I am not much of a food photographer but here you go. It was very good. If you are up for the drive you can have a slice if you come the the MMMC picnic tomorrow.
Police Seize More Than 600 Barrels of Maple Syrup Follow-up on the missing Maple Syrup... Police in Canada have seized more than 600 barrels of maple syrup in New Brunswick as part of an investigation into the theft of millions worth of syrup in Quebec and are transporting it back to Quebec under police protection, officials said Wednesday. The Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers reported large quantities of syrup missing last month during a routine inventory, finding empty barrels at a site of the province's global strategic reserve at St-Louis-de-Blandford. Quebec provincial police Sgt. Christine Coulombe said Wednesday police executed a search warrant in Kedjwick, New Brunswick last week, but could not provide more information as the investigation was ongoing. However, the owner of Kedjwick-based exporter S.K. Export Inc. said police visited last week and told him it was related to the missing syrup. Etienne St-Pierre said his usual suppliers, small producers based in Quebec, sold it to him. This has left the New Brunswick exporter in a sticky situation. He's been locked out of his office, which he said is under Royal Canadian Mounted Police watch. "They came in and said we're taking everything, there wasn't much I could do," said Etienne St-Pierre, who said he initially thought the officers were joking. Saying he has nothing to hide, Etienne St. Pierre has since shown all his paperwork to investigators trying to get to the bottom of the great syrup heist. The shipment of the pancake-topper was making its way back to Quebec in a heavily guarded convoy of 16 trailer-loads on Wednesday. "(The convoy's) under police protection going somewhere in Quebec," said Yvon Poitras, the general manager of the New Brunswick Maple Syrup Association. Quebec is a maple syrup superpower, producing 80 percent of the world's maple syrup and the warehouse involved stocked more than $30 million worth of the sticky substance. Source - Police Seize More Than 600 Barrels of Maple Syrup - ABC News
All they grow up in New Brunswick is potatoes.... Potatoes don't bring much at market.... However, Maple syrup is like liquid gold.... I'll bet this all goes back to a couple of NB potatoes farmers that were tired of all their hard work getting them nothing and would gaze longingly at their pancakes in the morn and decided on an action plan....
Well, some guys did just recently steal an entire bridge and sold it for scrap not too long ago. I think it was in Kentucky.
Maple Syrup Heist Solved MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say they've solved a massive maple syrup heist. Police say they arrested three people and are looking for five others after 10,000 barrels of maple gold, valued at $20 million, were pilfered from a warehouse east of Montreal between August 2011 and this past July. "Two-thirds of the stolen syrup has been found," police said in a statement. Richard Vallieres, 34, Avik Caron, 39, and a third unnamed suspect were to appear in court in Trois-Rivieres, Que., on Tuesday. They face charges of theft, conspiracy to commit theft, handling of stolen goods and fraud. Police say they seized vehicles used to transport stolen maple syrup and executed several search warrants in Quebec, New Brunswick, Ontario and several northern U.S. states. Officers also seized two forklifts, four syrup kettles, platform lifts and six electronic scales. The maple syrup was stolen from a warehouse operated by Quebec's federation of maple syrup producers, police said. Police believe the suspects pumped the maple syrup into tanker trucks and drove away from the heavily secured location. Some of the sticky stuff was found in October at S.K. Export in Kedgwick, in northern New Brunswick near Quebec's Gaspe region. Quebec produces up to 80% of the world's maple syrup every year, and the province's syrup producers federation has managed the world's strategic reserves for the past 12 years
Cool, I will check it out. Reminds me of the time me and a friend invented a shot, the whiskey maple, 1/2 maple syrup 1/2 whiskey. Only did it on that day but it was good.
This story is so sticky it just won't go away An Illustrated Account of the Great Maple Syrup Heist - Modern Farmer
Sacrebleu...... I think I know why Quebec wants to secede from Canada..... They gots all the Maple Syrup....