Brewing Sugar...?

[Muffy]

I just got a food parcel from a local charity.. Im a bit disappointed but thats a whole other thread.

So in there they gave me Brewing Sugar.. WTF am i supposed to use that for? Isnt that for when you make home brew???

[toomanyshoes]

That's slightly strange...

[Muffy]

Thats what i thought, but then i thought hmm maybe you can use it for something else...?

[toomanyshoes]

brewers sugar is glucose

So it seems it is different, no idea what else you could use it for!

[Muffy]

no idea....

[Muffy]

[jackrose]

It certainly is a strange one...

What comes to mind for me is its use for people who have given up eating sugar. (!)

I recently read "The sweet poison quit plan" and based on the information within, gave up sugar (best thing for my health and body for years) and the idea is to avoid all refined sugar and sugar variations such as fructose, corn syrup, honey etc and get your body used to the taste of food once again. Once you are sugar free, you can reintroduce sweet foods that are made with brewers sugar as it is glucose and is sugar in a form our bodies can deal with it without all the side effects etc. The thing is, if you are still eating sugar in its regular form, brewers sugar will not taste sweet.

So I think, either check out the book sweet poison or find someone who is on the 'kick the sugar habit' road and offer them the brewers sugar!!

I will try to find the thread from the other day about it... maybe one of those girls!.... ETA: speak to Snacks

[berrme]

Glucose is just the simplest unit of sugar, it is not quite as sweet as sucrose, but it is still sweet. It is also still refined, you don't just find glucose in the form of brewers sugar in nature.
I am not against the idea of cutting back on sugar, that is a great idea. I do have to question some of the above logic though.

Anyway, back to the topic... it is just sugar in its simplest form. Best type for making homebrew as it gets broken down completely in the brewing process unlike normal sugar. You can cook with it or use it to sweeten things if you want to. Or just find someone who makes homebrew and give it to them. I guess they are just handing out all the donated goods in your packs, sugar is sugar if you are desperate.

[Muffy]

I dont use sugar so its pretty useless to me!
But ahve found someone on here that wants to swap so im stoked!!
Thanks for the replies ladies!