NewsDecember 8, 2009
Maine school offers sweet talk about maple syrup
SKOWHEGAN, Maine -- There's a lot of sweet talk about regulations, tools of the trade and flavor at a maple syrup school in Maine. At the International Maple Grading School, syrup buyers, producers and inspectors from the Northeast learn about all things syrup such as government rules and equipment that measures syrup's color, clarity and density...
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SKOWHEGAN, Maine -- There's a lot of sweet talk about regulations, tools of the trade and flavor at a maple syrup school in Maine.
At the International Maple Grading School, syrup buyers, producers and inspectors from the Northeast learn about all things syrup such as government rules and equipment that measures syrup's color, clarity and density.
They even have syrup samplings that are a lot like wine tastings.
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The syrup school is in its sixth year and is held for two days at a different location. This year's school was held last week at University of Maine Cooperative Extension offices in Skowhegan.
U.S. maple syrup production this year reached its highest level since 1944.
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