On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Helen Pinto wrote:
I was in my local supermarket this afternoon getting baking soda
for the fridge, and guess what was on the shelf next to the brown
sugar and confectioners' sugar? Re-sealable pound sacks of
Domino brand Demerara sugar for $2.29.
This is not an
Robin wrote:
(Ditto with demerara sugar, used
routinely for coffee in England but obscenely expensive.)
I get bags of paper tubes of Demerara sugar (Domino brand) for
$0.70/bag at the local Big Lots. The stores are all over the place-
their store locator is here:
On Sun, 19 Aug 2007, Helen Pinto wrote:
I get bags of paper tubes of Demerara sugar (Domino brand) for
$0.70/bag at the local Big Lots. The stores are all over the place-
their store locator is here:
http://www.biglots.com/store_locator.aspx
Oh, thanks! That product was discontinued in
So what is Demara sugar anyway? Sugar in the Raw is cane sugar from Hawaii
that is not as refined as white sugar...so has some molasses still in it. Is
Demara like granulated jaggery?...which is also made from cane I think. There's
another Indian sugar made from dates or something like that.
At 10:54 AM 20/08/2007, you wrote:
So what is Demara sugar anyway? Sugar in the Raw is cane sugar from Hawaii
that is not as refined as white sugar...so has some molasses still in it. Is
I have no idea what the equivalent of demara for the US is (or
anywhere apart from UK/NZ/Australia) but
More on Demerara-
I was in my local supermarket this afternoon getting baking soda
for the fridge, and guess what was on the shelf next to the brown
sugar and confectioners' sugar? Re-sealable pound sacks of
Domino brand Demerara sugar for $2.29.
This is not an upscale foodie market, just a
