# Hard Brown Sugar **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-brown-sugar/492400 "2009-04-08T15:39:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-brown-sugar/492400/21 "2009-04-09T05:14:12Z")
> [@phreesh](#): > > I don’t have much to add to the above, but the apple/lettuce/bread/ceramic bear methods all work like magic over time. It’s pretty amazing (to me, anyway) to have essentially a brown rock one day and a couple days later, beautiful granulated sugar. > > Amazing! Yeah, it pisses me off when I don’t catch it in time and need the sugar RIGHT NOW, but if I need a cup of brown sugar and it’s all dried out and I can catch it the night before, I admit I get easily excited. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-brown-sugar/492400/22 "2009-04-09T15:13:52Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I prefer the cello. Yeah, I caught that too late and hoped no one would notice…thanks. But really, most stringed instruments go well with brown sugar. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-brown-sugar/492400/23 "2009-04-09T16:07:18Z")
> [@Jake](#): > > It’s like a rock. Are there any tricks to get it back to its granulated state? My dad had me use a sledgehammer and a towel once. (not like, going at it John Henry style, but still letting the weight of the hammer do most of the work) ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-brown-sugar/492400/24 "2009-04-09T16:13:00Z")
Am I the only one who had a dirty thought when I read the title of this thread? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-brown-sugar/492400/25 "2009-04-09T16:15:04Z")
Buy new sugar. It’s cheap. StG ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-brown-sugar/492400/26 "2009-04-09T16:17:52Z")
Oh, and also, I usually break off chunks of sugar and throw it into a coffee grinder. It’s very loud and noisy, and thus fun. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-brown-sugar/492400/27 "2009-04-09T16:18:03Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > Yeah, I caught that too late and hoped no one would notice…thanks. > But really, most stringed instruments go well with brown sugar. On the SDMB? Home to the nitpickiest people…::sings:: in the worrrlllllddd? Fat chance. Besides, everyone’s got room for cello. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-brown-sugar/492400/28 "2009-04-09T16:26:38Z")
> [@AngelSoft](#): > > Am I the only one who had a dirty thought when I read the title of this thread? Nope. Check posts 15 and 20. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-brown-sugar/492400.md?page=1)