm definitely trying this, thanks for sharing!

Shared more info in another comment.

Reading that sentence spiked my blood sugar lol

It's too sweet for me to use as a condiment most of the time but I love it as an ingredient. It's also a fun annual tradition!

I saw it after I commented, definitely trying it out, thanks!

Oh no! What will they drink and use for bath water now?

Well it is climate change. If the spring time is volatile, warm early then cold longer than normal etc... it messes up the sap yields tremendously.

You also need hundreds and hundreds of trees to have a decent production. You cant just plant those further north and have them yielding anything before a very long time.

Im not sure. Im starting to panic

Lol if anyone ever needs proof that I don't hold grudges on the fedverse, this is proof (I simply do not read usernames I guess 🤷‍♀️)

Eta: despite it all showing up in my notifications at once I simply did not realize this wasn't two different people lol

Depending on the grade, even just a spoonful straight everyday lol

Or is a good sweetener for Matcha Lattes.

🤯

I SHOULD try some oatmeal again, it has been a while. No kids and I bake, but it's usually savory things. I replied to another comment, but it's real maple syrup in a glass jug and everything, lol.

You're built different.