Remember the crunchy sugar? Well, it was a mistake to put it in the sugar shaker. The hole was too small, so it didn’t pour out easily, and then after a couple of days it became one solid lump in the shaker. Fine. You wanna lump up? I’ll lump you up but good!
I looked this up on the internet, and thankfully someone said that you don’t need a lot of water. From my scientific eyeballing, I think I have about a third of a cup of sugar, and I only used about half of what’s in that shot glass. You just stir it up, and when it looks kinda dry, stir it some more. It should look like loose beach sand. (Like I know what that is – living in Nebraska. I haven’t seen an ocean in 14 years.)
Now, I tried doing this in a mold and it was a complete disaster. It stuck inside and wouldn’t come out. This was the easiest way. Pack it into a spoon (mine are half-spheres) and drop onto some waxed paper. I rinsed the spoon out between packings so the sugar wouldn’t get stuck. Let ’em dry a couple of hours, flip – let ’em dry a couple more.
(If I were super-cool, I could have done this.) There. Ten minutes of effort and I have days worth of tea sweetening! Ha ha, sugar. I guess I showed you.
Brad says
I think that would be only one day’s worth of sweetening for me. I would just eat those like candy.
Beth says
I tried one that way…I think I prefer highly
processedrefined sugar. Still, in a pinch, yum.Oh, and nice sugar mounds.
kiwe says
Ok, so I have been reading this blog for about four months now and I have decided to just come out and say it. This is not to be mean, but…well, I guess it is mean. You all have way to much time on your hands. If you want sugar lumps, just buy them at the store.
Beth says
HA! Lauren is the queen of prototypes. Just try telling her she can’t do something! 😀
Lloyd says
I think it was more of a “What am I going to do with all this worthless sugar?” type of thing.
Peggy says
Have you ever noticed how there are 2 kinds of thumbs…like there are 2 kinds of belly buttons…
There are thumbs that can bow inward (Lauren) and there are thumbs that cannot. Mine do not.
Beth says
Mine don’t either, Peggy. Maybe we should start a club.
Jill says
3 members and counting…mine are straight!
Deanne says
What is bowing inward? Lauren, will you please show us your thumbs?
Peggy says
Her thumb is in the picture. My thumb is straight & will not curve in at all. I had a friend whose thumb could almost make a 90 degree angle. It looked like a boomerang.
Lauren says
It would take a heap of money for me to show you any kind of close-up of my hands. I almost didn’t post that picture. Yup, curvy thumbs, bent ring fingers, pinkies that can’t straighten out, and every finger tip with some kind of damage. Sorry, everybody.
Peggy says
Your hands are beautiful! And there’s nothing wrong with a thumb that can curve…in fact I think that’s the norm…I really wish mine could bow…it’s more feminine.
Lauren says
I love you, Peggy. 🙂
Deanne says
My thumb curves, too. I’ll be glad to take a picture of my dirt-filled fingers, unfiled nailes, and wrinkly hands. Just to show my curvy thumb. I’ll do that the next time I can’t think of anything.
Peggy says
PS I think your little jar of sugar mounds is AWESOME!!
You could make big bucks selling those!