06 October - Imperial Sugar

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OCTOBER 2006

Fall has arrived!

October is upon us and that means it’s time to gear up for Halloween. It also signals the end of Daylight Savings Time, which will end October 29th. Did you know that beginning in 2007 Daylight Savings time will be extended by 1 month and will begin at 2am on the second Sunday of March (March 11) and end at 2am on the first Sunday of November (November 4)?

As I mentioned in September, we have a new feature on the Imperial Sugar website – Current Holiday Ideas. This page is designed to give you ideas for holidays. The first holiday is Halloween. It lists various Halloween recipes, arts and craft ideas, as well as some interesting Halloween trivia. Did you know that the Irish used to carve turnips – not pumpkins? I hope you will take a few minutes to look at the page and then let us know what you think. There is a place on the page to give us your feedback, including your own holiday traditions and recipes. Click here to go to the Halloween page.

I would like to thank Michele Bauer, who took the time to try all 4 of the recipes that were listed in the July and August newsletter and to give me her feedback. Michele gave the Fruit Paradise 5 stars, Apple Cobbler 4 stars, Layered Dessert 3 stars and the Quick Chocolate Pie Crust made with Crumbs got 2 stars. Michele, your prize package is on the way!

October is the start of the third year of Sweetalk. It amazes me that this is my 25th newsletter that I have written. I want to thank all of you who read the newsletter, forward to friends, play the trivia contests and provide feedback. We started out with just 50 subscribers to the newsletter in October 2004 and we now have over 2,000 people per month that receive Sweetalk.

In this month’s edition of Sweetalk, I have made a minor change to the recipe selections. Each month I will now feature a 5-star recipe, as well as a recipe that has been submitted by our consumers (most of which are also 5-star). The arts and crafts idea for Halloween can also be used for Thanksgiving decorations. In addition, Michelle has provided some great nutritional information when dining out.

Have a great month!

Angela Schuhmann, Imperial Sugar Company

Trivia Question
Congratulations to our September Trivia winner: Rafaela Steinke has won a sugar gift package that includes brown sugar cups, granulated sugar and sugar shakers.

The question was: How many recipes are located in the category My First Cookbook and the answer was: 50.

This month’s trivia question is:
How do you use Free-Flowing Brown Sugar?

Hint: Look in “Frequently Asked Questions”

For Trivia contest rules, click here.

Try Cocada Horneada, a sweet hispanic dessert made with raisins, coconuts and almonds. More >

Columbus Day is the celebration of the Hispanic heritage of Latin America. More >

The Dining Out Dilemma October's issue: tips on "Where You Choose to Eat" and "Healthy Choices at your Favorite Restaurants". More >

A NEW LOOK FOR SUGAR
How happy are you with your sugar's packaging? Do you like the leaks and spills? What about when your sugar becomes hard because the moisture can get into the paper bag? None of us like this - so why should we just accept it?

That's why we have designed a new look for sugar! Have you tried our new products yet? With the busy baking season coming up, I hope you take this opportunity to try our new convenient packages.

8-Cup Plastic Pouch - A sugar bag that doesn't leak!
Zips close! No leaks! Resealable Plastic Package! This new innovative pouch will help eliminate the mess that opening a bag of sugar causes you. Sugar is measured most often by the cup, not the pound, so it made sense to us to package it in an amount that's easy for you to use.

Brown Sugar Cups - Your brown sugar will not go hard!
Brown sugar cups are packed in a set of 3 individually sealed one-cup containers. Use an entire cup and still have the other two cups sealed.

Granulated, Superfine, Free-Flowing Brown, Powdered, Cinnamon Sugar and Turbinado Shakers
Sugar shakers that are more convenient and less messy. Including Granulated Shaker, perfect for sweetening your coffee, Superfine Shakers will make your tea sweet, Free-Flowing Brown Shakers are great to sprinkle on oatmeal, as well as sweeten your coffee or iced tea, Powdered Sugar Shakers are great for waffles and french toast, Cinnamon Sugar Shakers will add the perfect touch for toast and Turbinado Shakers, a new way to make that perfect cup of coffee. Our full line of shakers can be found on the sugar aisle.

8-Cup Plastic Pouch

Sugar Shakers

Brown Sugar Cups

The Coupons are Coming!
We have a coupon that will run on November 12 in your Sunday newspaper. Hopefully you will cut out the coupon and use it the next time you make a sugar purchase. We also have coupons running on our 2#/4#/5# Imperial Sugar/Dixie Crystals bags of sugar. These coupons are good on the pouch, brown sugar cups and shakers. I will keep you updated as more coupons are distributed.

Our new products can be found at most grocery stores including Kroger, Randall’s, Publix, Food Lion, Winn Dixie, H.E.B., Albertson's, Bi-Lo, Bruno's, Ingles and Piggly Wiggly. If you have trouble finding, please talk to the store manager.

We hope you like these products. Please email Sweetalk@imperialsugar.com and let us know your opinion of the new products.

Autumn is here and the holidays are right around the corner. Enjoy a couple of 5-star recipes, as well as an Arts & Crafts project that is good for Halloween or Thanksgiving!

Popcorn Pumpkin Table Decorations.

Click here for more information.

Candy Magic

1 C graham cracker crumbs
2 C uncooked oat cereal
2 C Imperial Sugar Extra Fine Granulated Sugar or Dixie Crystals Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
2 T cocoa powder
1/2 C milk
1/2 C butter or margarine
1/2 C peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 C coarsely chopped nuts
1 C shredded coconut

Combine crumbs and oats; set aside. Combine sugar, cocoa, milk and butter and cook, stirring over medium heat until sugar and butter or margarine are dissolved. Bring to boil and boil 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in remaining ingredients. Stir in first mixture. Drop by heaping teaspoonful onto butter wax paper. Let cool thoroughly. Makes 6 dozen confections.

Banana Pound Cake

For additional recipes, please go to imperialsugar.com. We have over 630 recipes on the web and are continuing to add more each month. If you have a recipe that you think would be good on the Imperial Sugar website, please click here and it just may appear on the web, as well as upcoming editions of Sweetalk. In addition, if you are having trouble finding a recipe, click here and give us as much information as you can and we will try to find the recipe for you.

Calling All Cooks!
In an effort to make sure that we are providing only the finest recipes on our website, I would like to ask each of you to try baking 4 different desserts and then letting me know how good they taste, level of difficulty in preparing and how easy/hard were the directions. The recipes have a Thansgiving theme:

Please send your comments back to me at Sweetalk@imperialsugar.com. All comments will go into a drawing for a sugar prize. All comments must be in by November 30th to be eligible. There will be one winning entry per recipe.

How would you like to have 25% more sugar – FREE?
In grocery stores in Texas, Florida, Alabama, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana, you will find the new granulated pouch in a special size just in time for Back to School – 10 cups instead of 8 cups and the extra 2 cups are FREE! Make sure you stop by your favorite grocery store and pick up because once they run out the grocery store will be unable to order any more!

Comments
We want to hear from you. Please email us and let us know what you think, as well as topics you would like in an upcoming newsletter. We also welcome photos of your family baking that we can use in the newsletters. Email us at sweetalk@imperialsugar.com.

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