During my last visit to US, on meeting my friend from Canada, she presented a big bottle of Maple Syrup, not the one in the picture but, much bigger than that. Canada is the largest producer of the Maple Syrup, said she .That Maple Syrup, seen and heard by me for first time tasted too good to be seen in the fridge for long .My" small brain" could only recall the name of the Maple tree mentioned in some stories and text books and nothing more. The Maple Syrup went into oblivion for four years.
The Maple Syrup came into the picture again now, on feeding it to my grand son, Jiji along with the bread or the Pan Cake.
Stacked in the shelf of his room were the series of the Curious George, the Monkey, one of the most popular Children's books. A book titled Curious George Makes the Maple Syrup got my attention as I picked up a few books to read till I could go to the library. These books would be read to him at bed time.
What could be special in making the syrup, mused me. The Maple Syrup like any other juice, at times called Cider like the Apple Cider must be extracted from the fruit. Only after going through the pages, I could realize my ignorance, learning that the Maple Syrup is extracted from the bark of the tree by tapping it .Not only was I ignorant but also impulsive not to have patiently looked at the cover, which has the picture of the syrup being tapped from the tree. Besides being informative, the book was quite interesting. These series have also been made into animation movies.
On googling, loads of information popped up, as to how the trees are found in England, US and Canada. On seeing the picture of the tree, many Maple trees could be identified even in the neighborhood of my daughter's house but no idea of any syrup being extracted.
With an open mind, it is to be admitted, a lot can be learned from the Children; so also from their books !
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