Totally safe, even normal for brown sugar. How to soften it: [link]
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amych - Sep 08, 2009 4:29:13 pm PDT #7516 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
ChiKat - Sep 08, 2009 4:30:08 pm PDT #7517 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
It's still safe, SH. It's very common for brown sugar to get hard (which now that I type that sounds really dirty). Here are a couple of ways to soften it:
Place a piece of foil or plastic wrap directly on the sugar. Set a piece of crumpled, dampened paper towel on the foil. Cover container tightly. The sugar will absorb the moisture from the paper towel and become soft. Remove the paper towel when it has dried out.
To soften brown sugar quickly, place open bag of brown sugar in microwave oven. Set 1 cup of water next to the bag in the microwave. Microwave on High (100%) 2 to 3 minutes, checking often, until brown sugar is softened.
sarameg - Sep 08, 2009 4:30:14 pm PDT #7518 of 30001
Toss a bread slice in there. It should add moisture and loosen it up. Or go at it with a hammer until it's in useable chunks. It's just dried out, not toxic.
StuntHusband - Sep 08, 2009 4:41:09 pm PDT #7519 of 30001
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
Thank you! I will soften it *one way or another* (all your methods, except for sarameg's, are too KIND) - I was terribly afraid I had wasted it.
My breakfast is saved.
sarameg - Sep 08, 2009 4:42:13 pm PDT #7520 of 30001
Hey, are you accusing me of brutality??
StuntHusband - Sep 08, 2009 4:43:54 pm PDT #7521 of 30001
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
Oh, no - well, perhaps enabling ME...against SUGAR...
sarameg - Sep 08, 2009 4:48:50 pm PDT #7522 of 30001
I have a rubber mallet, named The Gremlin (long story), which has been used against sugar.
-t - Sep 08, 2009 5:12:28 pm PDT #7523 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I swam 100 yds yesterday and I'm pretty pleased with myself.
Cashmere - Sep 08, 2009 5:18:04 pm PDT #7524 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Paging Plei: Do you have a receipe for plum jam? Without the canning thing?
sarameg - Sep 08, 2009 5:21:16 pm PDT #7525 of 30001
Awesome! I just love being in the water. I hadn't forgotten it ( I would still wax eloquent on it) I just neglected it. I may not have a great technique, but I don't think I'm a deranged otter, either. It gets working right and it's.. well, flow. I've been reading Geography of Bliss and he goes on to describe this thing called flow, where the act and the actor are undifferentiated. And when I get it right, that's what swimming becomes. Or walking. Or racing screaming down a Bhutanese mountain or dancing the streets of Kathmandu. I'm just the movement and I like it.