Recipe - Maple Candy In The Snow

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Someone was looking for maple syrup or sugar recipes. I looked thru my
Frugal Gourmet Cooks American and found some maple recipes. I'll post the
more interesting ones here. The first one is the one I remembered that sent
me looking. I'll include some of Smith's remarks.

"This wonderful winter treat goes back to the very first days of
'sugaring'. The sap was cooked down to sypru stage, and then, as a special
treat for the children who helped with the loading of the sap, the syrup
was reduced a bit further and then poured into the snow. It would harden
immediately, giving one the most delightful and chewy candy, candy with
that clean and natural maple taste....You can do the same thing easily.
Place a pint or two of real maple syrup in a small saucepan and bring it to
a light boil. Using a candy thermometer, reduce the syrup until you reach
270 deg. The syrup has now reached the soft ball stage and can be drizzled
into the snow....If that is not possible, drizzle the syrup on a cold
cookie sheet from the refrigerator. The candy will not keep more than a day
or two."

Posted to EATL Digest 09 Jan 97

From: Julie Sterchi sterchi@WABASH.NET

Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 21:32:54 0800