Yeah thang = thing, I did it on purpose, I don't know why though. I'm silly like that 😊 (I do read it using Ross Geller's voice when I say thang - you know, from the TV series, Friends, when he'd say "you'd think", when he was annoyed 😂).
Anyhoo...
For my first #culturevulture on this new year of 2018, I am sharing this awesome activity Canadians love to do, to have, to enjoy, which is making maple taffy, on fresh snow!.
When winter is here, this is a common thing you'd see. Can be done in your backyard, front yard, in your kitchen, wherever, but mostly at winter-related events.
Sorry, a bit blurry, indoor maple taffy making, with bad lighting!
All you need would be fresh snow (if not, super fine crushed ice) and thickened maple syrup, plus popsicle stick/candy stick/skewers - popsicle stick is the best in my opinion though.
Yes, you read right, thickened maple syrup, and no, not with thickener agent like cornstarch or any starches, but boiling down the maple syrup until it would be sticky enough. If the maple syrup isn't sticky enough, pouring the syrup on the cold snow won't do nothing but wetting and melting the snow 😉 Believe me, I know, we tried to impress our Australian guest a couple years back, by pouring and wasting a bottle of expensive maple syrup, obviously didn't work 😂
Only then I dragged my lazy self to check out how to really make this snow mapple taffy 😊
Most of the time, it is not so expensive to get a stick of freshly made mapple taffy, around $2-$4 depending of the venue and the vendor. It will be made in front of you and often you can or have to roll it yourself even. When the snow seem to have too much taffy on it, the vendor would scoop out the snow, then scoop in more fresh snow.
It is so much fun and it is soooo good. Almost like Indonesian traditional candy, called gulali.
Trying fresh snow maple taffy is one thing you don't want to miss should you visit Canada in winter time 😊
Thanks For Looking!
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