Slab Sugar in Khujand

@Shavkat (141905)
Philippines
May 15, 2017 11:42am CST
When I was having the last phase of my volunteerism in Tajikistan, the international non-government organization requested to teach the medical staff in Khujand. They arranged the plane ticket and accommodation in a homestay. At first, I am not comfortable staying in a homestay. Since I am not a kid and not to be treated as one. Eventually, I enjoyed staying there. The reason is that I had seen a slab sugar. It was my first time to see it and tried to find out how they did such product. At the back of my mind, I think it is a good business. “Do you have like this in your country?” Image Credit: https://munroberrysintajikistan.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/img_0742.jpg
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
15 May 17
I do not see this type of sugar here. I do buy some from the health food store and it is rather chunky as it is raw sugar.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
16 May 17
I agree. It is not common also in my country. Although, we have palm sugar. It is made in the provinces. Image Credit: travelswithkylie.blogspot.com
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
16 May 17
@TiarasOceanView That would be so sweet.lol
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
16 May 17
@Shavkat Delightful! More sugar for me Shavkat lol
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
16 May 17
can you use that to sweeten a cup of coffee?
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
16 May 17
It is possible. You need to crash it like an ice from the freezer.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
17 May 17
@ridingbet It is really hard as a rock.hehehe
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
17 May 17
@Shavkat or else, my teeth will break. (bungal na)
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Gabby Bugwadia
@Gabugs (1895)
• United States
3 Jun 17
Tempting indeed! @shavkat Haven;t seen or had this kind of sugar. But we get jaggery made from can sugar here. Better to have this than refined sugar.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
3 Jun 17
I agree. It is not good to have refined sugar. That's the reason why we use brown sugar instead of the white one.
ARM
@responsiveme (22923)
• India
29 May 17
No, how's the taste?
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
30 May 17
It tastes sweet like sugar. It is still the same taste using regular brown sugar.
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Manasa.L
@manasamanu (3797)
• Bangalore, India
16 May 17
We have jaggery made out of cane sugar and it is also like the slab sugar you have put up.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
16 May 17
It is nice to see this. The sugar is shaped in cubes. The slab sugars are shaped in different forms when being crushed.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
16 May 17
@manasamanu I agree.
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Manasa.L
@manasamanu (3797)
• Bangalore, India
16 May 17
@Shavkat Yeah even these are in different shapes.
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20254)
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16 May 17
I tried something similar, made out of sugarcane. Not bad at all.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
16 May 17
That's nice to hear. Where did you taste it? Is it in your country?
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
17 May 17
@YrNemo What do you mean? Do you use sugar in a certain menu?
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20254)
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17 May 17
@Shavkat We might have had that dish perhaps in Singapore or Hong Kong (restaurants).
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
16 May 17
This kind of brown sugar is available in my country. I think here this kind of brown sugar comes from the canes. We have lots of canes in my province. It is a natural sugar.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
16 May 17
We also have also glucose made of sugar cane. It is not common for us to use sugar cubes too.
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Sue21
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
15 May 17
Never seen that only the sugar in cube shapes. It looks very nice though and great image.
Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
16 May 17
I had only seen this in Khujand. The slab sugar factory is the owner of the homestay. I had seen how they did. I like the slag sugar formation. It is like having a crystal from the cave.
waflay
@waflay (2737)
• Nairobi, Kenya
15 May 17
This is the first time I have come across slap sugar. It looks cool and so inviting for a trial.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
16 May 17
I think it is so nice when served on the table. They tend to crash it before the usage of the slab sugar.
Silvermist
@silvermist (19701)
• India
16 May 17
@Shavkat,Here,palm sugar crystals and jaggery are available.Also we have white rock sugars.They are some times shaped into small square pieces and sold.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
16 May 17
That's nice to look at. It seems we can have it in brown sugar too. We do have palm sugar but it is in the form of blocks.
Faye
@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
15 May 17
I have never seen anything like it. Looks yummy! Actually I don't know what a homestay is... I would love to read about that...
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
16 May 17
A homestay is a place where the visitors take good care of the old folks. It is similar to having foster parents. I like the crystallized sugar.