What are all these waffle holes for? And perhaps most perplexing, what's up with the teeny-tiny handle on the side of a maple syrup bottle? It's called a skeumorph, and here's why it's there.

Lloyd Munsee, pictured at left, and David Munsee of Big Tree Maple in Lakewood. They are standing in front of their evaporator machine. The stainless steel barrel on the left is where the final maple ...