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Tuesday, 07 September 2010 14:01 |
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The SugarCollection Team is proud to post this simple and nice recipe sent by Wikizero.
Colored sugar cubes
I suggest to all collectors, a fun recipe to make homemade sugar cubes of different shapes and colors, with decorations and, for the more adventurous, keep them in alcohol. The recipe is fast and simple, the preparation time is estimated at about 10 minutes, plus a couple of days off.
Material and ingredients: -   White sugar (preferably superfine); -   Water; -   To coloring or flavoring the cubes you can use food coloring or natural flavorings (coffee, mint, orange juice, etc.). -   Molds of various shapes (such as for ice or cookies); -   If you want to apply decorations, you need also a little sugar icing. For cubes in alcohol: - Ethyl alcohol 95° C; - Choice of flavoring (mint, basil, lemon peel, pepper, etc.).
Procedure: Pour sugar into a bowl and add a few drops of food coloring (if the food coloring is in powder form, dilute with water). Mix well with a spoon to smooth the color (if necessary add more food coloring or sugar). Add very little water at a time to wet sugar, until, stirring, you get a grainy effect. Dampen just the inner sides of the molds and put the sugar, pressing very well, with great patience!
Leave to dry the molds outdoors (preferably in the sun) for at least two days. To speed up you can put on a radiator or oven to 60° C for about 30 minutes. To test if ready, extract a cube and make sure it’s dry, compact and does not crumble.
Now you can apply decorations on cubes using, as glue, a bit of icing, made with powdered sugar and a few drops of water.
To achieve an optimum "digester", you can put the cubes in alcohol. Just put the cubes in a glass jar together with a flavoring and fill the jar with ethyl alcohol to cover the cubes. Let the jar sealed for at least a week. If you want to replace ethyl alcohol with other spirits, remember that the sugar cubes dissolves themselves in any liquid below 90° C.
Be careful not to drive after tasting it, because they are very strong! |
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Sunday, 21 March 2010 16:31 |
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 19:11 |
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The only form of sugar used for many centuries was that sugar cane. It is believed to have been led by the inhabitants of the Polynesian islands in China and India. In Indian, the Persian Dario found in 510 BC, the cultivation of a plant from which returns a thick and sweet syrup. Dried leaves produced in large crystals that lasted a long time, the strong energy properties. The Persians brought with them the plants and cultivation spread to the Middle East. 
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Sunday, 15 February 2009 16:00 |
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Sugar Collection offers an interesting article written by David Phillips, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster of the website of the UK Sucrologists Club Read detailed information about the site and characteristics of British collectors. History of UKSC
 In 1983 the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children issued a range of sugar packets to raise awareness and funds for their work. The manufacturers of the product, Single Service, received so many enquiries that they organised a meeting at their factory. Fourteen people attended and of these eleven became the first members of The UK Sucrologists Club (UKSC).
The club has only a small membership and many of these are from other countries. |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 15 February 2009 18:03 |
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 19:54 |
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Any plant containing sucrose can become a producer of sugar, but the only raw material used officially for the world production are sugar cane and sugar beets. This article will briefly describe the stages of production of sugar beet. |
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