[Sca-cooks] [OOP] Mrs. Beeton's Sifted Sugar

[Sue Clemenger]

Maybe she's just referring to "sifted so that there's no lumps or nasty
stuff?," more-or-less the same way we refer to sifted flour?
--maire

Volker Bach wrote:
>
> 'Oi, 'Elp!
>
> I'm trying to recreate Apples in Red Jelly from
> Isabella Beeton's Book of Household Management,
> and she says to use 'sifted sugar'. What does she
> mean by that? I would automatically assume
> confectioners sugar, except that you're supposed
> to stuff it into baked apples which would be a
> waste of the powdery stuff. Maybe something like
> 'fine enough to pass through a sieve', which would
> mean caster or granulated?
>
> Thanks
>
> Giano
>
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