Sugar Cubes

[Hopkirk]

How are the made?

Are they cut from a block, squeezed by a compression device or made in moulds?

[baza]

dunno but they seem to measure less than a teaspoon full

[Buenchico]

This makes sense to me:
http://answers.ask.com/Food_and_Drinks/Food_and_Cooking/how_are_sugar_cubes_made

[Hopkirk]

Thanks Chris.

I can sleep tonight now.

Or I could if only I knew how they get raw sweetcorn off the cobs for canning.

[boxtops]

That's a boringly sensible recipe, chris.... :-)

[boxtops]

That's done by gnomes, hopkirk....

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xc0mi_canned-corn-how-its-made#.UP74cR3Cmbs

[flump1]

Ohhhhh Hopkirk , I know the sweetcorn one.......The Jolly Green Giant shakes it.

[wildwood]

They are actually made in the Zoos. The roof windows in the elephant enclosure are concave so act as a magnifying glass. The staff put large baking tray on the ground and pour them full of sugar. The heat from the windows slightly melts the sugar. The the elephants are made to roll on the trays. When cool, a tiger is brought in and has learned to scratch the trays methodically, so making the cubes.

Not a lot of people know this.

SMILE! Life only happens once.

[Mick-Talbot]

Ohhhhh Hopkirk , I know the sweetcorn one.......The Jolly Green Giant shakes it.


that's not sweetcorn..........................

[Hopkirk]

Why bother with canned sweetcorn, when you can do this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUh7CV0Mchw

[society]

...and do you know that baby carrots are cut from larger or full grown carrots, using a baby-carrot mold cutter? Yep, those miniature carrots were once big carrots.

[woofgang]

Chris, ask.com may have let you down.
http://www.ehow.com/facts_5787411_sugar-cubes-made-of_.html
The cube press was designed by Jakub Rad.

if you heat sugar enough to melt it, it goes to a clear syrup and when it sets again its like a clear fruit drop with no flavouring...you can try it at home.
But, if you damp the sugar very slightly with a little water vapour then press it into a small non water proof container, put a weight on it and leave it voila!....or leave a packet of sugar in a damp place and make the world's largest sugar cube lol

[Hopkirk]

Oh no, there's only one way to sort this out.


FIGHT!

[woofgang]

wouldn't dream of it

[flump1]

lol MT