. ♪ >>> the tradition of the cabane a sucre, or sugar shack, is as old as tradition here in quebec.r lumberjack lifestyle is the woods where maple sap is collected and boiled down for syrup. over time, many of these became informal eating houses, dining halls for workers and a few guests where a lucky few could sit at communal tables and enjoy the bounty of the trees and forests around them. martin picard has taken this tradition to somehow what is both its logical conclusion and insane extreme, creating his own cabane a sucre, only open during maple season and serving food stemming directly from the humble yet hearty roots. it makes perfect sense in one way. i mean, 130 acres produce about 32,000 gallons of maple sap, which run through these tubes to here, where they're cooked down to about 800 gallons of syrup, which is more or less what they use per season here. nothing leaves the property. and it makes sense, while you're here, to raise hogs and cattle on the property and maybe keep a cabin or two around for any friends who get too loaded to sleep it off. but this? this? is ther