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Originally Posted by cruciverbalist;
My daughter and son-in-law recently moved out [ no comment ;-)
. He
brews his own beer and uses corn sugar in the process. When they moved
he left behind a container of corn sugar. I hate to just throw it
away. Can it be used as a substitute for granulated and/or powdered
sugar? If so, in what ratio can it be substituted? I did a quick,
cursory search on Google but didn't come up with anything definitive
(and besides, asking here often stimulates more interesting
conversations). TIA,Jack
Corn sugar aka dextrose is roughly 2/3 as sweet as table sugar aka..sucrose..so if a person was intent to use it for something other than beer brewing and maybe sausage making..would need to add a little more. The stuff is not overly expensive. How much of it have you got?