How Many sugars do you have?

[C R]

As a wee lad, I would sometimes have a scoop of marge, dip it in sugar and sook the resultant concoction off the spoon - !

I thought it was just me.

 

[Fastpedaller]

We had a sugar shortage in 1976- My late Mother probably created the local shortage because she had a sideboard full of sugar, such was the 'scaremongering' at the time. She was quite put out when I declared I'd give up the sugar in my tea. After a couple of days and several cups of 'desugared' tea I tried one with sugar and it tasted really horrible. So my advice (for the little it's worth, and even if you don't want it) is if you want to give up, to try it without for a few days! My Mum would disapprove though!

 

[Accy cyclist]

The other thing about giving up sugar in drinks is that can REALLY taste it when someone accidentally adds it. Even if your cup gets stirred with a spoon from a sweetened cup - bleaugh!!!!

Although weirdly I still have a sweet tooth for cakes and even drinks in the right circumstances.

I had a whole packet of Fox's dark chocolate rounds before bedtime the night before last. There must've been 10 or 12 in the packet. I though I'd just have 2 or 3, but I ate the whole packet. I do like those biscuits, especially as they are £1 on a Tesco Clubcard at the moment, instead of their usual £2.50.

 

[Accy cyclist]

As a wee lad, I would sometimes have a scoop of marge, dip it in sugar and sook the resultant concoction off the spoon - !

About the same age as you were, I'd use a spoon to scoop up what was left of my mum's home baking cake mix from the mixing bowl before it went in the oven. I preferred the raw mix to the cake itself as I could taste more sugar in the mix than in the cake.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

We had a sugar shortage in 1976- My late Mother probably created the local shortage because she had a sideboard full of sugar, such was the 'scaremongering' at the time. She was quite put out when I declared I'd give up the sugar in my tea. After a couple of days and several cups of 'desugared' tea I tried one with sugar and it tasted really horrible. So my advice (for the little it's worth, and even if you don't want it) is if you want to give up, to try it without for a few days! My Mum would disapprove though!

I can remember a sugar shortage in the late sixties. You were only allowed to buy one bag at a time , so every day my mum sent me and my brother and sisters out to get one each and soon there was a huge stash in our house. I can remember moving house about three years later and we ended up moving a lot of it with us!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

About the same age as you were, I'd use a spoon to scoop up what was left of my mum's home baking cake mix from the mixing bowl before it went in the oven. I preferred the raw mix to the cake itself as I could taste more sugar in the mix than in the cake.

I was often allowed to lick the bowl after the cake mix had gone into the baking tin

Lovely!

not sure it complied with healthy eating guidelines
raw flour, raw egg, margarine (raw) - pretty sure that is not what a growing boy is supposed to be eating!!
(but I bet most people my age did it!!)

 

[Electric_Andy]

I was often allowed to lick the bowl after the cake mix had gone into the baking tin

Lovely!

not sure it complied with healthy eating guidelines
raw flour, raw egg, margarine (raw) - pretty sure that is not what a growing boy is supposed to be eating!!
(but I bet most people my age did it!!)

I've heard a lot of people do it but I was never allowed, and when I did once "steal" a lick from the bowl or spoon, I didn't really like it. I think there was definately something satisfying about the sweet buttery taste though. The idea of raw egg also turns my stomach.

 

[Time Waster]

Well in response to the title I have a pack of granulated white sugar, icing sugar and some soft brown sugar somewhere too. So that means I have three sugars.

Just how many sugars are there anyway?

 

[Alex321]

Well in response to the title I have a pack of granulated white sugar, icing sugar and some soft brown sugar somewhere too. So that means I have three sugars.

Just how many sugars are there anyway?

A lot more than that!

The soft brown comes in either light or dark, then you have Demerara, Muscovado, caster, molasses (usually liquid).

There are others, but those are the main ones you will find in most large supermarkets.

 

[C R]

A lot more than that!

The soft brown comes in either light or dark, then you have Demerara, Muscovado, caster, molasses (usually liquid).

There are others, but those are the main ones you will find in most large supermarkets.

What do you call the large crystal one used for decorating cakes?

 

[Alex321]

What do you call the large crystal one used for decorating cakes?

Not even sure what you are talking about here.

 

[FishFright]

What do you call the large crystal one used for decorating cakes?

Sanding sugar , oddly .

 

[lazybloke]

I've heard a lot of people do it but I was never allowed, and when I did once "steal" a lick from the bowl or spoon, I didn't really like it. I think there was definately something satisfying about the sweet buttery taste though. The idea of raw egg also turns my stomach.

Don't kids (erm, and adults) still lick the raw mixture from mixing spoons, beaters, spatulas, bowls, etc?

Hint: Yes. In large volumes!


PS: is my family at risk of avian flu and salmonella from raw egg?

 

[C R]

Not even sure what you are talking about here.

This

 

[Alex321]

This
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As far as I can make out, that is a variety of what is usually called rock candy or rock sugar. Often coloured, and not always that regular.