Goomba wrote:
> Gloria P wrote:
>
>>> As a kid I took a school trip to Canada once. We stopped somewhere up
>>> there and they bought us something maple and it was like taffy in a
>>> small cup with a wooden spoon. To die for!! To this day I wish I
>>> could get a hold of some more. I can still taste it.
>>> Creme Brulee is one of my favorite desserts also.
>>
>>
>> Was your treat perhaps maple cream? DH's aunt from Alaska used to
>> send us a jar of it every year when we were first married and it was
>> like lemon curd in texture. I think it was just maple syrup
>> concentrated much, much further.
>>
>> I think I have seen it in the King Arthur catalog.
>>
>> gloria p
>
> Oh I wish I knew what it was! I just assumed it was maple straight out
> of the tree or something? It was heavenly. Very sticky.
> We also got maple sugar candy molded into maple leaf shapes which were a
> granular sugar type confection.
> I was barely 13 so just didn't pay attention to details...dammit!!


Are you thinking of maple butter. It is thick syrup that has been
whipped. We buy it occasionally a the maple farm down the road. It is
delicious.