I think the distinction is maple syrup vs maple flavour syrup. Maybe some places are allowed to sell one as the other, but I’ve never seen it in the UK.
Even cheap Aldi maple syrup is still actual maple syrup.
I just checked the bottle in my fridge and the only ingredient is “Pure maple syrup”.
The problem is that a lot of people will just snatch up a $3 bottle of Aunt Jemima—or whatever the hell they call it now—and call it a day. But if you’re not a cheapass, chances are that the maple syrup in your fridge is real (if you paid $10 or more for that bottle then it’s definitely real).
Like the other person said, it’s illegal in the US to label corn syrup as maple syrup. So they’ll usually call it “pancake syrup” or some sus bullshit like that. Pretty easy to spot the difference unless you’re just not paying attention.
Make their respective national legislative power make a commission to investigate this waiter’s crimes against me… cough, aghem, humanity, then a second commission of truth and reconciliation to find the extent of his crimes to me and other costumers, to find adequate compensation and to clarify who is victim, then an according criminal trial with resulting life in prison.
Put on a reasonable amount then add more. Basically you want to look at it and feel a little guilty you just put that much butter on something.
When you put it on pancakes with real butter you get the sweetness from the pancakes, the decadent fatty richness from the borderline excessive butter, the heavy umami and salt from the vegemite… its great.
I like that you can get decadent fatty richness, as I’m a decadent rich fatty and this makes me feel I can pretend it’s something I caught, not a series of bad life choices.
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