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helwenWell, apparently we're making dark already. But in the meantime the weather's gotten cold, and collecting's slowed down. I'm still hoping that the next run is Medium (nice to have something of everything) -- not likely, I know, but also not impossible. Some years it's even been known to go back to being Light briefly, before going back to Medium and then Dark. The season always starts Light and ends Dark; that doesn't change. Just everything in the middle ;)
We could have used more Light than we got though, so my MIL will have to use what she has even more wisely than usual. Light -- and only the first Light, not any that shows up later in the season -- is what's used for making candy and cream. We also use it for powdered sugar, although I think you can use medium for that too. But for candy in particular, it has to be first Light. Although there's the same amount of sugar in toto in all the colors of maple syrup, the ratio of the types of sugars changes. And the type that will allow the syrup to set up as candy is highest in first Light.
We could have used more Light than we got though, so my MIL will have to use what she has even more wisely than usual. Light -- and only the first Light, not any that shows up later in the season -- is what's used for making candy and cream. We also use it for powdered sugar, although I think you can use medium for that too. But for candy in particular, it has to be first Light. Although there's the same amount of sugar in toto in all the colors of maple syrup, the ratio of the types of sugars changes. And the type that will allow the syrup to set up as candy is highest in first Light.
