How is maple taffy made?

Boiling syrup is poured on snow

Why must syrup be boiled further?

To thicken it so it sets on snow

What was stolen in Quebec in a famous 2011 to 2012 heist?

Millions of dollars of maple syrup

Maple Taffy Quiz: Tire sur la Neige and Quebec Sugar Shacks

This maple taffy quiz visits a Quebec sugar shack in the spring sugaring season. Play 10 interactive questions on tire sur la neige, boiling syrup to the right temperature, pouring it on clean snow, rolling it onto a stick, sugar maples and sap, how much sap makes syrup, Quebec's share of world production and the great maple syrup heist.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Name
What is maple taffy called in French?
Method
How is maple taffy made?
Stick
How is it eaten?
Heat
Why must syrup be boiled further?
Place
Where do families eat maple taffy?
Season
When is sugaring season?
Tree
Which tree gives most maple syrup?
Sap
Roughly how much sap makes 1 liter of syrup?
Share
Which province produces most of the world's maple syrup?
Heist
What was stolen in Quebec in a famous 2011 to 2012 heist?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: What is maple taffy called in French?
Answer: Tire sur la neige
It means taffy on snow.
Q2: How is maple taffy made?
Answer: Boiling syrup is poured on snow
The snow cools it fast.
Q3: How is it eaten?
Answer: Rolled onto a wooden stick
It becomes chewy candy.
Q4: Why must syrup be boiled further?
Answer: To thicken it so it sets on snow
Too thin and it melts away.
Q5: Where do families eat maple taffy?
Answer: At sugar shacks
They are called cabanes à sucre.
Q6: When is sugaring season?
Answer: Late winter and early spring
Cold nights and warm days make sap flow.
Q7: Which tree gives most maple syrup?
Answer: Sugar maple
Its sap is rich in sugar.
Q8: Roughly how much sap makes 1 liter of syrup?
Answer: About 40 liters
Water is boiled off.
Q9: Which province produces most of the world's maple syrup?
Answer: Quebec
It makes around 70 percent.
Q10: What was stolen in Quebec in a famous 2011 to 2012 heist?
Answer: Millions of dollars of maple syrup
It came from a strategic reserve.

Candy Made on Snow

Maple taffy, called tire sur la neige in Quebec, is made by boiling maple syrup until it thickens, then pouring it in strips onto clean packed snow. The cold sets it into chewy candy, which is rolled up onto a wooden stick and eaten right away.

Families enjoy it at sugar shacks, or cabanes à sucre, during sugaring season in late winter and early spring, when cold nights and warm days make sap flow in sugar maple trees. About 40 liters of sap are boiled down to make 1 liter of syrup.

Quebec produces around 70 percent of the world's maple syrup and keeps a strategic reserve of barrels. Between 2011 and 2012, thieves stole millions of dollars of syrup from that reserve in the great maple syrup heist.

What This Quiz Teaches

Food fans will enjoy these questions.

How taffy is made
Where it is eaten
When sap flows
How syrup is produced
What happened in the heist

Did You Know?

Sugar shack meals include pea soup and ham.
Sap is collected with tubes or buckets.
Syrup grades describe color and taste.
Fiddle music often plays at shacks.
Maple leaves appear on Canada's flag.