Almost died at breakfast this morning

So, a friend and I were in the middle of making breakfast this morning, and I go to get out the maple syrup, pour it into a little cup to heat it up, and this greets me by flowing out with the sryup.

:eek: :eek: :eek:

I don’t know what it is, I don’t want to know what it is. All I know is that it’s evil and tried to kill me.

paper or plastic?

Looks pretty gross to me and would thoroughly freak me out. :eek:

…and the invasion begins!

Is it a bit of foil?

Perhaps you can make a tiny little cap to help you with your paranoia. :slight_smile:

Looks like either a moth or a condom to me.

Funny. It looks like a lawsuit to me.

Been awhile since you’ve used maple syrup, eh? Long enough to get some nice mold growing on top of the syrup?

Happened to me once, too. Nasty nasty nasty.

Daniel

You didn’t throw it out already, did you? Because you can save it, you have the technology…

According to Maple Grove Farms of Vermont

Note: My parents used to do this all the time, but I never ate the recycled stuff after I realized what was going on. And yes, I was a picky spoiled suburban child.

It looks like a dixie cup…

Yes, I have it, but I am NOT going to ‘re-sterilize’ it. For one, I can imagine lots of tiny bits of mold are still in the jug, and two, I have a brand new jug I can use.

Wow! Now you get to tour Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory!

That’s exactly what I thought when I saw the picture. I say back away slowly from the syrup.

At least it didn’t look like this.

Looks to me like it might be the little foil freshness seal.

Do you refregerate your maple?

I just peel that stuff of the top if I find it. I never bother to resterilize it. I am argg…