Results: A Spoonful of Sugar
Published on 05/12/2021
When "sugar" appeared on the grocery list, I had to ask, "which kind?" Response? "Sugar-sugar. How many kinds are there?" Well...
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First things first. Do you use sugar?
Yes
77%
1689 votes
No
23%
511 votes
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How many kinds of sugars are there? A lot. So let's keep it simple. Are any of these common culinary sugars are currently in your kitchen?
Granulated Sugar (aka: white, table, or refined sugar)
79%
1737 votes
Confectioners' Sugar (alias: powdered sugar, icing sugar, 10X sugar)
54%
1184 votes
Caster/Superfine Sugar
9%
203 votes
Brown Sugar (light or dark)
67%
1471 votes
Sanding Sugar (my Grandma called it Decorators' sugar)
7%
160 votes
Turbinado Sugar (also called Turbinado Sugar)
7%
159 votes
Demerara Sugar
6%
123 votes
Barbados/Muscovado Sugar
2%
49 votes
None
11%
252 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
44 votes
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And while the sugar section at the grocery store is nowhere as large as the yoghurt section (or for that matter, the coffee creamer section, but that is a topic- no a rant- for another day), you do have a good few choices in how it is packaged. Do you buy sugar...
Bagged
74%
1636 votes
Boxed
20%
432 votes
In Packets
12%
263 votes
Cubes
6%
126 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
23 votes
Not Applicable
13%
281 votes
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Because vaccines are very much on our minds these days... Sugar- in cube form at least- deserves some credit for helping eradicate polio. I remember lining up at school for my vaccine laced sugar cube. How did you receive your polio vaccine?
Injection
31%
674 votes
Oral dose
20%
446 votes
Don't remember
29%
636 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
16 votes
Not Applicable
19%
428 votes
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And hey! Did you know that the lyrics for the song "A Spoonful of Sugar" from "Mary Poppins" were inspired by Robert Sherman's kids when he learned that they had gotten their polio vaccine on a sugar cube rather than injection? Yes
13%
291 votes
No
63%
1387 votes
Undecided
8%
168 votes
Not Applicable
16%
354 votes
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Yep. Sugar is a pretty nifty little carbohydrate. It makes some foods more palatable. It's helpful as a food preservative. It lasts indefinitely if stored properly. It helps the medicine go down. And as many a kid can testify, in a pinch, it's pretty handy for school pyramid project. Have you ever built anything using sugar cubes?
Yes
13%
294 votes
No
87%
1906 votes
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