Expanding on my Jack Wax/Maple Taffee/Sugar on Snow article, here are some excepts as promised from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House in the Big Woods concerning candy-making with snow and maple syrup. I have most of “Dance at Grandpa’s ” up, but left out the part with Uncle George playing his trumpet.
I made sugar on [...]
Popularity: 13% [?]
I came across this article a few years ago while researching interchangeable knitting needle sets. Aside from the overt attempt to masculine sewing, I thought it was appropriately archived on the internet for a generation increasingly moving away from the “fix it your damn self” mentality.
Other names for this type of needle pack are
Home repair [...]
Popularity: 18% [?]
While it actually started snowing this past weekend, it didn’t begin snowing steadily until today. Watching the snow outside - lazy, large, and loose is best kind - I thought about eating candy. Unfortunately, I’ve been sucking on zinc lozenges in an attempt to ward off the cold so my tongue felt thick, coated, and [...]
Popularity: 13% [?]