Sweets For The Sweet

Back on the subject of teeth -- this time my sweet one.  It's a powerful force, that sweet tooth o' mine. 

This weekend is the Maple Festival in this little burg, which is really just an excuse for eating a lot of junk food.  So we walked downtown on this lackluster day to find a lackluster crowd, and I enjoyed a new item in the concession lineup -- a very lovely London Broil sandwich.  I just ate the insides and threw away the bun.  Then I had to have an order of French fries.  I do believe it's a city ordinance that one must have French fries during the Maple Festival.

On the walk back home, I discovered the incredible cooking shop in its new location, and they were having a wine tasting and selling gourmet maple desserts.  Yeah, baby.  If I'm going to indulge in the calories (and the wheat and the dairy and other stuff I really shouldn't be having), it'd better be worth it.  I chose a giant slice of maple pecan pie.  I recently read that pecans are the nuts highest in antioxidants, so I used this tidbit of knowledge as further justification for the indulgence.  It was worth every calorie.  Other delectable-looking items on offer were maple cheesecake, maple cream pie, amazing-looking maple-cream-filled star-shaped cookies, and chocolate bourbon something-or-other.  The chocolate bourbon something-or-other would have been my usual first choice, but since it was the Maple Festival and all, I figured I should go the maple route.

Now it's back to transcripts.  Pffft.

Comments

[Amanda]

I have been craving sweets all day (thanks, hormones!), and this is NOT helping my resolve not to indulge....
I do love me some maple sugar candy now and again, but apparently they do not have sugar maples here in CA. Who knew? I will have to ask my MA relatives for s fix!

[Amy]

I think in Texas, there is a state statute that requires one to eat fried funnel cakes at any and every little "fest" there is. Just split on last weekend at the International Festival.

[Carrie]

Oh you're killing me. Maple is the favorite sweet of all the sweets, IMNSHO. There is nothing better than a maple candy.

[Julie]

I love maple anything!

[Laurie]

Oooh, London Broil! I love it - haven't had it in so long. I think I'll make some this weekend - thanks for reminding me!

[marianne]

Mmmmmmmm. I probably would've gotten a bit of each goodie and taken them home to nibble on for at least...a couple of days.

[Kristen]

I'm very glad to hear you are getting out of the house what with all the transcripts!

Marianne--you are a model of restraint. I would have gotten a bit of each goodie and taken them home to nibble on for at least a couple of hours!

[kmkat]

Here in the midwest the mandatory festival food is deep-fried cheese curds. Mmmmmm. With beer.

[Debi]

Now I had to turn down your kind and generous offer of maple syrup, not being much of a breakfast eater BUT nothing was mentioned about a plethora of maple desserts. Feel free to send any and all of those :)

Have a great weekend Norma!

[chris]

MMMMMMMMMMaple and pecans, together! YUM! I lurve me some maple, and every time my workmate goes home to Canada to visit, I beg him to bring me some maple stuff back. And maple pecan pie? Wow -- there's no way on earth THAT could be bad.

[Cookie]

I'm so glad you got a break from all that slaving away. The village festival is next weekend and I already know there won't be anything half as yummy there. /sigh

[Ruth]

That sounds great to me. London broil, french fries, maple pecan pie ...... now I'm getting all hungry.

[Kathy]

Oh, yum. I bought my kids maple covered peanuts today at Connecticut S&W. The maple pie sounds great.

[Rachel H]

Maple is good. Very, Very good. Your post reminded me of the Maple cotton candy at Rhinebeck last year. Best Stuff Ever.

[Birdsong]

All the maple stuff sounds so good! Maybe because I spent the day cleansing with teas, broths and lemon juice. I want that maple pecan pie recipe; I have a crust recipe with no wheat...

[Roxie]

So now my mouth is watering so hard I could drown. Maple cotton candy? Maple-pecan pie? Can you gain weight just be thinking about food? Picture me posed like Homer simpson with tongue hanging out of mouth, drooling, moaning, "Mmmmmm . . .maple!" Omigawd - I bet there are - dare I even say it? - Maple donuts!!

[Helen]

Maple Cream pie? Oh wow, that sounds good!

[Kimberly from Some Bunny's Love]

Ahhh, maple, one of my favorite flavors. Putting that in with a pecan pie? That sounds (and I bet it was!) HEA-VUN-LEE.
=:8

[Beth S.]

Maple cream pie sounds SO GOOD! :-) And maple cheesecake doesn't sound half bad either. You're lucky to live near a festival like that. :-)