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sugar off
To create maple sugar or especially syrup by boiling the sap extracted from maple trees. Primarily heard in US, Canada. Sugaring off has actually become the focal point of annual festivals all across this part of the country. The kids and grandkids still come over every season and help me tap the trees and sugar off.
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sugar off
v. To make maple syrup or maple sugar by boiling maple sap: The farmer had gathered all the sap, and it was now time to sugar off.
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Visitors can see the entire sugar-making process, from tapping the trees to "
sugaring off." Village interpreters cook period foods made with maple products at the village's Freeman Farm.
"
Sugaring off" is the sweet smell of success - New England style.
Visitors can see the entire sugar-making process, from tapping the trees to "
sugaring off," and will learn why maple sugar was more commonly used than maple syrup in early New England.
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