Thanks Sorcha!

Actually, I filled the pan with water and set it in the sink while I wrote my previous post. By the time I got back to it, the sugar had simply dissolved!

I will report how tonight's dinner is with the steak soaked in "Boody's" - as my GF refers to "Bill's Woody's"! She was surprised to see what was happening in our kitchen when she came home tonight.... I believe she thinks I've become a mad food scientist!

This, coming from a gal who works for Williams-Sonoma!