Maybe this really is Spring!

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"Wisconsin Families Making Maple Syrup Signals Spring Is Back! Tour The Sugar Bushes
Spring is back in Wisconsin! Wisconsin maple syrup producers are tapping the trees! Wisconsin is dappled with maple syrup family farms, called Sugar Bushes. Syrup and pancakes And while cows snooze, Wisconsin families are in the woods collecting buckets of sap which they will boil into pure maple syrup. Accept no substitutions! Leave that maple-flavored corn syrup on the grocery-store shelf! Pour REAL maple syrup on your pancakes and you'll taste REAL Wisconsin.

You can tour some Wisconsin sugar bushes and see the whole maple syrup producing process. The Maple Sweet Dairy in DePere, WI is holding the next open house on March 21st. Keep reading for more Wisconsin signs of spring and a real buttermilk pancake recipe.

Kids love pancakes Long ago someone told me that a special secret to making great pancakes was to let the batter sit awhile before frying it. So this time, I mixed up the batter, took a shower and dressed and when I returned to the batter, the ingredients had mixed so that air bubbles were in the batter. I think the bubbles made the pancakes extra light and fluffy. These homemade buttermilk pancakes blew away boxed pancake mix. Such better flavor! And it really only takes a handful of minutes more to whip up these homemade pancakes.

And of course, my kids loved them swimming in real Wisconsin maple syrup!" Source: Edible Antics - Having Fun With Food: Wisconsin Families Making Maple Syrup Signals Spring Is Back! Tour The Sugar Bushes

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