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A sugar shack (French: cabane à sucre), also known as sap house, sugar house, sugar shanty or sugar cabin is an establishment, primarily found in Eastern Canada and northern New England. Sugar shacks are small cabins or groups of cabins where sap collected from maple trees is boiled into maple syrup .
Au Pied de Cochon is a restaurant in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.It is located at 536 Duluth Street East in the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal.Au Pied de Cochon also has a Sugar Shack and La Cabane d'à Côté in St-Benoît de Mirabel, which are open to normal reservations during the maple sugar season. [2]
Picard is the author of Au Pied de Cochon Sugar Shack, including 100 recipes including maple tree products. He has hosted the Food Network (Canada) show "The Wild Chef". He appeared on Anthony Bourdain 's show No Reservations during the "Quebec" episode that aired April 17, 2006; a visit to a duck farm and then foie gras at Picard's restaurant ...
Terroir products that grace Quebec tables include ice cider, micro-brewed beer, wine and over 100 varieties of cheese. Another feature of Quebec is the sugar shack, [42] a family culinary tradition of eating maple products to the rhythms of Quebec folklore (beginning of spring, during March and April).
Two children eating maple taffy in 1950s Quebec. The practice in Quebec is conducted in a "cabane à sucre" (literally, "sugar cabin," the rustic, outdoor structure where maple sap is boiled down to syrup and sugar) and the taffy is served with traditional Québécois dishes, including many savory ones that feature maple sugar as a glaze or flavoring element. [2]
Jennifer Mekler, the woman behind the one-room sweet shop known as the Sugar Shack in Cohasset, recently opened a larger – and different – shop.
Saint-Raymond developed mostly around the wood industry. Today, the sawmills and the wood drying, wood treating, plywood, and paper plants still play an essential role in the economy of the region, as well as the sugar shack, where maple syrup is produced. The area is noted as the home of international prize-winning cheese maker Alexis de Portneuf.
The park includes stands of silver birch and sugar maple, with a sugar shack where visitors can watch the production of maple syrup, in season. The park has 26 km (16 mi) of hiking trails and 32 km (20 mi) of trails for cross country skiing. [5] The name "Cap St. Jacques" was written on maps as early as 1744.