One quart of chopped beef, ½ pound of suet, 1 cup of butter, 1 pint of
molasses, 2 quarts of chopped apples, 2 cups of raisins, 2 pounds of
maple sugar, 1 tablespoonful each of cloves, allspice and cinnamon.
Boil slowly in 2 quarts of sweet cider two or three hours, being
careful not to let it burn.
Maple Sweet Pickles.
Seven pounds fruit, 1 pint best maple or cider vinegar, 1 tablespoonful
ground cinnamon, 3 pounds of maple sugar, 1 teaspoonful ground cloves,
1 teaspoonful ground allspice. Boil until the fruit is tender. This is
excellent for plums, pears, peaches or cucumbers.
Maple Sugar on Snow.
For preparing maple sugar for eating on snow, either sugar or syrup may
be used, but the syrup if obtainable, is best. Boil the syrup until,
when dropped on snow, it remains on the surface and becomes waxy, then
spread it upon the surface of the snow or a block of ice. If the sugar
is used, add a little water and melt it, being careful not to burn, and
treat in the same manner as the syrup. This will be found, as every
sugar maker knows, one of the most delicious treats obtainable.