On Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 1:13:40 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-03-20 6:20 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
> >> 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.
> >
>
> Not to pick nits or anything, but the bread really does work, and it
> works like magic. It is quite humid around here in the summer, so we
> never have to worry about brown sugar hardening in the spring, summer
> and early fall. Winter air is dry, so brown sugar will harden in
> storage..... but not if you stick a piece of bread in with it.

I've heard of this trick before. Unfortunately, I've never gotten a chance to use it.