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Legend accords the "invention" of maple syrup to a cooking accident by American Indians.  Tribes often cooked vegetables and meat in fresh maple tree sap, due to its natural sweetness.  An un-attended pot resulted in sap that had boiled down to a thick, sticky, sweet-tasting golden goo.

Making pure Vermont Maple Syrup is an arduous task.  It requires 40 gallons of boiled tree sap to make a single gallon of syrup!  Tending those stoves is not for the faint or timid.