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Loaf Sugar

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Margaret in Sussex

Margaret in Sussex Report 18 Sep 2012 16:01

Thank you Malcolm & Patin......

May have a go then when feeling the urge to go domestic.

:-) :-)

PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 18 Sep 2012 15:34

Hi Margaret,

My mum often called granulated sugar, loaf sugar.

Loaf sugar was solid in solid lumps shaped like loaves, hence the names. You had to break it up and it formed a very coarse granulated sugar so using normal granulated will be fine.

:-)

Researching:
Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc

Malcolm

Malcolm Report 18 Sep 2012 15:32

A "Loaf" of sugar was a conical block of refined (more or less) sugar brought from the West Indies to Europe. Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian kitchens would keep the loaf in the pantry and scrape off what was needed. So yes, Loaf sugar is just like granulated.

Incidenttally "Sugar Loaf Mountain" in Rio is named after this.

Researching:
Robb, Purves, Rutherford, Bald - Scotland, Fife and Berwickshire.

Margaret in Sussex

Margaret in Sussex Report 18 Sep 2012 15:11

Can anyone tell me please, Is Loaf sugar the same as granulated sugar? Would I use the same weight?
.....Was looking through my mother's old recipe books & came across this.
thank you