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Default evaporated cane sugar

On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 12:34:14 -0400, jmcquown >
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> On 7/30/2013 12:27 PM, sf wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone ever given it a whirl in the FP? At the risk of sounding
> > like a spoiled brat, I'm wondering if this stuff can be made any finer
> > because I don't like stirring my coffee. I prefer to put sugar and
> > cream in the cup first and fill it the rest of the way with coffee.
> > No stirring needed when I use ordinary sugar, but this stuff dissolves
> > too slowly and I have to stir. I know, boo hoo. Wondering if I can
> > make it any finer and if will dissolve more quickly if it is.
> >

> I've never heard of evaporated sugar! I looked it up:
>
> http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/201...ar-in-disguise
>
> Sounds like this stuff still has some molasses in it?
>

This stuff is white, but it's not a bright white... kind of like the
difference between unbleached and bleached flour. Without conducting
a side by side comparison because I don't have them, I'd say the
granules are about the same size as turbino or that stuff labeled
"raw" sugar we get at the coffee shop.

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