#maple-syrup

Maple Syrup Making Photos by Stuart McIntosh

Maple Syrup making photos by Stuart McIntosh Sandra Iwaniw Those were the days you could make money on a sugar bush. Most farmers now only make enough for their own use and it is usually over an open fire. They still use wood to get the highest heat. I have some great memories of staying up all night with my dad to stoke the fire. CLIPPED FROMThe Ottawa CitizenOttawa, Ontario, Canada04 Jun…

A few Memories of Maple Syrup

This maple syrup business near Ferguson Falls has been in Tom McEwen’s family since 1936. The sugar shanty that’s still used today was built in the early 1950s. The public is welcome to stroll through to see an open evaporating system fueled by logs that turns sap to syrup. Sunday travellers can also explore some of about 75 acres of forest and then sample some of the sweet bounty at the…

So What Did you Eat with Maple Syrup? Pickles?

Shane Wm. Edwards sent me this and I was kind of baffled.

  The classic combo of donuts, pickles, and boiled syrup make up this #RootedinVermont sugar-on-snow banquet, featured in the Time Life New England cookbook in 1970. The acidity of the pickles helps cut the sweetness of the maple and donuts.

A chapter on maple syrup-makers in Vermont documents “sugaring-off” parties, a day in…

Notes About Sugar on Snow

To make, simply bring some fresh maple syrup to a boil and cook until it reaches a temp of 235.  If it’s not hot enough, it will be runny – if it gets too hot, it will become candy!  Once you’ve reached the correct temperature, simply drizzle the hot syrup over a pan of packed snow.  Grab a fork or a spoon and dig in! HOW TO MAKE SUGAR ON SNOW

1. Collect snow from winter storm. Store somewhere…

The Sugar Bush Fairy at Temple’s Sugar Bush

  I know that some have walked alone on warm and cold nights while waking frozen or slushed lines that are pouring golden liquid.

It’s maple syrup season, boiling sap until the sun rises–maple syrup steeped is waiting to be cherished slowly.

  At Temple’s I find things made with love by someone who had been up at the crack of dawn making pancakes.

Crisp, sizzling bacon, slightly singed sausages…

Sticky and Sweet in Lanark County

  Lanark Maple Syrup Producers— choose one on the map to get some yummy nummies–follow this map

Photo from Lanark & District Museum

Photo from Middleville & District Museum

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Looking at the lack of snow in this photo it looks like it could be this year. It is, in fact, the early 1900’s. This picture was taken at George Mather’s Sugar Camp near Middleville, with Elva Mather, George Mather,…

It was a cold snowy day when Basil and Una went for a drive,

It was just the type of day that made you happy to be alive.

Basil had not wanted to make the journey to the house of sweet treats,

But Una had insisted, as she had heard it was quite neat.

Una was fascinated with the pioneer tales of yesteryear,

And had heard that magic lurked in the woods not far from there.

Una was fascinated to…