You could win one of three ridiculously sweet ‘n’ sap-py prize packs! Contest closes March 18th 2012 at midnight! Winners will be picked in a random.Today’s blog post was written by Jessica Stillman, school outreach coordinator and maple syrup aficionado at Bronte Creek Provincial Park. Twitter: “Hey, add to the #MapleMixtape! I wanna win sweet prizes! ”īlog: Just comment below with the same info (“sweet” song title and artist) To enter:įacebook: Visit our Facebook page, share this post + comment on the contest post with a song title with the words “sweet,” or “maple,” or “sugar,” in it. We’d like to sweeten the deal even more with a contest just for our Facebook fans, blog readers and Twitter followers. Yum.įor more info on event details, click here. Of course, you’ll be able to sample maple cornbread and maple taffy. Mountsberg Conservation Area’s Maple Townefeatures a working sugar bush that’s a unique must-see for locals and tourist alike.Ĭrawford Lake Conservation Area offers the Sweetwater Festivalwhere you can learn how maple sugar was made in an Iroquoian Village over 600 years ago. Two festivals, two locations -and if you choose to go the same day- one park admission per person! It’s finally March and with it arrives maple time! Open every weekend (and holidays) through to April 9th 2012 as well as all March Break long, we consider our maple festivals to be one of the sweetest times of year – pun intended! For all programming and information about Crawford Lake’s Sweetwater Festival and Mountsberg’s Maple Towne, click here! MAPLE SYRUP TIME is on now until April 7th 2013. Have any great maple recipes? Comment below, Facebook us or Tweet us! We might just share ’em here! Working quickly, stir with oiled spoon until all popcorn is coated with caramel.Ĭool and store in airtight containers or enjoy immediately. Place popcorn in the mixing bowl and drizzle the hot caramel over the popcorn. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium low and continue boiling until the mixture reaches 236 degrees on a candy thermometer. Place maple syrup, in a heavy-bottomed, non-reactive sauce pot over medium-high heat. Lightly butter or oil the inside of a bowl or casserole dish large enough to hold the popcorn. Transfer to a serving bowl – or two or three… and enjoy! When the kernels have completely stopped popping remove the lid and give the mixture a sprinkle of salt. Once the popping subsides to one or two per second remove from the heat. It will take a few minutes for the kernels to start to pop. Agitate the popcorn kernels using the hand crank – this is important – the kernels get quite sticky and need to keep moving to avoid burning. Allow the oil to heat for a minute and then add the popcorn kernels. Here is our stove-top recipe but if you don’t have a Whirley Pop – check out the link below for an alternate rendition using air popped kernels.Ĭombine oil and maple syrup in the bottom of the pan and place over medium heat. In fact, next time I think we will have to use separate bowls to keep us from battling it out over the last few kernels. We broke out our trusty Whirley-Pop (stove-top popcorn maker available from Lee Valley) and in a few minutes had a savoury/sweet treat that we couldn’t stop munching. I was looking for something tasty to enjoy with my six year old while watching a movie this weekend. Our first foray into the culinary delights of maple syrup keeps it simple! From maple butter to maple vinegar and maple chipotle bbq sauce to maple balsamic mustard life sure is tasty when you enjoy maple syrup in creative and interesting ways! Now the question is – what to do with it all? There are only so many pancakes a person can realistically eat without needing to go up a pant size (truth be told, some of these recipes are so good we might need to go up a pant size even without the pancakes!).įor the month or March we will be revealing all our staff’s favourite non-pancake maple recipes featuring the incredible maple products from the Mountsberg gift shop. Maple season is in full swing! The trees are tapped and the sap is starting to flow, soon the Mountsberg evaporator will be working overtime to churn out gallons of sticky sweet syrup. It’s Maple Syrup Time Crawford Lake and Mountsberg from now until April 7th 2013.
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