According to an editorial in yesterday’s N&O,
Word from northern New England is that the U.S. maple syrup industry has all the stimulus it needs, in the form of tree-high prices this year. The talk ? and Vermonters and Mainers normally aren’t big talkers ? is of a stunning $60 a gallon for the finished product, spurring an investment boom amid the thawing woods. New taps are going in; new sugarhouses are going up.
From Wedding Crashers,
Jeremy Grey: Okay, what’s our back story?
John Beckwith: We’re brothers from New Hampshire. We’re venture capitalists.
Jeremy Grey: I’m sick of that. Let’s be from Vermont. And let’s have an emerging maple syrup conglomerate.
John Beckwith: Wait, that’s stupid. We don’t know anything about maple syrup.
Jeremy Grey: I happen to know everything there is to know about maple syrup! I love maple syrup. I love maple syrup on pancakes. I love it on pizza. And I take maple syrup and put a little bit in my hair when I’ve had a rough week. What do you think holds it up, slick?
