Food and flavor, a gastronomic guide to health and good living . quantities. Farmers are advised to attend tothis industry as a source of extra income. In the Bul-letin just referred to, attention is called to two im-portant economic considerations: The season of pro-duction comes at a time of the year when little or noother work can be done on the farm, thus allowingthe aid of the family and farm help for the boiling andmanufacture. Moreover, since the sugar bushes asa general rule are situated on hilly country that wouldnot be suitable for any other crop, these two itemscould hardly be place
Food and flavor, a gastronomic guide to health and good living . quantities. Farmers are advised to attend tothis industry as a source of extra income. In the Bul-letin just referred to, attention is called to two im-portant economic considerations: The season of pro-duction comes at a time of the year when little or noother work can be done on the farm, thus allowingthe aid of the family and farm help for the boiling andmanufacture. Moreover, since the sugar bushes asa general rule are situated on hilly country that wouldnot be suitable for any other crop, these two itemscould hardly be placed at a high value in a table ofcosts. Every farmer who lives in a State and region wherethe sugar maple prospers should secure Bulletin 516through his representative in Washington. By attend-ing strictly to the matter of delicate Flavor, not onlycan the industry be enormously increased at home butforeign markets can easily be won. Adulteration must,however, be severely curbed. Under present condi- /?„ iC-- \<J,** 7 ;^f?:. - «*?.?:.?. ?£?-??. The sugar bush. 466 FOOD AND FLAVOR tions American epicures do not put their faith in gro-cers but get their annual supplies early every yeardirect from the producer. It is best when freshlymade, and unless put in cans and sealed while still hotit gradually loses its Flavor. Syrup made of dissolvedmaple sugar is often used, but it is less delicatelyflavored than that which is made at once from the a time have I thanked Heaven that I wasbrought up in the country. How I pity those personswho, in the days of their youth, had no chance tokneel before an Acer saccharinum, as I did in my Mis-souri days (only a few miles from Mark Twains birth-place, by the way) and drink in the nectar as ittrickled through the spout into my mouth. It wasmore glorious even than it was some years later tosuck fresh Oregon cider from a barrel through a straw. APPLE PIE AND CRANBERRIES. Is pie as thoroughly American as maple syrup, grid-dle cakes, and
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