Maine Maple Snow Candy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 ounces pure maple syrup
1 cup snow (for testing)
1 (1 quart) saucepan filled with packed clean snow

Preparation

Pour the maple syrup into a deep pot and bring to a boil--but don't let it boil over.
Boil for 4 minutes.
Make a snowball out of the one cup of clean snow and put it on a plate or small bowl.
Test the syrup by pouring a small amount onto the snowball; if it clings to the snow and stops running, it is ready.
Slowly pour the syrup in short, thin lines onto the packed snow in the pan.
As it hardens, pick it up and eat it with a spoon or twist it onto popsicle sticks.