Subject: Maple Caramels
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Wed Oct 23 2002 - 14:23:22 EDT
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FOOD FUNNY
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Reader Jeanie writes, "These came to me under the banner International
medical equivalencies, but I'm only sending the food-related ones."
Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi
1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 Fig Newton
2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton
365.25 days of drinking low-calorie beer because it's less filling = 1
lite-year
Half of a large intestine = 1 semicolon
Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement =
bananosecond
453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake
1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 Fig Newton
1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche
1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin
10 rations = 1 decoration
100 rations = 1 C-ration
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TODAY'S RECIPE
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Caramels are candies at their most basic; a simple sugar and cream
confection that begs to be expanded upon. Please use only genuine
maple syrup for these classic sweets.
Maple Caramels
2 cups (500 ml) brown sugar
1 1/2 cups (375 ml) maple syrup
1/2 cup (125 ml) heavy cream
1 Tbs (15 ml) butter
1/2 cup (125 ml) chopped nuts of your choice (optional)
Heat the brown sugar, maple syrup, and cream in a heavy pot over
moderate heat, stirring frequently, until the mixture reaches the
firm-ball stage (244F, 117C). Remove from the heat and stir in the
butter and optional nuts. Pour the mixture into a buttered heat-proof
dish and cool for 3 hours. During the cooling process, score the
caramel into individual pieces and separate the pieces when completely
cool. Makes about 1 1/2 pounds (675 ml).
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