Oh, blesshisheart....*smdh*

HisGirlFriday13

DH posted a photo on FB of a chocolate peanut butter egg he bought at the local candy store (yay for post-Easter discounts!)

The photo was of the ingredients list: milk chocolate, peanut butter, margarine, marshmallow cream, 10x sugar.

He captioned it, '10x sugar. Does that mean I'll be 10 times as hyper? Or that I'll get 10 times the cavities?'

Several of his friends commented, 'Uhm....that's confectioners' sugar.'

He texted me and said, 'Did you know 10x sugar is confectioners' sugar?' I said, 'Yes; everyone knows that.' He said, 'I thought it meant 10 times the sugar.' I said, 'No, it's 10 times as processed as regular sugar, making it that much finer.'

He said, 'Oh. Who knew?'

blesshisheart

KeptInStitches

I'd never heard that before.

AprilH81

I haven't heard that before either.... 

sarahufl

Never heard that before.

mysticl

I only know that because baking is a hobby of mine and I use confectioners sugar in some of my frosting recipes.  

SmileDamnit

News to me, too

flyingfoxes

I didn't know that either!

wandajune6

I didn't know that one either!

larrygaga

I thought they listed it as confectioners sugar. That's news to me, although I would have guessed that's what it meant.

jdluvr06

I didn't know that either.

cupcait927

Count me in as another who didn't know! Learn something new every day.

HisGirlFriday13

I have told him that apparently it's not common knowledge (per my 'knotters') and he is very relieved!

pinkcow13

I totally did not know that either, haha!

afox007

I bake all the time and have only seen it as confectioners or powdered sugar in recipes.

phira

I didn't know it either! I saw 10x and thought, "Weird! Why are they doing a 1-to-10 dilution?"

Couggal12

I've never heard that either.

theartistformerlyknownas

Lol I did know that but I cook/bake a lot. Cute though. :-p

Kauris

Bless my heart then too!

ktjanesmom

I believe it says 10x on the box.  IF you buy it in a box that is.  A little yellow box. 

chibiyui

ktjanesmom said:

I believe it says 10x on the box.  IF you buy it in a box that is.  A little yellow box. 

Yeah, thats where I picked that bit of knowledge up from. 

lovesclimbing

I'd never heard of that, and I do a fair amount of baking.

RebeccaB88

I do a LOT of baking, and I've never heard it called that either.

climbingsingle

That's not news to me. I thought that was common knowledge.

rajahmd

So, what was the point of this post? To ridicule your husband? Your OP is a tad condescending. Most recipes use confectioners sugar or powdered sugar terminology, not 10x sugar. It's not common knowledge.

ScoutF

RajahBMFD said:

So, what was the point of this post? To ridicule your husband? Your OP is a tad condescending. Most recipes use confectioners sugar or powdered sugar terminology, not 10x sugar. It's not common knowledge.

Quoted for truth.

huskypuppy14

It says 10-x sugar on the box of confectioners sugar, but I've never seen it written that way in recipes. There is no way my FI would know what that means because he doesn't bake (or cook for that matter).

As a scientist, when I see 10x I automatically think what @phira said.

I think there are a lot of things that individuals think are common knowledge, when they really are not. 

JennyColada

I went to culinary school and have never seen this!

JennyColada

RajahBMFD said:

So, what was the point of this post? To ridicule your husband? Your OP is a tad condescending. Most recipes use confectioners sugar or powdered sugar terminology, not 10x sugar. It's not common knowledge.

Oh Geeze. Take a chill pill. Some people find humor in snark. Sorry that you don't share a similar taste, but I don't think you need to be a Debbie Downer about it.

pinkshorts27

RajahBMFD said:

So, what was the point of this post? To ridicule your husband? Your OP is a tad condescending. Most recipes use confectioners sugar or powdered sugar terminology, not 10x sugar. It's not common knowledge.

 to be honest, I wouldn't know what confectioners sugar meant. I know what powdered sugar is. But now I know two different names for it! Crazy.  I don't bake a ton, so that is probably why. I do cook things for dinner from scratch. Just no baking.  

theartistformerlyknownas

RajahBMFD said:

So, what was the point of this post? To ridicule your husband? Your OP is a tad condescending. Most recipes use confectioners sugar or powdered sugar terminology, not 10x sugar. It's not common knowledge.

Seriously? I took it as "look at this adorable thing my husband did." Not ridiculing him at all. It's like loving when kids mispronounce words. Not calling them dumb, they just don't know better. Clearly he had no reason to know better, so it's a sweet mistake.

theartistformerlyknownas

snippet17 said:

lolo883 said:

RajahBMFD said:

So, what was the point of this post? To ridicule your husband? Your OP is a tad condescending. Most recipes use confectioners sugar or powdered sugar terminology, not 10x sugar. It's not common knowledge.

Seriously? I took it as "look at this adorable thing my husband did." Not ridiculing him at all. It's like loving when kids mispronounce words. Not calling them dumb, they just don't know better. Clearly he had no reason to know better, so it's a sweet mistake.

You must be one of HGF's followers.

WTH does that even mean?! I just don't take life quite so seriously to be offended by something like this. You should try it sometime.