We all use it from time to time, but do we know what it is truly made of? Basically it's boiled maple past the boiling point for maple syrup.
Like boiling water, if you boil it too long it evaporates, past the boiling point, where there's nothing left.
When the water in the maple syrup boils away all you have left is the sugar itself.
The sugar is 90% sucrose; the remainder consists of glucose and fructose.
Usually it is sold in a compact blocks or as a translucent candy.
To make it you must have excellent skills for the timing must be right since the sugar can easily and rapidly burn off, leaving you with nothing.
This type of sugar can be twice as sweet as the standard cane sugar we use.
It can be a good substitute for making maple products.
The Natives used it well for it lasted them a great deal of time.
Easily transported and used often they called it 'sinzibukwud'.
The sap itself was harvested from maple trees around them.
Although it can be a difficult process to actually get the maple from the tree, it can take a lot of time as well.
Companies around the world have begun making maple sugar for years and use this process carefully.
It takes years to get it to a point where you know the exact time to stop boiling so you have that pure sweet sugar left.
This maple sugar can be used for things just as much as normal cane sugar can be used, and you don't have to use that much to get to the sweetness you want.