Sorry but i beg to differ It's "fine crystalline white sugar"

"Lazurus106" > wrote in message =
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Greeting Kinsmen,
The easiest answer is light brown sugar or even brown sugar is the =
closest you
will find in a grocery store. Or raw sugar if you are willing to pay =
health
food stores prices. For the project.
Its an old term for sugar. That came in a slumped form after the solids =
was
drained of water. Out of a super saturated solution. It was cheap (er) =
than in
its more refined whiter form.
Your older recipt calls for it because it was less expensive and did =
the job
(providing fermentable sugars) the molasis in brown sugar will give very
similar effect in flavor.
Cheers,
Cnut