# UK & Anglophile Dopers -\> Demerara sugar? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 13, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-anglophile-dopers-demerara-sugar/254861 "2004-07-13T06:29:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-anglophile-dopers-demerara-sugar/254861/21 "2004-07-13T20:04:45Z")
[http://shopstashtea.com/300312.html](http://shopstashtea.com/300312.html) > [@](#): > > From the island of Mauritius off the coast of Africa, Demerara sugar has long been enjoyed in Europe, but has only recently become available in the United States. ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-anglophile-dopers-demerara-sugar/254861/22 "2004-07-13T20:17:09Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > British sausages are…well…I’m sure there is a named meat in there _somewhere_! 😃 Sossages! Onna bun! Prices so low I’m cuttin’ me own throat! Sossages! Also, I know it makes me a Philistine, but I love French’s mustard on hot dogs and some other things. Dijon mustard would gag a boggie. RR ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rex_fenestrarum/32/7265_2.png) [@Rex\_Fenestrarum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Fenestrarum)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-anglophile-dopers-demerara-sugar/254861/23 "2004-07-13T21:58:43Z")
(sheepish grin) Well, I can’t believe that I went to all the trouble to post this thread (and have you kind people reply) only to find out that the Bi-Lo grocery store in Belmont, NC carries [this](http://www.dominosugar.com/products/sticks.asp) type of demerara sugar! Granted they’re “sugar sticks” - some newflangled version of the “sugar packet”, but for $1.79 I can deal. Thanks folks! ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-anglophile-dopers-demerara-sugar/254861/24 "2004-07-13T23:26:24Z")
> [@JillGat](#): > > I have never heard of Demerara sugar, but am well familiar with [Demerara Rum](http://www.demrum.com/) in Guyana. I wonder if the Demerara sugar is from the same Guyanese source? Demerara sugar originally came from Guyana. Now we import it from Mauritius, the land of the dodo. Demerara is like raw sugar - it has crystals the smae size as raw, however it is covered with a sticky coating of syrup. As TLD said, you can use brown sugar in apple crumble. If you want to make mock demerara you could put a couple of cups of raw sugar in a plastic bag with a small amount of molasses and golden syrup and mix till the crystals are thoroughly coated with syrup. Experiment with the right ratios - the crystals should be sticky but not cluster together. I would go the brown sugar myself. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-anglophile-dopers-demerara-sugar/254861/25 "2004-07-14T12:56:06Z")
> [@RiverRunner](#): > > Sossages! Onna bun! Prices so low I’m cuttin’ me own throat! Sossages! [Captain Carrot voice ON] Actually it’s ‘Inna bun!’ Good day, citizen. [Captain Carrot voice OFF] ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-anglophile-dopers-demerara-sugar/254861/26 "2004-07-14T14:21:12Z")
> [@Shrinking Violet](#): > > Ditto - I’ve been buying it from Tesco for a few years now … it’s the only mustard which feels “right” with hot dogs, IMO. Hmmm; oddly, it doesn’t do that for me, as it is quite mild; I tend to associate hotdogs with the fairground and the mustard you get there… well… lets just say if it doesn’t feel like I’ve been kicked in the face, I feel cheated. ---
**Author:** ![Galanthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Galanthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galanthus)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-anglophile-dopers-demerara-sugar/254861/27 "2004-07-14T14:37:28Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Hmmm; oddly, it doesn’t do that for me, as it is quite mild; I tend to associate hotdogs with the fairground and the mustard you get there… well… lets just say if it doesn’t feel like I’ve been kicked in the face, I feel cheated. Ditto. Mustard should make your eyes water so hard you think there is a danger your eyeballs may fall out. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-anglophile-dopers-demerara-sugar/254861/28 "2004-07-14T15:15:08Z")
> [@Galanthus](#): > > Ditto. Mustard should make your eyes water so hard you think there is a danger your eyeballs may fall out. In the context of hot dogs; that bit is important; there a wide range of mild, aromatic mustards out there that I also wouldn’t do without. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-anglophile-dopers-demerara-sugar/254861.md?page=1)