A sugar shack (French: kaban ÃÆ' sucre ), also known as house sap , sugar , sugar shanty or sugar cabin is a semi-commercial company, mainly found in Eastern Canada and northern New England. As the name suggests, sugar shack is a small cabin or group of cabins where the sap is collected from sugar maple trees boiled into maple syrup. It is often found in the same area as the sugar bush, which is intended for the cultivation and production of maple syrup by workmanship (as opposed to the global mass production plant built for that purpose in the 20th century).
Historically, sugar shack is a product of American and European native ingenuity. The French explorer and colonist Pierre Boucher described the observations of indigenous peoples making maple sugar in "l'histoire really et naturelle des moeurs and production du pays de la Nouvelle-France, vulgairement dite le Canada" (1664). Making sugar maple into a tradition that was introduced to New France by the settlers from Norman Switzerland and France throughout the 17th century. Their goal is to produce syrup for trade or sales, and for personal use during winter in Winter. After the conquest of Britain in 1763, this tradition was brought to the provinces of Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia but remained a family-related tradition (such as a patriarchal craft) in Quebec.
Today there are many commercially operated sugar huts and also offer reception and outdoor activities open to the general public during certain months. Many of these activities include sled rides, touring to the ground, and eating home-made maple toffee often in front of customers. The reception area serves large groups offering dishes complemented by maple syrup. This dish includes ham, bacon, sausage, baked beans, scrambled egg, pork skin and pancakes. There are also specialties like homemade pickles, homemade bread, followed by desserts like sugar pies and maple crisps in the snow.
The busy period for the sugar shack is from late October to late April, which when maple sap becomes available. However, at temperatures below 0 degrees Celsius, it is almost impossible to extract the sap, and therefore all efforts are primarily incorporated into the early spring melting period. This activity is usually done during the first two weeks of April, and has since become a spring annual celebration and the upcoming Easter connotation.
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- "Photo of the sugar house from the University of Vermont University's Maple Research Collections", Published February 10, 2010, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collection.
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