Highland Foods Store

Let it snow let it snow let it snow…. and boy it sure did this winter. We had storm after storm and enjoyed every single flake of it. The ski slopes and cross-country ski trails were busy and the snowshoes wore wide paths in the snow. As we sit here today looking out our window, rain, and lots of it, is falling. As it falls, we watch the snow melting away into spring. The days are longer, the sun a little stronger, and wisps of spring can be heard in the call of the birds. A few spring flowers are up too.

Sugaring season is upon us. Here are a few sugaring statistics you might be interested in. It takes about 43 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup. The exact amount depends on the sugar content of the sap. One gallon of syrup weighs 11 pounds. It takes 1.67 lbs of maple syrup to make one lb of sugar. Now that is sweet.

We just returned from the New England Products Trade Show in Portland Maine. This is always a fun time where we meet some of our existing wholesale customers and connect with new ones! We offered samples of our products on a variety of foods and have shared them with you in our March 20th blog entry. We’d like to thank those of you who have shared some of your favorite Maple Pepper® recipes. Please visit our recipe section. We recently added a Maple Pepper® Buttermilk Fried Chicken recipe.