real maple syrup

[tommag]

I usually slice it around 3/4" thick.

[Rampy]

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I'm surprised at how thin this syrup is and how little it takes on the mush.

now I’m getting hungry again, couple hunks of German sausage & easy over eggs…….

Yummmmmmm

[Longhair]

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I'm surprised at how thin this syrup is and how little it takes on the mush.

Not all Maple syrup is that thin and runny. It all depends on how much they boil it down when they're making it. Obviously, for retail purposes and maximizing profit they don't cook it down any more than they feel they need to.

We have locals that tap trees and make their own, and some sell a little on a very limited scale. THAT stuff is worth its weight in gold! Way better than what you buy in stores.

[tommag]

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I'm surprised at how thin this syrup is and how little it takes on the mush.

Not all Maple syrup is that thin and runny. It all depends on how much they boil it down when they're making it. Obviously, for retail purposes and maximizing profit they don't cook it down any more than they feel they need to.

We have locals that tap trees and make their own, and some sell a little on a very limited scale. THAT stuff is worth its weight in gold! Way better than what you buy in stores.

I'm fine with it being this thin.  It certainly doesn't take a bunch for nice flavor.

[Rampy]

Wife thought I was wacko when the korn meal came but after showing the thread/recipe she is all for trying it

[tommag]

The neighbors with the 9 kiddos have never had fried mush before so I gave them some to try. The answer was Yes, Please! My biggest sauce pan will be busy tomorrow. Imagine feeding that many people for $4 plus butter and syrup.
Pretty cheap, tasty slumgullion!

[tommag]

Wife thought I was wacko when the korn meal came but after showing the thread/recipe she is all for trying it

If you use the same recipe and add another cup of water it makes a good bowl of mush served like oatmeal or cream of wheat.
I fry mine with a bit of bacon grease rather than butter since I'm going to put butter on it anyway.

[Longhair]

The neighbors with the 9 kiddos have never had fried mush before so I gave them some to try.  The answer was Yes, Please!  My biggest sauce pan will be busy tomorrow.  Imagine feeding that many people for $4 plus butter and syrup.
Pretty cheap, tasty slumgullion!

Precisely why it was probably the most consumed food during the "Great Depression".
It ended up being socially shunned because people got sick and tired of eating it back then. The generation that lived through that had to die off before the stigma faded. I knew folks that claimed they couldn't even look at it anymore.

[Rampy]

Wife thought I was wacko when the korn meal came but after showing the thread/recipe she is all for trying it

If you use the same recipe and add another cup of water it makes a good bowl of mush served like oatmeal or cream of wheat.
I fry mine with a bit of bacon grease rather than butter since I'm going to put butter on it anyway.

ummmmmmm, took me 50 years before I could eat oatmeal & still can’t eat cream of wheat 

frying in bacon grease sounds like a great idea

[Rampy]

The neighbors with the 9 kiddos have never had fried mush before so I gave them some to try.  The answer was Yes, Please!  My biggest sauce pan will be busy tomorrow.  Imagine feeding that many people for $4 plus butter and syrup.
Pretty cheap, tasty slumgullion!

Precisely why it was probably the most consumed food during the "Great Depression".
It ended up being socially shunned because people got sick and tired of eating it back then. The generation that lived through that had to die off before the stigma faded. I knew folks that claimed they couldn't even look at it anymore.

Popcorn & milk of some kind is what I always heard stories about