JACKWAX

"Sugaring" is done for the season in our area. We just bought another fresh gallon from a local maple sugar sap house at $39.00 a gallon. We wouldn't use anything else on our pancakes, waffles, and biscuits!!! We also buy the maple cream which is made from boiling the sap down (thicker), then stirred 'til get gets to the consistency of creamy peanut butter. (maybe a little softer)

To make jackwax, you boil the maple syrup until it "hairs", like when you make fudge. The next step is to find real clean snow (we still have a huge pile of it that came off the roof of the barn), put the snow into pans, and then pour the hot concentrated sap over the snow. It immediately hardens to the consistency of taffy (and sometimes harder). Take fork and twirl it around the "candy" and ENJOY.

Years ago they had Jackwax parties, which was a big treat. They often took place after a group of young people would have been on a hay ride. They'd meet at someone's house where they'd prepare the sap, gather the snow in pans, and enjoy their treat.

Mackenzie's first taste. She loved it

Jessie liked it too.