Muddle wrote:
> "Barb" > wrote in message
> ps.com...
> > Why do people buy brown sugar? Once I figured out it's just molasses
> > and white sugar, I never bought another bag of the stuff.
> >
> > Want it dark? Add more molasses. Want it light? Add less. Start with 1
> > TB molasses per cup of white sugar. It works in pretty easily (or use a
> > processor).
> >
> > Aloha!
> >
> > Barb
> >
> In essence your right, however natural brown sugar never had the molasses
> taken out let alone put back in. The brown sugar you get in a bag is
> usually refined white sugar crystals with a molasses coating added.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_sugar
> Natural brown sugar is unrefined or partially refined sugar and it is
> typically sold in a hard cone which must be grated. Several of our local
> grocery stores stock it. It's sold next to huge bins of dried and fresh
> chilies of various sorts and it doesn't come in a plastic bag or paper box.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molasses
> Example of brown sugar cone.
> http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/piloncillomexicansugar.htm

I would call that 'raw' sugar. There's also a Mexican brown sugar
called Piloncillo that is unrefined and comes in a cone. And Indian
jaggery, which is made of palm sugar--sometimes cane sugar and is also
unrefined.

http://www.foodsubs.com/Sweeten.html

But for basic American brown sugar- it's just molasses and white sugar
mixed together.

Aloha!

Barb