07 Feb, 2008
Family fun in Ottawa = Winterlude
Posted by andrea tomkins in: - Ottawa for kids|Easy ways to make kids happy|Ottawa|Photography|Recipes and Food
I love Winterlude. We go every year. It happens at just the right time, don’t you think? The days are getting a little longer and a little brighter, the sun is a wee bit warmer, and most importantly, the arrival of Winterlude means that Spring (SPRING!) is finally within sight. (!)
I wrote about Winterlude in my latest piece for SavvyMom. BUT, I also did something a little different this time. I also included a recipe for maple syrup taffy. We tested it here last week. I gotta tell you, this one is a keeper. Hoo boy, was it good. Too good. And I didn’t realize it was So Easy.
To summarize: you boil the maple syrup, pour it on the snow, eat.
The girls were amazed at my culinary prowess. And they made a very important discovery: MUMMY CAN MAKE CANDY!
Emma eagerly packed snow in a big tray. Mark and I did the boiling because I was deathly afraid the kids would stick their fingers in the boiling syrup:
Here’s Mark, post-boiling, pouring the stuff on the snow (he poured it a little too thickly for my liking, but it still turned out ok) :
And here’s the aftermath. I told them this was the ONLY TIME they could eat yellowish snow:
Now if I could teach myself how to make a beaver tail…