This is 25lbs of brown sugar in a 5 gallon bucket.
Trying to store it for long term storage and less trips to the store.
I managed to get the sugar in but there is no way to close the lid. I am unable to squeeze the bucket enough to get it back in shape.
Please help lol 😅
by Fluffy-Grapefruit-66
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Currently “hacking” away at it with a butter knife.
It’s helping a little bit making a mess.
Put it in your car & drive for 20-30 miles, wrap a belt around it and get it as tight as you can close to the lid. The vibrations will make it settle. Or use one of those massage vibrator things.
Only a diabetic can help you.
Make 20 batches of chocolate chip cookies.
Just put some into a diff container and use it?
You need the oval lid
Put some in a smaller container temporarily.
Saran wrap it until it’s empty enough to put a lid on it
I am thinking straps all around to make it a circle. Then put the lid on?
I would try thumping the side with a deadblow hammer to see if it’ll settle some.
Hair dryer
How am I the only to notice that is afghan heroin and not brown sugar?
Scoop some out until you can reshape the bucket to be round again, add the sugar back in again being careful to still keep it round and then seal it.
My restaurant could kill that in a week. I swear our newest menu is what Wilford Brimley was talking about all those years….
Maybe full sized marshmallows with wet paper towels packing taped shut?
Tie a belt just below the lip of the bucket
5G? Is Bill Gates out microchipping buckets now?
Managed to get it to fit.
I ran out to the garage and grabbed a tie down strap. Tightened that effer down and got it.
Also… How do I lock the comments now that it’s solved?
I see a lot of empty space in the container. Use a spoon to scrape from the center out to the edges. Don’t use sharp objects, because the could penetrate the container, or you. If the brown sugar is too hard to scrape, use a meat tenderiser mallet to (gently) break it up.
You’re better off storing the sugar in individual freezer bags in that bucket. Every time you open the bucket, you’re going to be letting moisture out of the bucket, which will come out of the sugar once you close it next, making it all dry out faster. By only opening one bag at a time, the rest stays fresher. The bags are reuseable later for the next buy, so it’s not really a waste. Putting it in bags will also help you load the bucket better so it’s not so misshapen.
If you use a LOT of that stuff and going stale isn’t an issue, then borrow a ratcheting tie down and wrap it around the bucket once and use it to pull the bucket round again.
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Set it on top of your washing machine
Maybe it’ll settle