Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A maple syrup bottle and two jars of maple syrup. - Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock If you're anything like us, you probably have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Someone pouring maple syrup on pancakes - Gmvozd/Getty Images Maple syrup is a more recent phenomenon than some people may think.

As someone who lived in New England for more than 15 years, I believe that any syrup poured over pancakes must be tapped from a tree and sealed in a glass bottle accented with a tiny, useless handle.

Many maple syrup bottles harken back to a time when liquids came in large jugs, ones that required handles, but what purpose ...

Maple syrup is a more recent phenomenon than some people may think. While maple sugar was common for centuries, maple syrup wasn't economical to produce until the turn of the 20th century. At the time ...