Amazing ingenuity WTP can produce. Will begin searching for the terra cotta piece. Thus far, the apple slice seems to work; however, the brown sugar container is used often, depleted and replenished. Remember years ago brown sugar was needed and the only bag/box in our small country store was grabbed off the shelf. It could have been used to replace a broken brick on the house. Hard as a rock, it would have caused a concussion. Ice Pick?? about the only solution to a waste of time and money. Time for a Bed Bath and Beyond visit I suppose. Thanks for the info!!
Now here's a site that sets forth a homemade 'brown sugar softener'
Say goodbye to clumpy hard brown sugar (for 30 cents)