Okay, a majority of my family lives in WAY upstate New York right near Vermont, and they're in love with the "runny" Vermont maple syrup. I think the stuff tastes like dogshit. Ugh. You might as well take some toilet water, pour some sugar in it, and pour it on your pancakes. This is one instance where the artificial equivalent (probably made from a different mixture of petrochemicals and herring than the fake butter) is a lot better than the "real thing."

I went so far one time as to refuse to eat breakfast before taking a trip to the store to get the synthetic maple syrup.

That's funny about the other Simpsons reference. Didn't think of that one.