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Mayflower: Floral Emblem of New Scotland (Nova Scotia); Click to enlarge [jpeg:18K]

A couple of Englishmen visiting the Middleton area of Nova Scotia stopped to watch a young girl as she collected the maple sap from the little wooden buckets. She was somewhat flabbergasted when one of the men remarked, "So this is where you Canadians get your apple juice."

Maple Nut Nuggets

1 cup dates
1/2 tsp soda
1/8 cup boiling water
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 3/4 cup flour, sifted
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup nuts
1 Tbsp maple sugar
1/4 cup butter or margarine

Sprinkle chopped dates with soda, add 1/8 cup boiling water. Let stand about 1/2 hour until soft.

Cream shortening and sugar until light. Add eggs, and beat well. Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour and date mixture alternately. Add maple syrup. Fold in nuts. Roll little nugget in hand (should be a little sticky.) Bake in 350 deg F oven for about 15 minutes.

Maple Syrup Pie

1 cup maple syrup
2 Tbsp. flour
2 Tbsp. butter
1/2 cup water
2 egg yolks (save whites for meringue)

Cook the above ingredients in the top of a double boiler. Pour into a baked pastry shell. Cover with a meringue made of the 2 egg whites and 4 Tbsp. sugar. Brown lightly in a moderate oven for 10 minutes.

[Marie Nightingale, in "Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens"]

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