As a born and bred 7th-ish generation Vermonter I have never once in my life refrigerated maple syrup. And we used to go to the sugar house and run the tap into an empty gallon milk jug.
IT'S O/K TO TAKE A BREATH EVERY ONCE IN A WILE WHEN YOU TALK / OR GIVE UP A CUP OF COFFEE OR TWO BEFORE YOU DO YOUR VIDEO / DID YOU EVER WORK IN TV OR RADIO AT ONE TIME ? / I KNOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO PUNCH ME IN THE NOSE I DON'T BLAME YOU but watch or just listen to one of your videos (PS. I TYPE IN CAPS. SO I CAN SEE / PEOPLE TELL ME I AM YELLING BUT ONE HAS TO SPEAK TO YELL NO/YES ? WHEN YOU GET TO 71 YOU WILL KNOW WHAT I MEAN
I'm 60 yr old Irishman from rural Kentucky, we don't care for chain food either, home cooking or mom/pop places if we go out to eat, I only use 100% Vermont maple syrup or ours we tap here on pancakes,waffles, I really like poutine & very nice review sir.
I haven’t been to Vermont since my college days but the Green Mountain State always reminds me of my home, Colorado. Beautiful scenery. Everyone drives Subarus. No one votes for Republicans. Sure, Vermont has that liquid gold: real, honest-to-god maple syrup but we have Colorado-style green chili. They have Ben and Jerry’s. We have western slope peaches. So, basically two great places to live. And eat.
Depending on your budget and tastes here are a few places we've eaten that were great. The Reluctant Panther Restaurant, 1801 Tavern & Pine Room Bar, Al Ducci's Italian Pantry in Manchester (Great place to get "Fun Meats", meats you can't get at the local grocery stores). While in Manchester, you have to do some Blown Glass at Manchester Blown Glass, you have too. You should also try to get to Up For Breakfast on Main Street in Manchester. As for cheeses, damn near everywhere you go, you can get great cheese. One of our favorites is: Sugarbush Farms in Woodstock. Awesome 2, 4, 6 year old cheddars here. If you get to the northern end of VT., give Derby Line Village Inn, German Restaurant a try, you'll be glad you did
I always head up to VT for at least 1 trip each in the summer and fall yearly. If the winters weren't so crazy it would definitely be a top spot for me to potentially move to. You definitely summed up the whole farm to table "movement" there, it's one of the reasons I love it there. Half of my purchases to bring home are always breads, cheeses, and even veg from the awesome farms ❤️
