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Summer Savory Ancienne d’Acadie

August 22, 2016 by Bobby Gregoire Leave a Comment

Savory was already known in ancient times and was cultivated in the Middle Ages as a medicinal plant in the monasteries and gardens of Charlemagne. Known since the beginning of our era, it crossed civilizations with a reputation for being an aphrodisiac and regulating the eagerness. Perhaps this is due primarily to its Latin etymology […]

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: Acadie

Nova Scotia Maple Syrup

March 28, 2016 by Bobby Gregoire Leave a Comment

In Nova Scotia, maple syrup is made from the sap of native sugar maple trees (Acer saccharum), or snawey in the Mi’kmaq language, that have been a part of the Nova Scotia old growth Acadian forest for 5000-6000 years. While maple syrup is produced in other areas of Canada and the United States, according to […]

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