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Default Brown sugar blues

On Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 12:04:16 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-03-20 3:51 PM, notbob wrote:
> > On 2016-03-20, Dave Smith > wrote:
> >
> >> You pitched it?? You could have put a piece of bread in with it and
> >> the sugar would have resurrected within a day or two.

> >
> > And exactly what brand of bread accomplishes this miraculous feat?
> >

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> Just about any white or whole wheat. It works miracles. I have a half
> slice of bread in my tupperware sugar canister that I put in there years
> ago. I rarely even use the regular brown sugar except for baking, but it
> is always soft and moist. I keep a piece about two inches square in the
> small pot I keep the demererra in and it stays nice and moist.


I think a lot depends on the relative humidity of your location. It averages about 70% over here so we don't have this problem.