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What makes maple syrup Canada's liquid gold? CBC's 'The Franco-Beat' dives in

Radio-Canada Manitoba producer Samuel Rancourt joins Nadia Kidwai, host of CBC's Weekend Morning Show, to present some sticky and delicious facts about maple syrup.

CBC host Nadia Kidwai and Radio-Canada's Samuel Rancourt explore the sweet stuff's history

Samuel Rancourt, Nadia Kidwai · CBC News ·
Bright red maple syrup in maple leaf-shaped bottles
In the latest instalment of CBC Radio's 'The Franco-Beat,' Samuel Rancourt and Nadia Kidwai dip into the sticky history and importance of maple syrup. (Cindy Creighton/Shutterstock)

Well known to the Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands long before the arrival of European settlers, maple syrup has become something often associated with all things Canadian.

According to the federal government, Canada produces 85 per cent of the world's maple syrup.

How does the sweet stuff go from dripping down a tree to dribbling over your pancakes? What is a cabane à sucre and where can you find one?

As part of a mini-series on CBC Manitoba's Weekend Morning Show called "The Franco-Beat," host Nadia Kidwai and Radio-Canada host and producer Samuel Rancourt present some sticky facts about maple syrup.

They also take a look at a traditional dish using maple syrup — pépères, or "grandpa's dumplings," a salty dough boiled in maple syrup.

A bucket of maple syrup being poured from a white bucket into a metal bucket.
Maple syrup is seen here being heated up to serve over snow as maple taffy. (Rebecca Ugolini/CBC)

Other stories in the Franco-Beat mini-series:

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