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Common Uses for Maple Syrup

April 18, 2011
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Common Uses for Maple Syrup

Once you acquire the taste you might find there are a lot of every day uses for real maple syrup.  Instead of the usual longer, more involved recipes, here are a few short recipes and uses for maple syrup: Orleans Island Cocktail 1 liter apple juice 25 cl martini dry 125ml pure maple syrup...
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Maple Glazed Carrots

April 12, 2011
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Maple Glazed Carrots

Maple syrup brings out the sweet flavor of the carrots using this really easy recipe.  Try it with pork chops.  Makes 6 servings and takes a total of about 30 minutes. Ingredients 2 lbs (1 kg) carrots, peeled, cut on the bias into sticks 1 / 4 inch (5 mm) thick (about 12 carrots)...
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Maple Zombie

March 15, 2011
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Maple Zombie

Invented in the late 1930′s by Don Beach of Hollywood, this strong drink is usually made from fruit juices, liqueurs, and various types of rum.  As the story goes, Don often made it for one of the regulars to his Beachcomber restaurant.  The man left on a week long trip after having three large Zombies...
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Classic Pea Soup

March 10, 2011
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Classic Pea Soup

A convenient crockpot recipe for Quebecois style pea soup.  Similar to the pea soup that is a staple in the sugar shacks (cabane à sucre) of Quebec. Prepare this before you go to work and have wonderful pea soup ready for you for dinner!  This version takes 9 hours of cooking on low but...
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Easy Maple Pudding

March 3, 2011
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Easy maple syrup pudding

Easy microwave maple pudding!  This one was one of my experiments cooking with a microwave.  Now, I am normally use the microwave to reheat left-overs and not to prepare a nice dessert which is why I was so surprised this turned out so well.  The taste of butter mixes very nicely with the sweetness...
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Maple Syrup Pecan Bread

February 25, 2011
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maple syrup pecan bread

This is wonderful bread recipe, one of my favorites. Ingredients: 350 ml of water 2 teaspoons salt 4 tablespoons maple syrup 3 teaspoons of milk powder 25 g butter 400 g flour 200 g whole wheat flour 2 teaspoons dried yeast 60 g pecans Place the light at the bottom of the tank. Measure...
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Maple Sugar Creme Brulee

February 24, 2011
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Creme Brullee

The is a typical dessert you might share with friends in Quebec. Of course being in Quebec we use maple sugar made from the famous Canadian maple tree instead of cane sugar in this classic French dessert. Ingredients to this updated French/Quebec classic: 6 egg yolks (just the yolk) 4 1/4 tbsp (60 g)...
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Vintage Virginia Maple Syrup

February 10, 2011
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He makes it just like his grandaddy… Anyway, Virginia isn’t a huge syrup producing state but they obviously have a few faithful. It probably can’t be produced much further south since sap flow requires freeze and thaw cycles.
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What is the Maple Syrup Diet?

February 3, 2011
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What is the Maple Syrup Diet?

So what is the Maple Syrup Diet?  Sometimes it is also called the Master Cleanser or the Lemonade Diet. It is a mind and body detoxification program created by Stanley Burroughs in the 1940′s and made popular by Beyonce and other Hollywood stars.  Burroughs believed that through a course of consuming only fresh lemons,...
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Sugar Maples on Inverted Avenue

January 29, 2011
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What do the birds them think of them?  Can you tap them for maple syrup? “TreeLogic is an inverted avenue of 6 sugar maple trees growing upsidedown, suspended 30 ft in the air. This projects frames the trees as a dynamic adaptive system and as visual forms that display their histories. It emulates the...
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