[LMB] OT: RE: sugar maples

[Lois Aleta Fundis]

gpw at uniserve.com wrote:
> It tends to be difficult to get the darker grades when shopping
> in far flung corners of the world, and you may find them too strong
> for breakfast use - at which point you should consider it for
> cooking - my parents like to use it as sweetner when making bread.
>
>   
I've been known to use it as a sweetener in tea, and even in meat loaf.

I wish maple sugar candy was easier to find around here. It's one of the 
Best Foods Ever. Better than chocolate, maybe. There used to be a store 
in our local mall that sold it, but they closed.  I bought a whole bunch 
when I was in Toronto for Worldcon back in 2003 (at the Sears in Eaton 
Centre), but of course that's all gone now, though I did make it last 
several months. (OK, 3. Well, 2 and a half.)  I think under current 
circumstances I'd have to mail order it. Fortunately I just got my 
income-tax refund!

And I can't let this thread go by without quoting the late great Roger 
Miller:

Roses are red, violets are purple
Sugar's sweet, and so's maple syrple.

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Lois Fundis	lfundis at weir.net or lfundis at verizon.net