Maple Weekend Kicks Off Tomorrow
Friday, March 20, 2009 at 10:31AM The Empire State continues to be the world's third largest producer of maple products — Vermont and Maine are first and second. To celebrate, this year's Maple Weekend is actually two weekends: March 21-22 and 28-29.
About 110 producers throughout the state will hold open houses so that visitors can observe tree tapping and the boiling of sap into syrup. Some sugar houses will demonstrate the making of maple cream, maple sugar, and other maple candies.
Of course, we are using a natural resource that is as ancient as the land. Algonquins in Eastern North America were the first to discover "sinzibuckwud," the Algonquin word for maple syrup, meaning "drawn from wood." According to this article, "the sap was slightly concentrated, either by throwing hot stones in the bucket, or by leaving it overnight and disposing of the layer of ice which had formed on top. It was drunk as a sweet drink or used in cooking."
Though productions methods use modern materials, the process remains basically the same: to take the raw nectar from the tree and concentrate it into the nutritient-rich, earthy stuff we all love.
Here are some ways to enjoy the season:
- Maple Weekend Pancake Breakfasts - listed by county
- Buy New York Maple products - syrup, sugar, cream and maple-flavored coffee and tea
- Enjoy some Sugar-On-Snow: Sugar-on-snow is a specialty of New England and Quebec, where it's called tire d'érable or maple taffee. Drizzling molten maple sap (past syrup stage, but before maple sugar stage) onto packed, clean snow results in soft, lacy confections that can be lifted with a fork. In some maple producing areas, they call the pieces of caramelized sugar "leather aprons" due to their chewiness. At a sugar-on-snow party, the candy is served with yeast-risen donuts; sour dill pickles and coffee balance the sweetness.
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