Maple leaves can be used as maple leaf bookmarks and maple leaf decorations.

1. Maple leaf bookmarks

The method of making maple leaf bookmarks is also very simple. Clean the maple leaves, dry them in the sun, and then put them in the book. It will be a souvenir. Meaningful and beautiful.

2. Maple leaf decorations

If you like creative things, you can DIY your own maple leaf wall. It is also very good to combine maple leaves into beautiful shapes on a white wall.

What are the functions of maple leaves?

1. Sugar production economy

In addition to their ornamental value, maple leaves also have sugar production value, especially sugar maples and black maples. , itself is a good raw material for making syrup. The sugar content of maple sap ranges from 0.5% to 7%, and can be as high as 10%. A 15-year-old maple tree can continuously produce sugar every year for more than 50 years.

Maple sugar is made from the evaporated sap from the stems of the American sugar maple, a plant in the Acer family, and the finished product is in the form of a slurry, so it is also called "maple syrup".

Processed maple sap has a unique flavor. The most famous use is on pancakes and omelettes, but it can also be used in maple butter, maple cakes, biscuits, baked beans, ice cream, baked ham, frosting, candied potatoes and baked apples. Lovers claim it is an irreplaceable food.

2. Food condiments

It is made by evaporating the sap flowing out of the stems of maple leaves, and the finished product is in the form of a slurry, so it is also called "maple syrup". The sugar has a sweet and mellow taste, containing 85% sucrose. In addition to being used for cooking and seasoning, it can also be used to make sweets and candies.

In my country, maple leaf black glutinous rice is a seasonal delicacy of the Buyi people in Libo County, Guizhou Province. Every year from April to the Dragon Boat Festival, people go to the mountains to pick fresh maple leaves. After simple processing such as pounding, drying, and sieving, the juice is squeezed out to soak the glutinous rice, and the flavored black glutinous rice is steamed.

The rice steamed with leaf sap as dye not only has the dark and oily texture of glutinous rice, but also adds the fragrance of plants. The taste is soft and waxy, gentle and mellow, tender and delicious. This beautiful and delicious black treasure is not only the experience of people's taste, but also the enjoyment of people's spirit.