6:49 - What they were making and showing the settlers was "Maple Taffy" *'For centuries, maple taffy has reigned supreme as a winter delicacy-and for good reason. Maple taffy, or tire sur la neige, is simply (as the French name suggests) maple syrup on snow.'* Growing up (not sure if it's done anymore as much) in school, just before we let out for Christmas break we'd set up a "Sugar Shack". There'd be fresh, clean snow put in troughs inside a wooden shed w/ a wood stove to boil the syrup, you pour the molten syrup onto the snow which causes it to rapidly cool, before it entirely does you stick a stick to it and roll it up into a sort of lolly and boom, instant amazing treat.
Maple syrup is made by boiling down the sap. To make one liter of syrup, you start with 10 liters of sap. The sap starts running in late February/ early March.
Maple Syrup - tap a maple tree, or sugar maple tree, allowing the sap to flow, collect the sap in a bucket then reduce the sap down by heating until it becomes maple syrup (about 20 ltrs of sap to 1 ltr of maple syrup)
I attended an English public school in ON. I started learning French in grade one but it was not French Immersion. I really enjoyed learning another language.❤
Laura Secord (Sea Cord). There is a Casavant Freres pipe organ in the church I attended as a child. Built in 1911, It was considered the best Organ between Toronto and Montreal.
There was a series of tea commercials where the catch line was, " only in Canada? Pity." So I'm always reminded of them at the end of that last heritage minute.
Hey Tash here is the Canadian guy wintering in Aussie with a story for you. There is a section of Sydney called Canada Bay. This area is where rebels from the Quebec and Ontario rebellions of the 1830s were sent for their punishment. They apparently were there for only a few years and were pardoned and most returned to Canada. There is a monument there telling this story. I had never heard of this story until I came across the monument on one of my many walks around Aussie. Cheers. Enjoying the Heritage Minutes.
Sadly the codfish were so overfishing by European factory fish ships that the cod fish collapsed. Even today, Canadian Coast guards have have to stop European fishing ships from destroying what is left of the cod off the coast of Canada.
So, syrup is usually corn syrup. Real maple syrup states it and the ingredients will say 100% maple syrup. Real maple syrup is runnier than the fake syrup and has a much stronger flavour to it. All you do is tap a sugar maple (or other maple - or tree for that matter - but the sap is the best in a sugar maple tree) and wait. The tree needs a specific amount of freezing and thawing each day and night for a certain amount of hours. Next you boil, boil, and boil some more. No ingredients added; just reduce from what it is until the natural sugars are left.
Maple syrup is "tapped" from maple trees typically in the spring. Then the sap collected is boiled down= maple syrup. It's one of the most simple foods, quite litteraly one ingredient.
non, non, in Québec we celebrate la journée des patriotes AND, as of this year, our elected members of the provincial government no longer pledges allgiance to the king,. About time!!!
@@fedodosto3162 Yes, that's in Quebec the rest of Canada Still does Queen Victoria OR MAY 24 WEEKEND. To Celebrate Her birthday and rein over the Dominican.
The Atlantic cod fishery, when discovered, was so abundant with fish that it actually made the ships have difficulty sailing. Said to have enough fish to last forever. The Grand Banks, off the coast of Newfoundland (pronounced Newf 'n' land) was maybe the most productive fishery in the world was nearly fished to extinction by the 1990s. There's a complete moratorium on commercial fishing of the Atlantic cod in Canadian waters and in the 30 or so years since, the population of fish hasn't yet rebounded to a healthy and stable level yet. This is why Atlantic Canada is considered to be the poorest region, since they obviously were heavily reliant on the fishing industry.
Quebec is a beautiful reason Canada is unique. The separatist movement is not a threat to our unity anymore. Through diplomacy, our family is resolving its issues and growing in understanding. J’aime le Québec!
@H Mohns If you don't like it you don't have to live there. The preservation of Quebec culture is important to the fabric of Canada. If you think this is a big problem then you need to travel more and see what big problems are. You could try to be more polite and not instruct other people how they should speak (what are you the language police now?) Basically, sorry but mind your own words.
@@hmohns7035 , I think everyone in Canada should be bilingual. There are immersion schools all over Ontario & in other provinces. Knowing multiple languages in an asset. I know many who grew up in immersion schools who speak English, French and the language from their parent's or grandparents' country. Its a beautiful thing!
The Kahnawake Mohawks lives really near to me as it happens... in fact, where I live, I'm not quite surrounded but there's a lot of Mohawk surroundind me without problem whatsoever now... I live where all the battles of Chateauguay, Beauharnois etc took places... I grew up learning about this stuff since childhood because of where I was... but learning it through school books and now internet, that's another level, ain't it? By the way, have anybody of you have heard about the Oka crisis in Québec?
The key takeaway from the first clip about fish was how bountiful Atlantic Canadian waters were back then. Schools of fish were so abundant one could literally dunk a bucket in the water and you'd pull up fish. When word reached Europe, fishing fleets from Spain, Portugal, etc. voyaged there en masse. Due to over fishing, the East Coast cod fishery collapsed in the 1980s.
Boy AussieTash, these Heritage Minutes are bringing back a lot of memories for me and I'm sure for many other Canadians as well. I honestly forgot how well these short videos were produced and watching them back to back to back like this is really a treat. Cheers from southern Ontario!
First find some sugar maple trees (Acer saccharum). Then you make a hole, low on the trunk, into the wood. Then you put a tap in it, and hang a collection bucket on it, and then you wait. The temperature has to be just right for the sap to be runny enough to collect; too cold and it's frozen, too warm and it's too thick. Once you have collected a bucket, get to boiling. Don't do it in your kitchen. The steam will make everything a little bit sticky. That's why you will find people build "sugar shacks"; a little shack specifically for boiling maple sap. Once it has reduced, and turned a lovely brown colour (can be light or very dark depending on how strong you want the flavour to be), it's done! You have maple syrup. It takes a lot of sap though, because right out of the tree it's mostly water. 40 gallons of sap will give you ONE gallon of syrup.
Hi Tash. Cabot was one of the many explorers to come to Canada, and apparently it is true that the cod fish were so thick, they actually prevented the ship from moving. Sadly his prediction of cod for an eternity didn’t happen. They eventually became over fished and many little fisheries had to close.. Yes it was Queen Victoria who granted “ responsible government “.It made Canada more democratic and less dependent on the crown. Yes Laura Secord is a true heroine, we might have had a completely different history, if she had not delivered her message.
@@gamexsimmonds3581 What a great suggestion. Learn about the 'Highway of Heroes' then watch the Trews 'Highway of Heroes' mv. Love the Trews 'Highway of Heroes'. It's such a great song. Love the mv. The Trews - Highway of Heroes - ua-cam.com/video/QrkgV5bl7kQ/v-deo.html
I remember that I loved seeing the tapped maple trees as a kid, with the buckets hanging. We see them on school trips in the winter, and even as a child, I remember thinking they looked so beautiful, the tapped trees and the snow. One year we were snowshoeing - it was great. These videos are great for Canadians. Thanks, Tash.
The name is Secret, like I'm going to tell you a secret. To this day, there is a chocolate company in her name in Canada that makes the best chocolate.
Every kid in Canada knew the name Laura Secord (pronounced Sea Chord) before they knew who she was due to a chain of chocolate shops named after her. One of the oddities of early New World history is that the very early explorers were so obsessed with finding a westward water trading route to China (so they wouldn't have to either sail way down south around the horn of Africa, or travel overland through multiple other countries) that they almost didn't realize, hey, why don't we start settling and trading with this huge mass of land in between with its own resourees? Eventually they realized in addition to China's tea and silk, there was tobacco, corn, potatoes, chocolate, maple syrup, beaver fur, etc. Of course that caused some misery, particularly far South where the Spanish wound up following legends of gold.
The Grand Banks off Newfoundland were the richest fishing grounds in the world. Suppose to be enough as he said to last " till the end of time" , but have been decimated by draggers from all over the world.
Unfortunately Our Government WAS TO STUPID To stop Other Countries from Over Fishing. Even Our own fishing over fished this area. It should have been a seasonal season for all Countries to be able to replenish the fish.
About the maple syrup one, you are absolutely right. It's sweet water that comes straight from maple trees (it isn't considered "sap" cause it's 97% water). Making maple syrup is *very* easy. Pour the maple water in a cauldron and evaporate it. It's the exact same principle as distillation. Boil off the water, keep the rest. If you boil it "too" long for maple syrup, it turns into that toffee-like stuff that you pour on snow shown in the video. Boil it even more and you get sugar. It's much better for your health than refined sugar (the regular one you buy in grocery stores), causes much less diabetes issues for the same "sweetness"
Love ur heritage reactions, the package is almost on the way! 🇨🇦❤️🤓. And wait til u see the heritage minute starring no less than James Bond, pierce Brosnan! And most commercial maple syrup is corn syrup, check ur ingredients. Maple syrup is sap from the trees, boil out the water enough to make it syrupy...there ya go! But unless u buy Canadian syrup, it’s probably something else and flavoured. Even in Canada it’s expensive for the real shit, and every now and then I just get aunt Jemima hahah. Keep going Tash, well over 1000 now!
@@aussietashreacts Thx love u girlie! Just cuz u haven’t heard from me doesn’t mean I’m not watching, I’m the first or second mostly with the likes. I’m just letting other people experience you and the joy you find in Canada and it’s geography and people, who am I to deny them ur exuberance! I’m solid knowing I’m one of ur starters as a subscriber, and MAY EVEN TAKE CREDIT for starting you on our heritage minutes! Haha. Been to aus a few times but not up north near you! You have a place to stay in Ottawa whenever xx. And discord??. No , dunno it haha
@Aussie Tash Reacts also a lot of times I try to comment, but for some reason it won’t let me, or process. Cuz I just replied to ur Laura Secord video but it wouldn’t let me. I thought I knew about her (apart from chocolate) but that video taught me too
Fun fact: I think in the Frontenac sequence, you heard the voice of Peter Gzowski, one of the best-known and popular radio hosts of the 1970s and -80s. He was a great presence on CBC radio and television as well.
Maple sap has to be boiled down for hours and 40 gallons produce one gallon...40 to 1! Tapping does not damage the trees if properly done. First time I boiled it in my parents house the kitchen doors all shrank. If anything you would think they would swell. Nope. After that I boiled it outside all day on a hotplate. The time to tap trees is during warm days and cold nights, usually late February to early March. That glop that is sold as syrup is disgusting by comparison and full of who knows what. Nothin compares to maple syrup and it's healthier, not full of preservatives. In the spring a lot of families go to sugar bush farms for pancake feasts. YUM! The old tale about a peaceful border for 200 years since 1812 is false. The US had designs on Canada for years and also invaded Canada in 1866 in the town where I live, Ridgeway, Ontario (named for an earthquake fault). Civil War hardened Irish American veterans, with planning and support of the US government, invaded across the Niagara River attempting to take the Canadian colony as a bargaining chip for a free Ireland. Obviously it failed. My neighbors and myself have found evidence of battles (bullets and discarded weapons) and even mounds on my own property which are possible burials. I'm not touching them! 28 American bodies were exhumed nearby in 1987 from the War of 1812 when a house was being built. The builders tried to cover it up, cemented over some bodies and some workers even took home skulls as souvenirs!!!! Then a good citizen notified the police and building stopped. The soldiers were returned to the US for burial in a very dignified ceremony across the Peace Bridge. A couple of friends were among the historians and archeologists who participated. The cod stocks in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland were said to be so thick that you could walk on them. Overfishing made the government restrict local fishermen's quotas but Europeans illicitly continued further depleting the stocks.
The... highly simplified story of how maple syrup is made: The Maple trees, like all trees, have sap... in spring when it "runs" best the trees are tapped and sap collected. The watery sap is then "reduced" by heating it to remove the water. And you get maple syrup. Obviously the industry has many techniques and methods and practices that are far more complex than that, but basically that's what happens. I believe many commonwealth (or what are now commonwealth) countries had elections before this "Responsible Government" but Canada was and early adopter of... let's call it limiting the power of the monarchy and resting more power in the elected officials.
Hi Love your reactions :) Yes unfortunately Quebec and the rest of Canada have issues (: It basically boils down to Quebec wanting to keep their heritage and culture, which is not the problem because the French culture is awesome :) The problem is there is a sort of separatist movement in Quebec called the Bloc Quebecois who have tried to get Quebec to leave Canada in a provincial vote (2 times). Both times it narrowly failed :)
John Cabot discovered NFLD which joined Canada 450 years later, his journey led to the seasonal fishery on the Grand Banks around NFLD. Some believe he sailed along the NE American Coast however evidence shows that NF was as far as they went the first trip. His second trip his and 3 other ships were lost and never returned. Strangely enough the person truly responsible for Canada and its mapping was Jacques Cartier from the second video.
Goodness, yes! Maybe not so much now but there was a lot of tension between French and English in New Brunswick growing up! There are people still against it but I'm glad we are still a bilingual province. My parents were of Acadian and Quebecois decent, from a French area in northern nb, where english was never heard. None of my extended family could speak a lick of English (some still can't) but I was raised in an English community . You're never English enough at school, not French enough up north.. I've experienced the racism from both sides. I welcome multiculturalism and diversity! People really have to get along! ✌️♥️ Also, Laura Secord is also the name of a chocolatier here. 😋
I was born an raised in the prairies (didn't hear French until I was 12) Though learning our other official language was attempted, I failed--in high school. I admire all Canadians who are able to speak both, and other languages as well. Nothings says diversity like speaking someone else's language. I love my multi-cultural country more than words can say.
You just watched how maple syrup is produced. That's pretty much it . Tap tree boil down. The only difference is modern equipment and building. Can't tap the same tree two years in a row though you need to give them a break. I've heard they've changed that with modern equipment it's easier somehow on the trees. Until about 20 years ago this was all still by hand in most part's. One of the reasons it is so expensive.
When many of these FIRST aired the segments were longer they reduced them down. Laura Secord's story is far more dangerous and this one we remember well at least the wife and I when it first came on they showed her negotiating passage with local Indigenous tribes. ( risky endevor ) they could have taken her for a wife or just a prisoner, luckily most tribes in the area are Matrifocal. They admire strong independent women.
We had an armed rebellion that lasted for a year. The British crushed the rebellion. But that rebellion lead to the responsible government. If the British had not. There would have just been more armed rebellions. It was a concession in the aftermath.
way to much tension between the west and east in canada AND IT NEEDS TO STOP!we thought the trucker convoy would help but our divisive prime minister ruined that!
The trucker convoy took downtown Ottawa and its citizens hostage for nearly a month! They intimidated and harassed the residents. Their leadership demanded the resignation of a legitimately ELECTED government(whether you like it or not) to be replaced by themselves, the Senate and the GG, all of whom are UNELECTED! Basically, terrorists. And people like Poilievre supported them. And you blame Trudeau for being divisive? Wow! Just wow! Did you go down some US rightwing rabbit hole?
I love your reactions and understanding of these.
Love you . When I'm depressed your there for me. Thanks. Love dear from a fella in Canada.
The Winter Carnival in Quebec is worth a look into for Maple Syrup in the snow candies...like caramel/taffy 🥰🥰🥰
6:49 - What they were making and showing the settlers was "Maple Taffy"
*'For centuries, maple taffy has reigned supreme as a winter delicacy-and for good reason. Maple taffy, or tire sur la neige, is simply (as the French name suggests) maple syrup on snow.'*
Growing up (not sure if it's done anymore as much) in school, just before we let out for Christmas break we'd set up a "Sugar Shack". There'd be fresh, clean snow put in troughs inside a wooden shed w/ a wood stove to boil the syrup, you pour the molten syrup onto the snow which causes it to rapidly cool, before it entirely does you stick a stick to it and roll it up into a sort of lolly and boom, instant amazing treat.
Hum. Just before you let out for Christmas break? Really? Where are you from?
Maple syrup time never comes before the end of March in the better case
@@evelynproulx1853 we didnt use fresh tapped sap. We literally just melted maple syrup.
Edit: Alberta Canada
Maple trees are tapped in the spring….the sap runs and is collected and then boiled down to make maple syrup…sweetie it's delicious!
Maple syrup is made by boiling down the sap. To make one liter of syrup, you start with 10 liters of sap.
The sap starts running in late February/ early March.
Maple Syrup - tap a maple tree, or sugar maple tree, allowing the sap to flow, collect the sap in a bucket then reduce the sap down by heating until it becomes maple syrup (about 20 ltrs of sap to 1 ltr of maple syrup)
I have a sugar maple in my yard. I could tap it and boil the sap to make syrup.
I attended an English public school in ON. I started learning French in grade one but it was not French Immersion. I really enjoyed learning another language.❤
Good morning Tash, excellent video, as usual.
Thank you so much!
Laura Secord (Sea Cord). There is a Casavant Freres pipe organ in the church I attended as a child. Built in 1911, It was considered the best Organ between Toronto and Montreal.
So glad you love Canada!i lovetheAussies
There was a series of tea commercials where the catch line was, " only in Canada? Pity." So I'm always reminded of them at the end of that last heritage minute.
Red Rose Tea.
Each box used to have a ceramic figurine in it.
My Gran had several dozen.
red rose? only in canada you say? pity.
Hey Tash here is the Canadian guy wintering in Aussie with a story for you. There is a section of Sydney called Canada Bay. This area is where rebels from the Quebec and Ontario rebellions of the 1830s were sent for their punishment. They apparently were there for only a few years and were pardoned and most returned to Canada. There is a monument there telling this story. I had never heard of this story until I came across the monument on one of my many walks around Aussie. Cheers. Enjoying the Heritage Minutes.
I am loving the Heritage Minutes also :)
Sadly the codfish were so overfishing by European factory fish ships that the cod fish collapsed. Even today, Canadian Coast guards have have to stop European fishing ships from destroying what is left of the cod off the coast of Canada.
A major fishing area is world-wide known as the grand banks of Newfoundland.
true
So, syrup is usually corn syrup. Real maple syrup states it and the ingredients will say 100% maple syrup. Real maple syrup is runnier than the fake syrup and has a much stronger flavour to it.
All you do is tap a sugar maple (or other maple - or tree for that matter - but the sap is the best in a sugar maple tree) and wait.
The tree needs a specific amount of freezing and thawing each day and night for a certain amount of hours. Next you boil, boil, and boil some more. No ingredients added; just reduce from what it is until the natural sugars are left.
Today's method: ua-cam.com/video/nt5g9zcBXeE/v-deo.html
The Aboriginal way vs today (4:30 video): ua-cam.com/video/7lrYeDH4orE/v-deo.html
Maple syrup is "tapped" from maple trees typically in the spring. Then the sap collected is boiled down= maple syrup. It's one of the most simple foods, quite litteraly one ingredient.
And it takes about 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup.
We celebrate Victoria Day every May because she was the queen when Canada came into being.
non, non, in Québec we celebrate la journée des patriotes AND, as of this year, our elected members of the provincial government no longer pledges allgiance to the king,. About time!!!
@@fedodosto3162 Yes, that's in Quebec the rest of Canada Still does Queen Victoria OR MAY 24 WEEKEND. To Celebrate Her birthday and rein over the Dominican.
The Atlantic cod fishery, when discovered, was so abundant with fish that it actually made the ships have difficulty sailing. Said to have enough fish to last forever. The Grand Banks, off the coast of Newfoundland (pronounced Newf 'n' land) was maybe the most productive fishery in the world was nearly fished to extinction by the 1990s. There's a complete moratorium on commercial fishing of the Atlantic cod in Canadian waters and in the 30 or so years since, the population of fish hasn't yet rebounded to a healthy and stable level yet. This is why Atlantic Canada is considered to be the poorest region, since they obviously were heavily reliant on the fishing industry.
Good old Kanata
Lord Melbourne was the PM of GB and yes this started it
Laura Secord is also a chocolate company and a very good one
Quebec is a beautiful reason Canada is unique. The separatist movement is not a threat to our unity anymore. Through diplomacy, our family is resolving its issues and growing in understanding. J’aime le Québec!
Might want to explain to her about the "Language Police" before you make a broad statement like that :)
@H Mohns If you don't like it you don't have to live there. The preservation of Quebec culture is important to the fabric of Canada. If you think this is a big problem then you need to travel more and see what big problems are. You could try to be more polite and not instruct other people how they should speak (what are you the language police now?) Basically, sorry but mind your own words.
@@hmohns7035 please explain?
@@CanadaJ8810 💯👏
@@hmohns7035 , I think everyone in Canada should be bilingual. There are immersion schools all over Ontario & in other provinces. Knowing multiple languages in an asset. I know many who grew up in immersion schools who speak English, French and the language from their parent's or grandparents' country. Its a beautiful thing!
Love the heritage minutes. Brings me back to a different time growing up watching these on TV in between your shows
Glad you like them!
The Kahnawake Mohawks lives really near to me as it happens... in fact, where I live, I'm not quite surrounded but there's a lot of Mohawk surroundind me without problem whatsoever now...
I live where all the battles of Chateauguay, Beauharnois etc took places... I grew up learning about this stuff since childhood because of where I was... but learning it through school books and now internet, that's another level, ain't it? By the way, have anybody of you have heard about the Oka crisis in Québec?
The Cod moratorium changed Newfoundland forever.
I loved the sword fight between the French and the British, it reminded me of Monty Python's holy grail
The key takeaway from the first clip about fish was how bountiful Atlantic Canadian waters were back then. Schools of fish were so abundant one could literally dunk a bucket in the water and you'd pull up fish. When word reached Europe, fishing fleets from Spain, Portugal, etc. voyaged there en masse. Due to over fishing, the East Coast cod fishery collapsed in the 1980s.
Boy AussieTash, these Heritage Minutes are bringing back a lot of memories for me and I'm sure for many other Canadians as well. I honestly forgot how well these short videos were produced and watching them back to back to back like this is really a treat. Cheers from southern Ontario!
First find some sugar maple trees (Acer saccharum). Then you make a hole, low on the trunk, into the wood. Then you put a tap in it, and hang a collection bucket on it, and then you wait. The temperature has to be just right for the sap to be runny enough to collect; too cold and it's frozen, too warm and it's too thick. Once you have collected a bucket, get to boiling. Don't do it in your kitchen. The steam will make everything a little bit sticky. That's why you will find people build "sugar shacks"; a little shack specifically for boiling maple sap. Once it has reduced, and turned a lovely brown colour (can be light or very dark depending on how strong you want the flavour to be), it's done! You have maple syrup. It takes a lot of sap though, because right out of the tree it's mostly water. 40 gallons of sap will give you ONE gallon of syrup.
Maple sugar water is called “sap”, Aussie Tash.
Hi Tash. Cabot was one of the many explorers to come to Canada, and apparently it is true that the cod fish were so thick, they actually prevented the ship from moving. Sadly his prediction of cod for an eternity didn’t happen. They eventually became over fished and many little fisheries had to close.. Yes it was Queen Victoria who granted “ responsible government “.It made Canada more democratic and less dependent on the crown. Yes Laura Secord is a true heroine, we might have had a completely different history, if she had not delivered her message.
This isn't a Heritage Minute yet but you may want to watch videos about the Highway of Heroes. Just a suggestion.
I second this suggestion. I'd love to see a reaction to this US report about the Highway of Heroes.
ua-cam.com/video/ilm2fuciIyM/v-deo.html
And listen to the trews song
@@gamexsimmonds3581 What a great suggestion. Learn about the 'Highway of Heroes' then watch the Trews 'Highway of Heroes' mv.
Love the Trews 'Highway of Heroes'. It's such a great song. Love the mv.
The Trews - Highway of Heroes - ua-cam.com/video/QrkgV5bl7kQ/v-deo.html
I remember that I loved seeing the tapped maple trees as a kid, with the buckets hanging. We see them on school trips in the winter, and even as a child, I remember thinking they looked so beautiful, the tapped trees and the snow. One year we were snowshoeing - it was great. These videos are great for Canadians. Thanks, Tash.
You're not wrong. Sending Peace and love from Canada 🇨🇦. Our government works like yours. Under the Commonwealth..
John Cabot discoved newfoundland 500 yrs after the vikings. The grand banks of newfoundland were the best fishing grounds in the world
Unfortunately illegal fishing from Europe decimated the cod stocks even after Nfld fisherman were stopped from fishing to allow them to replenish.
And the Federal government did nothing about it
@@barbarawhite4257 - Sadly, it is hard to police an ocean. Their boats should have been seized or sunk.
The name is Secret, like I'm going to tell you a secret. To this day, there is a chocolate company in her name in Canada that makes the best chocolate.
Every kid in Canada knew the name Laura Secord (pronounced Sea Chord) before they knew who she was due to a chain of chocolate shops named after her. One of the oddities of early New World history is that the very early explorers were so obsessed with finding a westward water trading route to China (so they wouldn't have to either sail way down south around the horn of Africa, or travel overland through multiple other countries) that they almost didn't realize, hey, why don't we start settling and trading with this huge mass of land in between with its own resourees? Eventually they realized in addition to China's tea and silk, there was tobacco, corn, potatoes, chocolate, maple syrup, beaver fur, etc. Of course that caused some misery, particularly far South where the Spanish wound up following legends of gold.
The Grand Banks off Newfoundland were the richest fishing grounds in the world. Suppose to be enough as he said to last " till the end of time" , but have been decimated by draggers from all over the world.
Unfortunately Our Government WAS TO STUPID To stop Other Countries from Over Fishing. Even Our own fishing over fished this area. It should have been a seasonal season for all Countries to be able to replenish the fish.
About the maple syrup one, you are absolutely right. It's sweet water that comes straight from maple trees (it isn't considered "sap" cause it's 97% water). Making maple syrup is *very* easy. Pour the maple water in a cauldron and evaporate it. It's the exact same principle as distillation. Boil off the water, keep the rest. If you boil it "too" long for maple syrup, it turns into that toffee-like stuff that you pour on snow shown in the video. Boil it even more and you get sugar. It's much better for your health than refined sugar (the regular one you buy in grocery stores), causes much less diabetes issues for the same "sweetness"
Love ur heritage reactions, the package is almost on the way! 🇨🇦❤️🤓. And wait til u see the heritage minute starring no less than James Bond, pierce Brosnan! And most commercial maple syrup is corn syrup, check ur ingredients. Maple syrup is sap from the trees, boil out the water enough to make it syrupy...there ya go! But unless u buy Canadian syrup, it’s probably something else and flavoured. Even in Canada it’s expensive for the real shit, and every now and then I just get aunt Jemima hahah. Keep going Tash, well over 1000 now!
Cheers Mate, haven't heard from you in awhile, looking into learning more about maple syrup and how it is tapped :)
@@aussietashreacts Thx love u girlie! Just cuz u haven’t heard from me doesn’t mean I’m not watching, I’m the first or second mostly with the likes. I’m just letting other people experience you and the joy you find in Canada and it’s geography and people, who am I to deny them ur exuberance! I’m solid knowing I’m one of ur starters as a subscriber, and MAY EVEN TAKE CREDIT for starting you on our heritage minutes! Haha. Been to aus a few times but not up north near you! You have a place to stay in Ottawa whenever xx. And discord??. No , dunno it haha
@@aussietashreacts love you! ❤️🇨🇦🤓Ottawa
@Aussie Tash Reacts also a lot of times I try to comment, but for some reason it won’t let me, or process. Cuz I just replied to ur Laura Secord video but it wouldn’t let me. I thought I knew about her (apart from chocolate) but that video taught me too
Fun fact: I think in the Frontenac sequence, you heard the voice of Peter Gzowski, one of the best-known and popular radio hosts of the 1970s and -80s. He was a great presence on CBC radio and television as well.
ace tash
Maple sap has to be boiled down for hours and 40 gallons produce one gallon...40 to 1! Tapping does not damage the trees if properly done. First time I boiled it in my parents house the kitchen doors all shrank. If anything you would think they would swell. Nope. After that I boiled it outside all day on a hotplate. The time to tap trees is during warm days and cold nights, usually late February to early March. That glop that is sold as syrup is disgusting by comparison and full of who knows what. Nothin compares to maple syrup and it's healthier, not full of preservatives. In the spring a lot of families go to sugar bush farms for pancake feasts. YUM!
The old tale about a peaceful border for 200 years since 1812 is false. The US had designs on Canada for years and also invaded Canada in 1866 in the town where I live, Ridgeway, Ontario (named for an earthquake fault). Civil War hardened Irish American veterans, with planning and support of the US government, invaded across the Niagara River attempting to take the Canadian colony as a bargaining chip for a free Ireland. Obviously it failed. My neighbors and myself have found evidence of battles (bullets and discarded weapons) and even mounds on my own property which are possible burials. I'm not touching them! 28 American bodies were exhumed nearby in 1987 from the War of 1812 when a house was being built. The builders tried to cover it up, cemented over some bodies and some workers even took home skulls as souvenirs!!!! Then a good citizen notified the police and building stopped. The soldiers were returned to the US for burial in a very dignified ceremony across the Peace Bridge. A couple of friends were among the historians and archeologists who participated.
The cod stocks in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland were said to be so thick that you could walk on them. Overfishing made the government restrict local fishermen's quotas but Europeans illicitly continued further depleting the stocks.
Edmonton Tornado July 31, 1987 (Black Friday) VIDEO - Rare Extended Version
and laura secord makes dam good chocolates!!!!
The supply of cod did indeed last about 500 years from John Cabot in 1497 to the moratorium imposed on the cod fisheries by the government in 1992.
The... highly simplified story of how maple syrup is made: The Maple trees, like all trees, have sap... in spring when it "runs" best the trees are tapped and sap collected. The watery sap is then "reduced" by heating it to remove the water. And you get maple syrup. Obviously the industry has many techniques and methods and practices that are far more complex than that, but basically that's what happens.
I believe many commonwealth (or what are now commonwealth) countries had elections before this "Responsible Government" but Canada was and early adopter of... let's call it limiting the power of the monarchy and resting more power in the elected officials.
Hi Love your reactions :) Yes unfortunately Quebec and the rest of Canada have issues (: It basically boils down to Quebec wanting to keep their heritage and culture, which is not the problem because the French culture is awesome :) The problem is there is a sort of separatist movement in Quebec called the Bloc Quebecois who have tried to get Quebec to leave Canada in a provincial vote (2 times). Both times it narrowly failed :)
Wow, is that a scary throught? Western Australia in Australia is a state in Australia that have mentioned that as a joke but who knows
@@aussietashreacts It's not everyone in Quebec but darn enough to cause the vote :)
John Cabot discovered NFLD which joined Canada 450 years later, his journey led to the seasonal fishery on the Grand Banks around NFLD. Some believe he sailed along the NE American Coast however evidence shows that NF was as far as they went the first trip. His second trip his and 3 other ships were lost and never returned. Strangely enough the person truly responsible for Canada and its mapping was Jacques Cartier from the second video.
Her name is Laura Secord and canada has its famous Laura Secord chocolates Canada hey! .
Aussie and Can government model is the same.
the name is Laura Secord
Goodness, yes! Maybe not so much now but there was a lot of tension between French and English in New Brunswick growing up! There are people still against it but I'm glad we are still a bilingual province. My parents were of Acadian and Quebecois decent, from a French area in northern nb, where english was never heard. None of my extended family could speak a lick of English (some still can't) but I was raised in an English community . You're never English enough at school, not French enough up north.. I've experienced the racism from both sides. I welcome multiculturalism and diversity! People really have to get along! ✌️♥️ Also, Laura Secord is also the name of a chocolatier here. 😋
I was born an raised in the prairies (didn't hear French until I was 12) Though learning our other official language was attempted, I failed--in high school. I admire all Canadians who are able to speak both, and other languages as well. Nothings says diversity like speaking someone else's language. I love my multi-cultural country more than words can say.
Her name is pronounced Lore-Uh See-Kord
like every person that visits canada holy shit it's big
You just watched how maple syrup is produced. That's pretty much it . Tap tree boil down. The only difference is modern equipment and building. Can't tap the same tree two years in a row though you need to give them a break. I've heard they've changed that with modern equipment it's easier somehow on the trees. Until about 20 years ago this was all still by hand in most part's. One of the reasons it is so expensive.
You can also tap birch trees which I've tried but it tastes very different than maple syrup, it tastes a bit like molasses. You need more of it too.
Remember all of these please keep up with the heritage minutes.
When many of these FIRST aired the segments were longer they reduced them down. Laura Secord's story is far more dangerous and this one we remember well at least the wife and I when it first came on they showed her negotiating passage with local Indigenous tribes. ( risky endevor ) they could have taken her for a wife or just a prisoner, luckily most tribes in the area are Matrifocal. They admire strong independent women.
We had an armed rebellion that lasted for a year. The British crushed the rebellion. But that rebellion lead to the responsible government. If the British had not. There would have just been more armed rebellions. It was a concession in the aftermath.
How Maple Syrup is made; ua-cam.com/video/7SrdKlzvHSs/v-deo.html
Here's a fun little video about Sugar Shacks (where they make maple syrup).
ua-cam.com/video/dPleuAXbgzY/v-deo.html
way to much tension between the west and east in canada AND IT NEEDS TO STOP!we thought the trucker convoy would help but our divisive prime minister ruined that!
Truckers were a big pain in the 'derrière'' They were a massive nuissance.
The trucker convoy took downtown Ottawa and its citizens hostage for nearly a month! They intimidated and harassed the residents. Their leadership demanded the resignation of a legitimately ELECTED government(whether you like it or not) to be replaced by themselves, the Senate and the GG, all of whom are UNELECTED! Basically, terrorists. And people like Poilievre supported them. And you blame Trudeau for being divisive? Wow! Just wow! Did you go down some US rightwing rabbit hole?
It's highly unlikely that you put real maple syrup on your pancakes, Tash. It's very expensive and even Canadians use the fake stuff.
sad but I guess that's life.
The end of time is near
Good, humans suck. We're an out of control cancer. If we're gone maybe the innocent animals can survive and the earth can heal itself.
hey tash look up the avro arrow