Sunday, March 4, 2007

Maple

If you are in New England, you will find in just about every store (and even some Interstate Rest Areas) - Maple products. Maple syrup, maple sugar, maple candy, maple cream cookies, ad infinitum. While I was there, I snagged some maple sugar and maple syrup.

They taste roughly equivalent with one being a powdered form of the other. Both are delicious and both found themselves in my oatmeal this morning. I think I needed something more than just plain maple to bring out a more intense flavor. Maple on it's own is prety mild. I got the Grade A syrup thinking it was the best, but to my surprise, it is not the most intense.

Maple Syrup Grades

Perhaps next time I'll add a darker grade (or a bit of Molasses).

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