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I just finished the last of my holiday stash this weekend (I restrict myself to one a week). Growing up, there was a donut shop near where my father lived, and they made the best maple frosted donuts I've ever had. I wish I could find something remotely comparable.
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Time to get your spring stash!W. Kevin Vicklund wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:16 pm I just finished the last of my holiday stash this weekend (I restrict myself to one a week). Growing up, there was a donut shop near where my father lived, and they made the best maple frosted donuts I've ever had. I wish I could find something remotely comparable.
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My dealer supplier source is a local cider mill. No more for me until after Labor Day. Unless I smuggle some across the border head down to Canada. (The good stuff gets rock hard after a few months, the last few were a bit crunchy, so I don't bother trying for a spring stash)jemcanada2 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:30 pmTime to get your spring stash!W. Kevin Vicklund wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:16 pm I just finished the last of my holiday stash this weekend (I restrict myself to one a week). Growing up, there was a donut shop near where my father lived, and they made the best maple frosted donuts I've ever had. I wish I could find something remotely comparable.
On the other hand, maple cookies are a thing. Think an Oreo, but the cookie and filling are both maple. I've got a couple boxes ready to go...
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Ok now you gone and done done it.
I am a recovering maple sugar candy addict. Its almost impossible to get it in Oz so I've been in withdrawel for 30 years.
But I'm going to the USA Foods import store today to replenish my Grape Nuts supply, and I'll probably be crawling the walls looking for Maple sugar candy, which they won't have and I'll be depressed for months.
I am a recovering maple sugar candy addict. Its almost impossible to get it in Oz so I've been in withdrawel for 30 years.
But I'm going to the USA Foods import store today to replenish my Grape Nuts supply, and I'll probably be crawling the walls looking for Maple sugar candy, which they won't have and I'll be depressed for months.
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Maple sugar candies are a particular weakness of mine. As a diabetic, I'm not proud of it. >sob<
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SOLIDARITY, BROTHER! WE MUST BE STRONG!keith wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:08 pm Ok now you gone and done done it.
I am a recovering maple sugar candy addict. Its almost impossible to get it in Oz so I've been in withdrawel for 30 years.
But I'm going to the USA Foods import store today to replenish my Grape Nuts supply, and I'll probably be crawling the walls looking for Maple sugar candy, which they won't have and I'll be depressed for months.
But the sunshine aye shall light the sky,
As round and round we run;
And the truth shall ever come uppermost,
And justice shall be done.
- Charles Mackay, "Eternal Justice"
As round and round we run;
And the truth shall ever come uppermost,
And justice shall be done.
- Charles Mackay, "Eternal Justice"
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Yes! I've had the Martinette candy. I also love the spotza, which we've had at maple syrup festivals.
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Again, I'm the outlier. Just the smell of maple anything makes me gag. My husband makes some sort of potion of steel cut oats, maple something or other, cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice every morning. This concoction takes at least a half hour and a bunch of dirty dishes. Every. Morning. I stay back here in my sewing room and just holler for him to bring me more coffee so I don't even have to go to that end of the house and risk catching a whiff of whateverthehellitis that smells like maple. He cooked some kind of frozen meal in the microwave one time and it was a week before I could use it again.
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Not only did the USA Store not have maple sugar candy, but they were out of Grape Nuts too.
I came away with a big bag of fritos, a six pack of powdered sugar donets, and a tin of Hatch Red Enchilada sauce. What a great shopping trip.
I came away with a big bag of fritos, a six pack of powdered sugar donets, and a tin of Hatch Red Enchilada sauce. What a great shopping trip.
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Simple Grape Nuts recipe: Take one cardboard box. Run through cross-cut shredder. Add milk.
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I once went looking for a Pecan Pie recipe that used maple syrup and found a good one. I made that pie and it was great.
Problem was it advertised itself as "sugar free".
Now even I know that maple syrup is upwards of 80 percent (or something like that) sugar.
Who are these guys trying to 'kill'?
The chemical composition of 80 pure maple syrup samples produced in North America
White 'table' sugar is sucrose, but the way.
Problem was it advertised itself as "sugar free".
Now even I know that maple syrup is upwards of 80 percent (or something like that) sugar.
Who are these guys trying to 'kill'?
The chemical composition of 80 pure maple syrup samples produced in North America
How can this be advertised as 'sugar free' in any way shape or form?A total of 80 pure maple syrup samples received from primary producers in Canada and the United States were analyzed for their chemical composition, pH and oBrix. The major carbohydrates found in maple syrup (sucrose, glucose and fructose) were determined employing anion exchange high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with pulsed amperometric detection. The sucrose content was found to range from 51.7 to 75.6%; glucose and fructose contents ranged from 0.00 to 9.59% and 0.00 to 3.95%, respectively. The major organic acid present in maple syrup was malic acid. Trace amounts of citric, succinic and fumaric acid were also present.
White 'table' sugar is sucrose, but the way.
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My dad used to go to Canada on business, and he’d bring us back maple sugar candy.
And boxes of broken candy sticks from the A&P in the States (I was the only one who liked it; you can’t find clove candy sticks anymore).
After I was already grown up he also went to Pennsylvania coal country once and brought back some Bituminous Candy from somewhere around Pittsburgh (He had quite the sweet-tooth). It was licorice rock candy that looked like chunks of coal and came with its own little pick-axe. It was very cute until, when I was home on leave, I woke up before him (which was unusual), and when he didn’t get up for a while I went to check on him. His face and pillow were all black, and I was like, Dad, Oh my God, Dad, wake up!! Are you OK?!! I was all ready to call 911. He wakes up and was like, What?! Is the house on fire?! I was like, What happened to you?! He said, Oh, I must’ve fallen asleep with a piece of this candy in my mouth. Jeezus, Dad, you scared the crap out of me!
And boxes of broken candy sticks from the A&P in the States (I was the only one who liked it; you can’t find clove candy sticks anymore).
After I was already grown up he also went to Pennsylvania coal country once and brought back some Bituminous Candy from somewhere around Pittsburgh (He had quite the sweet-tooth). It was licorice rock candy that looked like chunks of coal and came with its own little pick-axe. It was very cute until, when I was home on leave, I woke up before him (which was unusual), and when he didn’t get up for a while I went to check on him. His face and pillow were all black, and I was like, Dad, Oh my God, Dad, wake up!! Are you OK?!! I was all ready to call 911. He wakes up and was like, What?! Is the house on fire?! I was like, What happened to you?! He said, Oh, I must’ve fallen asleep with a piece of this candy in my mouth. Jeezus, Dad, you scared the crap out of me!
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I remember the coal candy, too. I liked it, but in small amounts.
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The coal candy kind of scares me
Coincidentally, we went to Swayze Falls today. We HAD to go shopping at the two sugar bush farms since they were right around the corner.
Coincidentally, we went to Swayze Falls today. We HAD to go shopping at the two sugar bush farms since they were right around the corner.
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I have some of that maple tea from my last trip!
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Q1: How many 1L bottles of maple syrup would it take to fill a typical ice hockey rink to the depth of the puck?
Q2: Explain why many more bottles would be required to achieve this on a rink in Europe.
Q3: Expand on your answer to Q2 to predict how a Canadian team playing a game in a European city might adapt its tactics.
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Q1: How many 1L bottles of maple syrup would it take to fill a typical ice hockey rink to the depth of the puck?
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Wow talk about slow ice and sticky pucks.