"D.M. Procida" wrote in
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My children were talking about salt and sugar crystals this morning at
breakfast, which awoke a dim memory in my mind of doing stuff with
copper sulphate.

Would it be possible to get a decent sugar or salt crystal in the
following way?

saturate near-boiling water with sugar/salt
suspend a thread with a knot at the end (to provide a convenient forming
place for the crystals) in the liquid
allow it to cool slowly

Daniele
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I seem to remember that sugar was sold in 'strings' in France formed by the
method you want to try. I don't know how widespread the practice was but
somebody here with more recent knowledge of French cuisine might confirm or
otherwise.

Cic.