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04/17/2013 06:42:12 PM · #227

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by snaffles:
And hey, if they are indeed so picky, why is it I can go to Price Chopper and load up on all manner of foodstuffs identical in basic nature to what's being sent me, and have no problem? Makes no sense at all.

Because the foodstuffs sold at the retail outlet have had import duty fees paid.

You won't have any problem with processed food like jams and preserves. It is the fresh fruits and veggies that are a problem because of bugs and diseases. For example you can bring frozen fries across but don't try to bring a bag of potatos. They can not enter from Canada to the US or vise versa.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

04/18/2013 12:15:02 AM · #228

Originally posted by Enlightened:

It is the fresh fruits and veggies that are a problem because of bugs and diseases. For example you can bring frozen fries across but don't try to bring a bag of potatos.

Ah, we have the same restrictions (and "agricultural inspections stations") entering California from neighboring states, for the same reasons.

04/18/2013 01:49:17 PM · #229

Well, none of my fellow foodies is sending me fresh produce, which wouldn't last anyway in transit.

04/20/2013 12:53:11 PM · #230

Hey all, especially those overseas wanting a taste. Sadly there are too many strictures in place to prohibit the international travel of syrup from Chateau Snaffles to you, but happily I found this article

Maple syrup overseas

Now you may have to go to the nearest international airport or a high-end gourmet food store, but it's either that or go raid the local Canadian Consulate/Embassy and see if anyone will let you taste some!

BTW beware of feeble cheap imitations which you may see in grocery stores. Anything labelled 'pancake syrup', 'waffle syrup' 'table syrup' 'maple-flavoured syrup' etc is NOT maple syrup. They might contain a teeny tiny trace amount of the real stuff, like 2%-5%, but no more. And the taste of these faux products is sickeningly, grotesquely sweet. Real maple syrup has very complex flavours. Yes of course there is sweetness, but so much more. Very hard to describe. And yes maple syrup is costly but very well worth it.

So if the label lists any ingredient other than maple syrup, pass it by. Your tastebuds will thank you!!!

Message edited by author 2013-04-21 22:24:49.

04/21/2013 10:19:17 PM · #231

*bump for overseas peeps*

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

04/22/2013 10:54:18 AM · #232

Hey are there any arborists here? I have a freaky tree which I *think* is a birch, but it looks like it wants to be a maple - it's got a huge trunk and gnarly limbs going off in all directions.

Message edited by author 2013-04-22 10:56:01.

Spork99

OM System OM-1

04/22/2013 11:02:22 AM · #233

I don't think it's a birch, the bark is all wrong.

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

04/22/2013 11:12:15 AM · #234

Yeah the trunk looks completely wrong, but the limbs have the familiar papery bark. Has almost a metallic gold sheen. Should get some pics of fallen limbs to show. Definitely a softwood.

MarkB

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

04/22/2013 11:15:29 AM · #235

Perhaps it is a Shaggy Bark Hickory.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

04/22/2013 11:38:24 AM · #236

Originally posted by MarkB:

Perhaps it is a Shaggy Bark Hickory.

Hickory's a hardwood though... Be easier to identify if Snaffles showed us some leaves...

Cory

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM

04/22/2013 11:39:18 AM · #237

Hmm... Birch beer next?

04/22/2013 11:50:33 AM · #238

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by MarkB:
Perhaps it is a Shaggy Bark Hickory.

Hickory's a hardwood though... Be easier to identify if Snaffles showed us some leaves...

I will once some leaves come out!!! Patience Grasshoppah!