Sugar nips

Sugar nips are a large pair of pincers with sharp blades, designed to cut sugar from a block.^[1] Before the introduction of granulated and cube sugars in the second half of the 19th century,^[2] the domestic consumer purchased sugar in the form of a sugarloaf,^[3] or at least a part of one, and pieces were cut from it by hand using sugar nips^[4] and other tools, such as sugar hammer. Greater leverage and improved safety was provided by heavier sugar nips set in a wooden base for counter- and table-top use.^[5]

There was also an all-in-one version; a box that could serve as container for the sugarloaf with built-in pliers and collector drawer for fine-grained residues from the sugar cutting.

References

^ David, Elizabeth. "English Bread and Yeast Cookery", Penguin:Middlesex 1977 (p. 139)
^ "Sugar: a Handbook for Planters and Refiners", Lock & Newlands Bros, pub. Spon, London, 1888
^ "History". Mawer.clara.net. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
^ [1] Archived October 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ "The Victorian Servant - Sugar Cutter". Mylearning.org. Retrieved 2012-11-09.

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[1] David, Elizabeth. "English Bread and Yeast Cookery", Penguin:Middlesex 1977 (p. 139)

[2] "Sugar: a Handbook for Planters and Refiners", Lock & Newlands Bros, pub. Spon, London, 1888

[3] "History". Mawer.clara.net. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-09.

[4] [1] Archived October 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[5] "The Victorian Servant - Sugar Cutter". Mylearning.org. Retrieved 2012-11-09.

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