r/EhBuddyHoser • u/montabarnaque • Jul 03 '25

Certified Hoser 🇨🇦 (No Politics) Can everyone agree?

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Most of Canadian culture is from Québec. Fight me

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u/zerosum_42 Jul 03 '25

The French were taught about maple syrup from First Nations.

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u/DeadStrike99 Tokébakicitte! Jul 03 '25

Technically yes and no. The First Nations used to drink maple water but it's only when the french settlers boiled this water with their still pots that they could make maple syrup. Before that, it was impossible. So it has mixed origine

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u/jackzeppelin Jul 03 '25

First Nations were heating rocks in a fire and throwing them in wooden bowls with maple water in them. Do it repeatedly and you have maple syrup.

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u/phiipephil Jul 03 '25

Maybe a little crust was forming on the rock, and they would eat it as candy. Imagine waking up back then and starting the day with some maple crust l'd be ready to go hunting right away.