{"id":6586,"date":"2021-03-22T02:21:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T01:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=6586"},"modified":"2021-03-22T02:21:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T01:21:00","slug":"maple-syrup-yum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2021\/03\/22\/maple-syrup-yum\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple syrup!  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