On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:31:00 -0600, Gloria P >
wrote:

>Bob F (on the laptop) wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:43:59 +0100, LouAnn
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Please help I am stuck and for the first time in my life I don't know
>>> what to do??? The problem is that where I live the stores don't carry
>>> brown sugar such as C&H or what ever. I have done searches and some
>>> people say use molasses with white sugar, is this true, and can someone
>>> tell me how much molasses to use, im trying to make chocolate chip
>>> cookies. I had tried to make them before using 1 1/2 tbls of molasses
>>> to 1 c of sugar, turned out terrible. So now when I want to bake if the
>>> recipe calls for brown sugar I just leave it alone, I Love To Bake, so
>>> please help
>>
>
>>
>> Because of the research I had to do when I wanted to import raw sugar
>> to the USA from Costa Rica, I also know that the US had - and may
>> still have - some rather draconian restrictions on the importation of
>> raw sugar.
>>
>
>
>She's in the West Indies and I thought raw sugar would be available there.

Gracious ... if she can't get raw sugar in the West Indies it's time
for he to move to Costa Rica.