Hi Aida, I stand corrected, yes it was "Zuckerhut" , old age is catching up with me and my german is getting somewhat rusty. Herb Schwarz, Ontario,Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "aida kraus" <akibb1@verizon.net> To: "Schwarz family" <schwarzs@ebtech.net> Cc: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 11:59 AM Subject: Zuckertüte - Zuckerhut > OOOps, Herb, the cone sugar was called "ZuckerHUT" not "Zuckertüte," but you > are right as to how it was sold - it was a pressed cone-like, just as you > describe and it was very large - it came in a thick black paper. Our > ancestors then broke off larger chunks, put them into a big mortar and > ground the pieces down to look like "fine" sugar with a pestle. They used > smaller chunks for sweetening their coffee, which - incidentally - was > rarely made of coffee beans, but was more often made from roasted grain, > sort of like Postum.... and it also contained a lot of chicory. My > grandmother told me that there was a certain knowledge how to chop at a > sugarcone, which I am sure is now "a lost art". Since I am 75 years old, > my grandma was a girl in the late 1800, about the time most of our ancestors > came to this country, so this is nearly a "first hand" report. Aida >