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Subject: Re: [OT] Would you like some tree sap with that?
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 20:34:57 -0500
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On 2025-02-25 3:10 PM, shawn wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:22:43 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Feb 24, 2025 at 1:41:56 PM PST, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It seems that inventive Quebeckers have developed a new drink that is
>>> starting to be noticed around the world: tree sap.
>>>
>>> Yes, the very tree sap that has traditionally been used to make maple
>>> syrup is now being filtered and pasteurized and sold as a drink in its
>>> own right. Sales are already significant, although still well behind
>>> coconut water.
>>>
>>> https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cde98k6e2dno
>>>
>>> In case you're wondering, I have never tried this stuff and I've never
>>> seen it in a store so I can't give you a recommendation OR a warning.
>>
>> Wow, you Snow-Mexicans really are a clever bunch!
>>
> 
> I wonder if maple sap is similar in sweetness to sugar cane. As in
> taking a stalk of sugar cane and chewing on it to get at the sweet sap
> inside. Something I did on occasion in my youth.

Apparently not, according to the article.

-- 
Rhino