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Article: America's Sweeteners Today : Discovered by native americans, maple syrup and its sugar are authentic north american sweeteners benefiting from modern technology.
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- The World and I
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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Here in New England, spring may come on a February day, when the snow scintillates and the sun soars confidently into the azure sky. When it does, my neighbors tap the maple trees in their yards, because the sap runs most abundantly in the brilliant days of early spring.
For me, the plink, plink of crystal drops of sap filling up the buckets is the very music of springtime. No sight promises crocuses, daffodils, and robins puffing their chests more certainly than maple trees with buckets perched on their trunks and sugar shacks billowing with steam. Not that winter has entirely given way. Bright, clear days promise freezing nights-- and that's fine because the ...