Haberler
Bilim & Teknoloji
Yaşam
Kültür & Sanat
Haberler
Bilim & Teknoloji
Kültür & Sanat
NOTE: Please see a portfolio of our Quebec photos. Part Two of three parts The accordion player ambled through the chalet-like dining room, belting out Quebecois folk songs as we played along with sets of spoons. We were in a cabane a sucre, or sugar shack, on the Ile d’Orleans next door to Quebec City. Especially in the spring, the sugar shack is a venerable cultural tradition sticky with sirop d’erable – the ubiquitous maple syrup. We were waiting for our dessert – pancakes and syrup – after a family-style spread of pea soup, ham, potatoes, meat pie and beans. We were strongly encouraged to pour maple syrup on everything. This day was about food and drink, and lots of it. I willed my stomach to stop whining and expand. Any trip to Quebec City should include a day on the Ile d’Orleans and lunch at a sugar shack, where maple syrup is tapped and turned into all kinds of products. The Ile d’Orleans is an agritourism hub adjacent to Quebec City. The island supplies wine, breads, cassis, cheese, foie gras, fresh fruit and maple syrup to its urban neighbors. It is reminiscent of the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York – villages, vineyards, […]
Guga Foods is one of my favorite YouTube channels because he tries fun stuff with steak and barbeque. This video shows what happens when Guga forgets he is dry-aging prime rib in Maple syrup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpSTtizrSOI You can easily jump around in Guga's videos and, after watching the prep, skip to the taste test. I did…