[MayflowerMadam]

“They are very protective of the *made in Vermont* label.”

A few decades ago my grandpa sold sap from our trees in western NY to Vermont. That stopped when Vermont had to quit taking it. Now my little nephew, age 11, taps the trees and makes the best syrup I’ve ever tasted. When he was eight he won prizes at fairs. When we go out for breakfast, I take it in my purse.

We used to get the syrup warm and thick, then pour it on snow to make “candy”.

[Daffynition]

As I said above, Vermont is very protective of its brand.

I know a guy who wes a Un of VT grad, got involved with maple syrup production there. He worked on an osmosis system to cut the time to turn the sap to syrup. [Which ended in failure] Later, he for some reason bought some sap from some guy in Rhode Island, and boiled it down and bottled it as *Made in VT* .....turned out the VT agri tested it....and it was largely, cane syrup....they prosecuted him and he spent time in Federal prison. Ruined his life.

*We used to get the syrup warm and thick, then pour it on snow to make “candy”.*

We call it *sugar-on-snow*....do you remember serving it with a sour pickle and cider donut on a plate of snow?