Arri London wrote:
>
> notbob wrote:
>> I'm getting damn tired of buying brown sugar and having it turn to
>> granite in 2 mos. Even un-opened pkgs are not immune. So, what's an
>> alternative? If brown sugar is sugar with some molasses still in it,
>> howzabout using molasses to recreate brown sugar by adding it to white
>> sugar. It all gets melted in the mix, right. I always have some
>> blackstrap around.
>>
>> nb --tired of tossing BS ...er.... brown sugar
>
> But some cheap simple terra cotta pots (or very tiny ones meant for
> crafts). Wash with soap and water, rinse extremely well with clean
> water. Break the pots into large shards; leave the tiny ones whole. Soak
> in clean cold water, wipe off the drips and put a shard (or the whole
> tiny pot) into the container with the sugar. Soak the shard(s) every
> couple of weeks. No lumps in the sugar.
> Anyway why toss the hardened sugar? Warm it in the microwave just prior
> to use.

Haven;t I read that not all terracotta should be used with food?

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Jean B.