Time to turn in your hippie card, young man

[marydell]

The young hippie guy (ponytail, granola-ish clothes, a little body modding) who was bagging my stuff at the grocery noticed that the bottle for the 100% pure maple syrup was glass, not plastic.

guy: "huh, it's glass, I wonder why?"
me: "maybe that's to make it seem fancy, since it's the pure stuff."
guy: "is that better?"
me: "well, it is if your kid can't have the regular kind. I like the regular stuff better, but it's made of corn syrup and other stuff."
guy, looking puzzled: "then what is this made from?"
me: "trees."
guy: *looks incredulous*
me: "yeah, maple trees."
guy: "oh, wow. Wild!"

Comments

[ashnistrike.livejournal.com]

Do boys not read Little House in the Big Woods? Weird.

Around here, I suppose boys would learn by going to the North Park Village Nature Center maple sugar festival every Spring. We missed it this year, but it was actually the first time that I got to see the whole process. They have stations set up so that you can see the different steps.

I grew up with maple syrup and cannot imagine liking the fake stuff better, but to each their own. The best is if you can find Grade B, which is darker and sweeter than the Grade A that's easiest to find.

[readinggeek451]

Heck, I'm weird enough to prefer the stuff my mother made (still makes, occasionally) from (fake, I think) maple flavoring and sugar. Much better than fake maple syrup from the store. Cheaper, too.

(I like the real kind, too, but it's not what I grew up on.)