Sugartime: The Hidden Pleasures of Making Maple Syrup with a Primer for the Novice Sugarer - Hardcover

Susan Carol Hauser

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9780756755010: Sugartime: The Hidden Pleasures of Making Maple Syrup with a Primer for the Novice Sugarer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0756755018 ISBN 13: 9780756755010

Publisher: Key Porter Bookes, 1997

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Sugaring is the act of collecting maple sap to make maple syrup, an early-Spring endeavor that takes place all around North America -- from Ontario & Quebec in the north to Ohio in the south & Minnesota in the west. It is a tradition that has changed little since the Native people sugared centuries ago. This is a beautifully rendered narrative about the act of sugaring, an activity that slows time down. Interspersed with the book s lyrical account of a season in the sugarbush are sections that serve as a primer to guide the beginner through every stage of sugaring, from selecting trees & hanging sap buckets to cooking the sap to finishing off maple syrup. Illustrated with photos & drawings.

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'Sugartime' is not only a how-to but also history and health and happiness in nature. Of the task of making syrup, the foreword explains, "I had stumbled upon good work, the kind that slows time and deepens the spirit." With instructions that go "from tree to table," Susan Carol Hauser describes the process and the pleasures of sugaring, from the early Ojibwa sugar camps, to the depiction of the hardening of sweet syrup in Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Sugar-on-Snow," to the 20th-century return to this ancient harvesting. Various gathering techniques and several recipes for maple syrup and other uses of the sugar are illustrated in this charming book. --Amazon.Com Review

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