On Sep 24, 11:20*pm, sf > wrote:

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> I like the lighter quality of A and B has a bitterness to it that I
> don't like. *I'm not a big maple syrup fan anyway. *It has a place on
> pancakes & waffles, but not much else. *The idea of substituting maple
> syrup for sugar, maple candy etc all leave me cold.

I like grade A plain. Grade B has a bite to it; the flavor is a bit
too strong for me. Diluting B half-and-half with simple syrup makes it
much like A at half the cost. As for maple candy, it's far too sweet
for my fuddy-duddy taste, but I liked it as a kid. We would get a
dipper of (11 pounds per gallon) hot syrup from the evaporator pan and
drizzle it onto the snow, where it would immediately harden. I suppose
it would have liquefied again if it had warmed up, but it never got
the chance. At about 13 pounds per gallon, it's candy at room
temperature.

Jerry
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