On 3/27/2013 9:58 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 27/03/2013 9:54 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>>>> I keep my brown sugar in a qt
>>>> mayo jar and add a couple of prunes to keep it moistened like in a
>>>> tobacco humidor... many years ago I smoked a pipe and used dried fruit
>>>> in my humidor.
>>>>
>>> Tupperware with an old piece of bread works fine for me.
>>
>> Huh... you just got done announcing how brown sugar at your house
>> doesn't stay around long enough to harden.
>>
> If I leave brown sugar in a sugar bowl in my house in the winter it
> turns into a solid lump within a few days.

I adopt a different approach. I use turbinado sugar, which doesn't cake
and, if I think more taste is needed, I replace it one to one with dark
molasses. Turbinado sugar is also good if you like sweetened coffee but
I only sweeten the instant coffee that I drink in dire emergencies.

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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