"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 16:30:24 +0300, Opinicus
> > wrote:
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>> The mystery is the "When the sugar has dissoved" bit. Dissolved in
>> what? No liquid has been added. A bowl in a pan in or over water
>> doesn't get hot enough to melt suger. Am I missing something here or
>> did David's editor slip up?
>
> Sounds like you've never caramelized sugar (dry method). Given some
> heat, it dissolves all by itself.
>

in your example, it doesn't dissolve, it melts.