{"id":5167,"date":"2026-01-23T13:28:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/couttsa\/?p=5167"},"modified":"2026-01-23T13:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:28:48","slug":"maple-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/couttsa\/2026\/01\/23\/maple-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5175\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/couttsa\/files\/2026\/01\/maple1-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/couttsa\/files\/2026\/01\/maple1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/couttsa\/files\/2026\/01\/maple1.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/>Today we had a wonderful presentation from a maple syrup farmer who we call &#8220;The Maple Man!&#8221; We learned a lot about Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois culture and heritage, and how maple sap is collected and processed to become delicious maple syrup! We got a taste of the very special treat, maple taffy (or <em>tire d&#8217;\u00e9rable en fran\u00e7ais<\/em>!)<\/p>\n<p>Carnaval is next week, so today we&#8217;ve started wearing the <em>ceinture fl\u00e9ch\u00e9e.\u00a0<\/em>The c<em>einture fl\u00e9ch\u00e9e\u00a0<\/em>comes from the same roots of the M\u00e9tis sash (<em>sayncheur flayshii<\/em> in Michif). 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