Mark Willstatter wrote:
> "Gabby" > wrote in message >...
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>>"Mark Willstatter" > wrote in message
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>> A little work on Googe tells me that in France granulated
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>>>sugar is "sucre granulé", caster sugar is "sucre de roulette".
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>>Babelfish strikes again. Unless you want your sugar to come with little
>>wheels you'd best look for 'sucre en poudre'.
>>
>>Gabby
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> Gabby, "roulette" might not be the right word, my French is almost
> non-existent (as no doubt you noticed ;^)) but "sucre en poudre"
> wouldn't be it, either. We're looking for something in between the
> French version of granulated sugar and confectioners/powdered/icing
> sugar. I'd be curious to hear what the right word *is*.

"sucre en poudre" is what it says on my box of finely ground sugar. But
this is not like confectioner's sugar, it's what's called caster sugar
in England, and I think I've seen it called superfine sugar back in the US.