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guethlema t1_jdmkt2q wrote

If the sugar house isn't just 3 old timers with a bean supper and a bottle of wild turkey watching the boil, I don't want any part of it

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raggedtoad t1_jdmmr26 wrote

Gotta boil hot dogs in the sap! Nothin' like it!

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mainlydank t1_jdm5orl wrote

Any of them have maple soft serve like that one place at the Windsor fair every year?

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amcius221 t1_jdqwif8 wrote

Smith Brothers in Skowhegan said they have ice cream

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A-roguebanana t1_jdmqdsu wrote

Which are the ones on the list but when you show up they act surprised you’re there? That was us one year

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Shake-Spear4666 OP t1_jdlz45t wrote

Messy website but some reasonably good information/links to find places for Maine Maple Sunday. Support our local maple syrup producers!

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Lcky22 t1_jdma7s0 wrote

Le vent du nord has a great song about harvesting sap to make syrup called “L’eau de vie de l’arbre” if you want a themed soundtrack 🤓

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jsmalltri t1_jdmrj8n wrote

My parents love the Harris Farm maple Sunday breakfast. I haven't been since I was a teen...

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joeydokes t1_jdofok8 wrote

Visited the URL link and misread "Church's Sugar Shack" as "Church of the Sugar Shack" !:)

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20thMaine t1_jdqmk16 wrote

And he did boileth it, and it was good. Acer.

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Syrhen t1_jdou7z0 wrote

Any suggestions for someone with an infant for things to see? Like farm animals, equipment, scenery, etc.

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saigonk t1_jdm1fiw wrote

The new place they built a train as the sugar house is around the corner from my house, anyone know if it’s any good?

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yawnfactory t1_jdm6v90 wrote

Just go and support a local business!

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saigonk t1_jdmo2bh wrote

As much as that is a standard statement around here, i prefer to find out if something is decent or not before I spend money on it.

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GreenStoneRidge t1_jdmpqbj wrote

And you trust a strangers opinion on the internet over your own experiences?

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saigonk t1_jdmxmcw wrote

You've never once asked about something online? Never asked people their thoughts on Reddit about something you aren't sure about? a DIY project, a hobby?

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I call bullshit.

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saigonk t1_jdmq8dn wrote

I’ve been to places where the reviews are good and the place is not good (to me) and the exact opposite. But if multiple people say it’s good then it’s a good chance it is, if multiple say no, probably a chance it isn’t good and we find somewhere else.

And it isn’t a bad thing to not blindly go somewhere, show up, spend money and time to then find out it’s not good.

Do people buy a car simply because someone says “just go support your local car dealer”? No. It’s the same thing.

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yawnfactory t1_jdmungb wrote

It's a bottle of maple syrup, not a $30,000 car.

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saigonk t1_jdmux9z wrote

Same principle. Jesus why is that so hard for people to understand?

Let’s make it less money then, so you’ll go spend $20 on something you know nothing about because “it’s local!”

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not-cowboy t1_jdosznr wrote

I saw one of their ads and they were bragging about how their maple syrup is made from sap from rock maples instead of sugar maples. A rock maple is the same thing as a sugar maple. I’m a semi professional maple sugar maker and I will nerd out about trees if you ask me questions.

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saigonk t1_jdp712n wrote

I saw that was well, I laughed because I knew of that fact as well. Marketing right? Ha!

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lantech t1_jdnkagz wrote

jesus, is there enough time?

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Cutlasss t1_jdo7f3o wrote

I've stopped at Bob's at Dover-Foxcroft a number of times. But they aren't always open when I go by. Anything I've gotten there has been good.

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ptowndavid t1_jdnbryc wrote

Sweet Williams was fantastic. Nice tour of the sugar house and grounds to the collection site. Free ice cream, maple butter and beans. Cotton candy, maple donuts, assorted candy, scones and assorted sizes of syrup with light to robust available.

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