HOME | DD
KittyMira — Truth about Maple Syrup -APH
by-nc-nd
Published: 2009-07-15 05:00:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 29424; Favourites: 912; Downloads: 11
Redirect to original
Description
A part of our Heritage...Who would've thought I'd actually SHOW people these commercials?? *lovedtomakefunofthem*
[link]
ANOTHER TRUE STORY. We're helping 2 people from Australia who are chilling out in Canada, and we chat~ They told me this, and I couldn't believe it!
Its funny how its common knowledge amongst Canadians that maple syrup comes from maple trees..... its SO WEIRD to find people who don't know this fact!! (although a lot of the generic maple syrup is 98% sugar and water :/
the REAL stuff comes in cans and bottles and mostly from Quebec and is SO DELICIOUS on fresh snow. C'ESTMAGNIFIIIIQUE~~~.)
I had an identical convo with ~~ Except my outcome was threating nonsensical babbling :U
Seriously AMY! You can excuse Australians, but AMERICANS!? ffff. *adds to list*
THERE ARE SO MANY OUTCOMES FOR MATT. I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH ONE TO CHOOSE. So I can leave it to you guys and your imaginations...or something
Sorry for my craptastic colouring, but SAI tool is heaven for sketching and iiinking~
art(c)moi
Australia(does he have a name?) Canada(Matthew) and America (Alfred) from Axis Powers Hetalia (c) dude
DAMMITHETALIA.
Related content
Comments: 255
I know! Thats what I thought... hmmm....
BUT NOW THEY KNOW. THE SECRET IS OUT.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
hahahahahaha, Oh Canada.... you've got sum explainin to do! XD Hilarious piccy, kittymira!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I'm an Aussie and I knew the true about maple syrup xD ...though you'd expect and American to know xDD
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
LOLOLOL!! This wins in SO many ways xD
I had a vague idea of where maple syrup came from, which was confirmed by a visit to a Sugar Shack outside of Toronto ... aw yeah 
If I hadn't still been sick from American food I would've stuffed my face with pancakes xD;;
Great comic!! *faves*
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Heh, I've run into the same problem being from Vermont. No one knows about real maple syrup! Or that cheddar is supposed to be white, not orange...
Aw. Now I want sugar on snow.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
There are people who DON'T know that.... that are over the age of like...10? O.O Well... you learn something new every day...
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
This Alfredian already knew where her syrup comes from, but, of course, I live in New England, and have actually taught a program on old-fashioned maple sugaring (it's so much fun, although rather chilly...)
the rest of my country, however...
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
ILL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT SESAME STREET HAS AN ENTIRE EPISODE ON MAPLE SYRUP HARVESTING.
i watched it when i was 4.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
ASJKLSHIOASKD NO FREAKIN' WAY.
*frantically searches youtube*
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
did i mention i watched it when i was four?xD
if you find it do let me know.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
how do people not know were maple syrup?
Im from "hickville" America and I know this. It's like this northerner thought that all southerners ran around in overalls, barefoot, and carried a rile. People are so stupid.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
xDD
i'm American, from Louisiana, and I knew... but that may be because we had a whole lesson on TREES in science one year xDD
xD i love Alfred's hamburger xDDDD
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
This comic = too much win.
-Applauds-
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I thought this was common knowledge to whoever used maple syrup D:
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
...
I-I knew that maple syrup came from trees. . . ! Dx S-seriously. . . Haha. . .
I-I mean, where else would they come from. . . ! 
...
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
i find this somewhat insulting about my homeland but the hilariousness overwhelming XD
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Well, I've known that it comes from trees...
But.. you eat it with snow?? Really? O_o
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
well, you know, freshly fallen snow or shaved ice because it cools it down much like candy/taffy *3* it was deleeeeshush.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I'm Aussie myself so as I was reading this so was my friend behind me and she went;; WTF?! MAPLE COMES FROM TREES?! D':
I looked at her and said: I knew that! Maybe I'm Canadian. . .
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
... .___. people seriously don't know maple syrup comes from trees? *Has known for about 10 years* X3 thank you Teletubbies... at least, I think it was Teletubbies.
^__^ yay, Australia-tan and Matt are together! It's awesome to see someone drawing him. And well, Matt obviously amused instead of being sad because no one knows who the heck he is.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
teletubbies?!?! I MUST SEE THAT.
Australia needs moar luv ):
I think Matt liked to vent his frustration out through molson canadian commercials XDD Maybe thats why he's not too sad...
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
XD it is so full of win, but disturbing at the same time. (.__. how they got a baby's head as the sun, I'll never know)
Yes he does... *Australia fan already* and good point about Matt. Whatever keeps him un-frustrated is good for him and good for his fans... .__. and probably good for his brother.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
XD! I'm Swedish and even I know that maple syrup comes from the trees lol.
I feel sorry for Canada, Australia is such a better bro
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I'm curious to see how New Zealand feels XD
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
...There are people who don't know about skunks or that maple syrup comes from trees?
WAT.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
ITS TRUE :I
Well, at least the people I've met from Australia ...
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I'm more surprized about the fact that anyone in America didn't know that maple syrup came from trees.
Of course, I've never really been out of New England for any extended period of time, so I'm not sure on the proliferation of maple trees elsewhere in the US.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Even if there were maple trees in the US, they wouldn't be able to produce maple syrup because the weather is too warm. Maple trees need to freeze so they can produce maple water in spring, which prepares the arrival of seve in the tree. (seve and maple water are different stuff) Cold weather is needed for the production of maple products, not only maple trees.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
*is american* i think i heard something about the skunk thing but the Tree=Maple syrup thing i've known FOREVER. i was apperantly very smart as a kid and here's how i figured out. I was like 7 and thinking "Maple syrup... Maple Tree.... something to do with each other?" then a while later i found out a sweet sap comes from trees and the i put 2 & 2 together and i figured it out on my own. I felt very acomplished at the time XD
i wanna move to canada... *is shot by patrisim police*
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
:> *pats on empty seat next to her on her canadacouch*
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
*tries to run from patrisim police* Nooooo!!! Let me goooooo!!! i dont wanna be american anymore!!!!
*is dragged off by police*
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
D: *waves byebye* don't worry~ I can still see you from my couch :3
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
well yeh, you know, not the snow that's been stepped on, etc. More like freshly fallen snow or shaved ice.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I HAVE ONLY ONE THING TO SAY TO THAT: I SMELL BURNT TOAST.
No, seriously. X3 That was brilliant. OH AMERICA, WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOU.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
BURNT TOAST DOCTOR I SMELL BURNT TOAST 8D *goodol'days*
XDDD HAHA I think Canada would shoot itself from boredom. OR WORSE: BECOME LIKE AMERICA. :I
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I love how you can say that to any Canadian and they'll know what you're talking about. xD Most will fake a seizure.
Good point. We need America for entertainment!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
LOL I remember doing that as a kid!!! XDDD HAHAA
Of course! We need the US for movies and theatre andand comic books!! D8
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Good times, amirite?
And politics to make fun of alongside our own. |D
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
yeah, i'm constantly surprised about what people don't know about Australia. I'm still asked (honest to god) if we all ride around on kangaroos and such...
you'd think people would realise that Kangaroos are NOT like horses, *aren't* domesticated, and we *do* infact have cars. I mean, we race in all those international races and such.
Sometimes i think people are just stupid (the skunk thing i can maybe understand, but you'd think there are some things which are just common sense).
But I guess if anyone can sympathise with our situation, it's Canada 
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Its interesting, isn't it??
I believe the whole kangaroo pouch gag came from cartoons, and whats funny is because its been around so long (ie
I think the Simpsons did the best job at displaying this : After Bart and Homer try to use a Kangaroo pouch as a mode of transportation, their feet is covered in slime/mucus: "Eeeew... not like in the cartoons... "
Although its like any other stereotype I guess, people dumb/lazy enough to believe it without second guessing. Growing up, my mother used to laugh at the tourists who came up to Quebec in their big fur coats in the middle of summer because of the stereotype: CANADA= FROZEN THUNDRA.
But then again, some stereotypes are born out of small truths....XD;; *should stop philosophizing*
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Yeah, it's actually really interesting, the way that countries can be so ignorant about others. But I guess that just comes from only living in your own country and being somewhat self-involved. I guess we're all like that in a way.
God, I HATE that Simpsons episode. It's so stupid. I mean, firstly, our toilets don't flush in circles, they just flush straight down! None of this "clockwise in the northern hemisphere thing", although that's a different case when say, you're draining a bath tub or something. And while they were correct in saying "it's not like in cartoons", kangaroos don't have slime in their pouches either. And the whole portrayal of our country as some kind of bogan out-back settlement where the prime minister floats around naked in a tube on a billabong, it's just so condescending.
You would think people would use common sense and realise it's a gross exaggeration (I mean, sure 70%+ is uninhabitable desert and scrub lands, but we certainly don't live out there!...for the most part).
I think I understand now how the French must feel with their whole stereotype as snobby, womanising wine drinkers who say things like "sacre blur" (or whatever it is). While I don't usually have an issue with stereotypes in general, some ones, especially concerning countries, can certainly get annoying. But in other cases, like you said with those tourists, they can be highly amusing 
Indeed, some stereotypes originate from some speckles of truth, but they are usually exaggerated so vastly that in the end, they barely resemble the idea behind them.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I was not aware of the Skunk matter but I did know that maple syrup is from trees.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
<= Prev | | Next =>