Maple Syrup

Maple Fudge - 1 tablespoon flour - 1 cup granulated sugar - 2 cups maple syrup - 1/4 cup light corn syrup - 1/2 cup milk or cream - 1 tablespoon butter Mix flour and sugar in saucepan. Mix in maple syrup, light corn syrup and milk or cream. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the temperature reaches 232 to 236 degrees. Remove from heat and drop butter on top. Let cool until lukewarm. Beat until the glossy look begins to leave. Pour quickly into buttered pan. Nuts may be added.

CLEAR SPRING - The program was meant for children, but Yasmine Akmal seemed to be getting at least as big a kick out of the maple syrup demonstrations as her son was. Akmal, 40, of Hagerstown, said she learned through her 10-year-old son that the Maple Sugaring and Heritage Day Program at Fairview Outdoor Education Center would be Saturday. She then smiled at her son and quipped: "He just wanted to play video games. " "Na-ah," young Omair Akmal said in protest. "I was always interested to know how to make maple syrup," Yasmine Akmal said.

KEENE VALLEY, N.Y. - Sugar is always getting bad press: Obesity, rotting teeth, hyperactivity, agitated girlfriends pouring five-pound bags into the gas tanks of their boyfriends' cars. But not here. In the hardwood forests of northeastern New York, sugar is treated with a reverent awe normally reserved for gothic sanctuaries or Hannah Montana. This is the only place I know of where sugar - in the form of maple syrup - is actually mentioned in the same breath as "nutritional value.

THURMONT - Making maple syrup is a sappy job, but the trees were not cooperating at Cunningham Falls State Park Sunday. cont. from front page The park's annual festival features demonstrations of how to make the sweet, thick liquid. But before the 30th Maple Syrup Heritage Festival began Saturday, rangers found a shortage of sap, the recipe's only ingredient. "It didn't flow very much," said Ranger Dan Harbaugh. "It was a bad year. " Harbaugh said he "tapped" some trees March 1, driving metal tubes called spiles into their bark.

tiffanya@herald-mail.com CLEAR SPRING - The next time they eat pancakes, they will remember how hard it was to make the syrup, said John Evans, a volunteer at Saturday's Maple Sugar Festival at the Fairview Outdoor Education Center. Evans, a staff member at the center, held the auger drill steady while Tanner Minnick, 7, of Smithsburg, turned the handle. Tanner was drilling a small hole into a trunk, which simulated a maple tree. He later would insert a "spile," which is a stubby wooden straw that would permit the sap to flow through the tree and into a bucket.

by Kevin G. Gilbert / staff photographer see enlargements by clicking on images Hundreds attend Maple Heritage Festival THURMONT, Md. - Pancakes would hardly be worth eating without maple syrup soaked into each piece and dripping off of the fork. But hundreds of people who attended the 28th Maple Heritage Festival at Cunningham Falls State Park Sunday learned there's more to maple syrup than simply squeezing the sweet and sticky stuff out of a plastic bottle commonly found on supermarket shelves.

Sweet and savory side dish is seasonal, festive, easy The Associated Press A side dish of Glazed Sweet Potatoes, Apples and Pecans, a combination of seasonal ingredients often used in traditional holiday cooking, would be welcome on any winter dinner table. The flavor of the sweet potatoes and apples is balanced with maple syrup and cider, and the pecans give crunch to the texture. Glazed Sweet Potatoes, Apples and Pecans nonstick cooking spray 6 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cut crosswise into 3/4-inch slices 1 teaspoon salt 2 medium apples, peeled, cored and sliced 1/4-inch thick 4 tablespoons butter 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 cup maple syrup 1/2 cup apple cider 1/2 cup chopped pecans Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Church plans trip to hear religious scholar WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Trinity United Church of Christ is planning a group excursion to the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 14, to hear religion professor Marcus Borg discuss "The Last Week," his latest work. Borg co-authored the book with fellow Jesus scholar John Dominic Crossan. For information on the lecture or trip, call Pastor Sue D'heedene at 1-717-762-7191, or e-mail Michael Day at michael@michaelday.

3 1/2 cups vanilla soy milk or almond milk 1 small can (about 15 ounces) of pumpkin 1 cup maple syrup Cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg to taste 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons xanthum gum 1 1/2 cups steel-cut oats 1 tablespoon vegan margarine 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional) 1/2 cup dried, shredded coconut (optional) 1/2 cup raisins (add more if you really like raisins) In blender, combine soy milk, pumpkin, maple syrup, spices, salt and xanthum gum. In covered pot, put steel-cut oats, mixture from blender, margarine, walnuts (optional)

4 cups uncooked rolled oats 1/2 cup wheat germ 1/2 cup sunflower seeds 1 cup chopped raw almonds 1 cup raw pistachio nut meats 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/3 cup honey 1/3 cup molasses 2/3 cup maple syrup 2/3 cup canola oil 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon almond extract 3 cups sweetened dried banana chips 2 cups raisins 2 cups dried cranberries Preheat oven to 350...

Donna Smith chaired the committee that organized the cookbook the Women's Club will release later this month. She has a few recipes in the book, including this blueberry-stuffed french toast. She adapted the recipe from a bed and breakfast in Williamsburg, Va., she said. Smith said she learned to cook from her mother. "When I was in junior high school, my mother would let me cook dinner on Friday evening," she said. "I watched her, then she would let me cook for everyone on Friday.

Tara Petite, her husband, Darren, and their three children follow a vegan lifestyle, abstaining from all animal products, including meat, eggs, dairy and honey. Tara Petite said she first became interested in vegetarianism after reading John Robbins' book, "Diet for a New America," more than a decade ago. She actively promotes a healthy and compassionate way of eating through the Western Maryland Veg Life group on MeetUp.com and holds regular meetings at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Hagerstown.

Breakfast is considered the most important meal of the day; that's why moms make sure their children are fed each morning. For Mother's Day, May 10, the roles are reversed. It's a day for children to nourish their moms, both physically and emotionally. These recipes will start a mother's day off sweetly, but some dishes might require a little grown-up help, depending on the age(s) of the cook(s). When serving, don't forget to add a kiss. That's the sugar that means the most.

CLEAR SPRING -- The outdoors is still great. That is the message staff members at the Claud Kitchens Outdoor School at Fairview try to instill in fifth-graders who visit the school. Over the course of several days, students in the fifth-grade overnight program go fishing, hiking and canoeing, investigate animals, explore hiking trails and even dabble in orienteering. It is all part of the school's vision to promote appreciation and understanding of the environment. The school extended that vision beyond fifth-graders and out to the public Saturday at the Maple Sugar Festival.

Tim Rowland is on vacation. His column will return when he does. The following column was published in The Daily Mail on Oct. 28, 1998: I was looking over the County Commissioners' budget and have become altogether convinced they are spending too much for lawyers, too much on the needy and too much for fox scalps. And if they don't get a handle on that blacksmith department, it will be the death of us. Perhaps I should mention in passing that the budget in question was for the year 1860 and that, printed in total, the entire document came to little more than half a newspaper page.

KEENE VALLEY, N.Y. - Sugar is always getting bad press: Obesity, rotting teeth, hyperactivity, agitated girlfriends pouring five-pound bags into the gas tanks of their boyfriends' cars. But not here. In the hardwood forests of northeastern New York, sugar is treated with a reverent awe normally reserved for gothic sanctuaries or Hannah Montana. This is the only place I know of where sugar - in the form of maple syrup - is actually mentioned in the same breath as "nutritional value.

CLEAR SPRING - Plenty of people drizzle pancakes and waffles with dark, gooey maple syrup. But how many of them really know where it comes from and how it is made? The Fairview Outdoor Education Center hosted the Fairview Maple Sugar Festival Saturday to help them learn. The outdoor education center is part of the Washington County Public Schools system. Teachers at the center and high school students from throughout the county planned and hosted the fifth annual event.

CLEAR SPRING -- Plenty of people drizzle pancakes and waffles with dark, gooey maple syrup. But how many of them really know where it comes from and how it is made? The Fairview Outdoor Education Center hosted the Fairview Maple Sugar Festival Saturday to help them learn. The outdoor education center is part of the Washington County Public Schools system. Teachers at the center and high school students from throughout the county planned and hosted the fifth annual event.

Start to finish: 20 minutes 1 1/4 cups "complete" buttermilk pancake mix (see Cook's note) 1 1/3 cups water (see Cook's note) 16 miniature beef smoked sausages (4 ounces) (see Cook's note) 4 thin deli slices (4 ounces) mild cheese, such as Muenster or Monterey Jack Cooking-oil spray 1/2 cup maple syrup, or to taste, for serving Cook's note: For testing, we used Hungry Jack Complete Extra Light & Fluffy Pancake & Waffle Mix. We used more water than the package indicates to produce a thin pancake, better for rolling.

What do pennies, maple syrup, and an obsession with cleanliness have in common? They are elements of "Captain Canada and Copper Boy Boomsday," the dessert theater being produced by the Smithsburg High School drama club and written by two students. "It's about two bumbling superheroes just trying to pay their rent," senior Kyle Raios said. Kyle, 17, co-wrote the play this summer with Joe Waeyaert, also 17. However, Kyle said with a laugh, "They never do. " Instead, the heroes must thwart Dr. Boom's evil plan to conquer the city.