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no, not that i've ever heard. You could look out for fruit sugar but not common in most stores.

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correcting to say if you really want a North American substitute and have an extra coffee/spice grinder you are willing to clean. Just use granulated sugar.
It doesn't have to be a grinder. You can use a food processor as well. I've done that when I've run-out of powdered/icing sugar. Never tried with a blender, but you'd probably have to turn it upside down a few times as the heavier crystals would settle in the bottom. The food processor works well since 1 of the blades sets nearly at the bottom.
 
Some people use it in alcoholic beverages, lemonade, tea, etc… because it dissolves quickly.

IMO it’s not worth $3.19/12 ounce package.
For putting sugar in cold beverages, I use simple syrup. That's easy to make at home and uses regular granulated sugar.
 
I wouldn’t be buying that Wegman product (if it was sold here).
It’s a convenience item that is expensive and as @taxlady says, making simple syrup is easy and cheap.
If you’re going to spend on a convenience sugar product, check out an Asian grocer. Many sell a liquid concentrate palm sugar squeeze bottle for not much and it is very good for cooking applications as well as cocktails.
 
I wouldn’t be buying that Wegman product (if it was sold here).
It’s a convenience item that is expensive and as @taxlady says, making simple syrup is easy and cheap.
If you’re going to spend on a convenience sugar product, check out an Asian grocer. Many sell a liquid concentrate palm sugar squeeze bottle for not much and it is very good for cooking applications as well as cocktails.
But, correct me if I'm wrong, but simple syrup wouldn't be what one would use when making shortbread, eh?
 
No, because in a simple syrup, you add water. In the shortbread recipe, you only add a little bit of water. The ratio in a simple syrup would make the shortbread dough too wet and if you chose to add more flour to compensate, it would end up being too dense and not very appetising.
The caster sugar melts into the dough in correct order without any liquidation needed prior.
 
If my recipe specifies icing sugar, I use icing sugar, if I don't have, I don't make.
If following a British (or other) recpe calling for castor I simply use regular granulated sugar.
If I need it for a cold drink I use regular grnulated sugar into the liquid and stir 'til dissolved. If I want it in a hurry I may melt/dissolve it in an absolute minimum of hot water first.

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forgot to mention that for recipe that I've used for shortbread has been icing sugar.
 
The local Wegman’s has Domino super fine quick dissolving cane sugar but it’s hardly worth the extra money unless you have other uses for it.

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Yes, what the brits and Aussies call caster sugar is sold as ultra fine sugar here. There is no real reason for it to be more expensive, but they're not going to miss a chance to call something "special" and jack the price up.

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My parents had an old Andrew Sisters 45 record. 'Rum and Coca Cola' and 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy' on one side and 'Rancho Pillow' and 'Begin the Beguine' on the other side. I listened to that so often that when the Andrew Sisters were on the Jimmy Dean show, my mom let me stay up to watch them. That had to be during the 60s.

Sure brings back some memories. Thanks!
 
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Their 1941 hit "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" can be considered an early example of jump blues. Other songs closely associated with the Andrews Sisters include their first major hit, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön (Means That You're Grand)" (1937), "Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel)" (1939), "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" (1940), "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me)" (1942), and "Rum and Coca-Cola" (1945), which helped introduce American audiences to calypso.

I was born in '44 and distinctly remember these songs on 78's. Then I think my older brother later had some on 45's.
 
There is no real reason for it to be more expensive, but they're not going to miss a chance to call something "special" and jack the price up.
I sort of disagree. When you produce 100 of something at a cost, then have to change machinery to produce 10. When you purchase 100 packaging goods, then have to order only 10 different. Your costs are going to be more. So you either don't make it, or only 'once in a while', to a set schedule, should that run out, no more is made until the set schedule. This gives warrant to the label "Special" and a higher cost.
IMHO
 
Copied from Wikipedia:
Their 1941 hit "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" can be considered an early example of jump blues. Other songs closely associated with the Andrews Sisters include their first major hit, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön (Means That You're Grand)" (1937), "Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel)" (1939), "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" (1940), "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me)" (1942), and "Rum and Coca-Cola" (1945), which helped introduce American audiences to calypso.

I was born in '44 and distinctly remember these songs on 78's. Then I think my older brother later had some on 45's.
What I thought was unique was there were 2 songs per side.

They may have been 78s. I know my old record player had 4 settings: 33 1/3, 45, 78, and one more I don't remember. It seems to me we had one old record that was pressed in red vinyl and that may have been the 78 one. But I'm pretty sure the Andrews Sisters were 45s. I was only about 8 to 10 years old when I was playing all these.
 
I think I might be guilty of looking at you that way! LOL Slowly ringing a bell with me but my first reaction was I'd never heard of 16 rpm.

I seriously doubt that 78's had 2 songs per side. But not positive. 33 (and a 1/3) did, of course. They were "albums" with multiple tracks on them... and still available. 45's and 78's I doubt it - unless you have the big buck$.
 

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