> or you could always throw it away. Is it really worth all that effort?. I
> don't think so.
> Jim
>
Depends on what kind of brown sugar you talk about.
The Rolling Stones made a song about a particular kind of brown sugar that
is worth it. Pricewise.
--
Henry!
"Your shoes have got to match what colour guitar you're playing. I had this
black guitar and I was going, 'Gem, I can't seem to dress with this
guitar'."

"Jim" > a écrit dans le message de news:
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> "Peggy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > "Jenn Ridley" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > (Fool) wrote:
> > >
> > > >I have never had much luck with sifting brown sugar. It's too wet.
> > > >Maybe that's because it's really just white sugar with molasses. The
> > > >best I can do is to push it through a seive with the back of a wooden
> > > >spoon. But it takes a long time and I can only do small amounts. Does
> > > >anyone have a better method?
> > >
> > > Why would you want to sift brown sugar?
> > >
> > > Yes, it is white sugar with molasses added. "True" brown sugar is
> > > cane sugar that doesn't have all the cane syrup removed. Molasses is
> > > cane syrup.
> > >
> > > You get the lumps out of it by breaking them up with a spoon (if
> > > they're soft lumps). If they're hard lumps, the general advice for
> > > dealing with those is to add a wedge of apple or a slice of bread to
> > > the bag for a day or so...the extra moisture will soften up the lump
> > > so that you can break it with a spoon. If you're in a hurry, I've had
> > > reasonable success with spraying the sugar lightly with water and
> > > putting it in the microwave for 5-10 seconds until the lump softens.
> > >
> > >
> > > jenn
> > > --
> > > Jenn Ridley
> > >
> >
> > alternatively, if the brown sugar has hardened, you could run it across
a
> > cheese/vegetable shredder.
> >

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