Mrr. Canning Fail.

[sakon76]

The neighbors two doors down gave me about a pound and a half of kumquats off their tree. Just enough to experiment with this recipe. Except then I actually read the ingredients list while paying attention and realized that it's not maple syrup it calls for, but maple sugar.

I live in Southern California. Maple trees and freezing conditions not being, well, common around here, maple syrup is priced at a premium and maple sugar... well, might as well just forget about finding that in the stores.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Comments

[meallanmouse.livejournal.com]

"If we were faced with your dilemma, we would use a cup of granulated or light brown sugar (or a combination of the two) and half a cup of maple syrup, remembering to reduce some other liquid in the recipe by about 1/4 cup."

http://www.ochef.com/930.htm

=)

(I'd offer to ship some over, but suspect the shipping costs alone due to weight would not balance out so well. :/)

[mmouse15.livejournal.com]

I agree with meallanmouse - make your own with brown sugar and maple syrup. It's what my mom used to do for her recipes and it works quite well. Dark brown sugar gives a better flavor than the light brown sugar, IMO.

[racerxmachina.livejournal.com]

Looking at the recipe, I note that she calls for turbinado sugar as an alternative, and that's just what Sugar in the Raw (and other such raw sugars) are. These are a cinch to find in American-style stores, and turbinado is a favorite in Mexican markets.