That would work. I might suggest covering the top with a plastic lid, such as you might use to cover a cat food can; or you could stretch some Saran over it, secured with a rubber band.
I wouldn’t recommend the fridge, though, unless you’re prepared to take it out a few hours before you plan to use it. The cooler maple syrup gets, the thicker it becomes. It keeps just fine at room temperature. (I used to volunteer at an Ontario sugar bush every spring; we always kept it at room temperature, and never had a problem.)
It used to grow mold when i was a kid. Then my dad would strain it and boil it and put it away again. But i always keep it in the fridge to prevent mold.
Anyway, i like thick syrup, it sticks on my pancakes.
I was discussing this offline with puzzlegal, and this is how I knew Canadian maple syrup sometimes came in cans- One Canadian friend insisted their maple syrup was the only real Maple stuff, that Vermont stuff was a pale imitation- eh?. (this was part of a long series of fake arguments we have over America vs Canada, which was better). She did admit that sometimes theirs came in cans, but claims that was was safer to ship- of course. And Tim Hortons donuts were better than Dunkin, and so forth. All tongue in cheek, over half hour long Christmas calls. She mailed me a real Canada toque once as I 'won" and I had to mail her a Stormy Kromer hat (I think she got the better of that deal). She is some sort of cousin. Yes, I have friends and relatives in Canada. Her health has not been doing so well so we havent traded those barbs in a couple of years. Besides, now with this current administration, I would lose every argument. We all get older.
Incidentally- only my Sask relatives use 'eh?" at the end of some sentences, and it really isnt very noticeable. I suppose other areas of Canada use it sometimes, but not Quebec.
Our Canadian maple syrup comes in a 1000 ml can with a lid. Once it’s unsealed, it stays in the fridge until finished, which takes about a year. No mold since we started keeping it in the fridge.
My Massachusetts (really! That’s where my friend’s relatives live) maple syrup came in gallon plastic jugs with a screw top. But i split it up into large glass jars (assorted sizes, what i had around) and boiled them as if i were canning stuff, although i wasn’t as careful as you should be if you are canning things that botulism can grow in. I have a pint jug of syrup in the fridge, and i refill it as needed. Sometimes i need to remove some sugar that’s crystalized out. The horror.
I don’t think I’ve seen the gallon tins since i was a kid. I’ve never seen the 18 oz round tins without a screw top that are featured in this news story.
Montreal grocery stores routinely have the 540 ml cans for $5 or $6. These would be the large chains - each of which might have the sale for a week or so (regular is $10-$12). Note that if you leave the can “motionless” for a couple of months - opened or not - it will begin to crystallize at the bottom. You can scrape the crystals out, and they make a nice (if not small) maple snack.
Ahem … see those two giant bars on either side of the maple leaf? Those represent the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, which, in the view of many, are not “nothing”!
Maybe. There was certainly a big kerfuffle about it. But he’s still prez and will be staying on until his retirement this fall at the age of 68, which Air Canada says has been the subject of succession planning for two years.
Yes, and that flag had a stem of three maple leaves instead of just one. But some designers deemed that the red, white, and blue were unharmonious and a colour clash. So the flag was simplified and reduced to just red on white.
I didn’t move to Canada (Cabbage—is that what your spell checker did?) until 1968; the flag was created for Centennial Day, July 1, 1967, so I have no idea of the background.
Your eye injury sounds dreadful; I hope it heals quickly.
(this was part of a long series of fake arguments we have over America vs Canada, which was better). She did admit that sometimes theirs came in cans, but claims that was was safer to ship- of course. And Tim Hortons donuts were better than Dunkin, and so forth. All tongue in cheek, over half hour long Christmas calls. She mailed me a real Canada toque once as I 'won" and I had to mail her a Stormy Kromer hat (I think she got the better of that deal). She is some sort of cousin. Yes, I have friends and relatives in Canada. Her health has not been doing so well so we havent traded those barbs in a couple of years. Besides, now with this current administration, I would lose every argument. We all get older.
