Brit-Speak: Food - Lyle's Golden Syrup-You Make It.

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:
>
> Lyle's Golden Syrup (a very popular brand) is available in the US and
> Canada. A search of Google will yield many source...
>
> Don't forget, it you have a grocery store in town that has gourmet
> food, they might have golden syrup on the shelf.
>
> Just trying to help.
>
> Steve/bboyminn (was bboy_mn)

bboyminn:

Stumbled across a couple more links about Golden Syrup.

One Substitute-
http://www.ochef.com/476.htm

"Your treacle tarts are unlikely to taste as good as you remember
without the use of honest-to-goodness golden syrup, but if you must,
you can try substituting it with 2 parts light corn syrup and 1 part
molasses or equal parts of honey and light corn syrup."
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The Molasses you buy in the US has a very powerful taste. 2 to 1 shown
above seems a little strong to me. I think I would try 3 to 1; three
parts corn syrup plus one part molasses.

Also, I've been lead to believe from my reading that Golden Syrup
isn't just extremely weak molasses. There were hints in what I read
that it had a bit of a carmel flavor. Can anyone who has tasted it
confirm that? So perhaps, a 3 to 1, or 4 to 1 ratio with just a hint
of carmel flavoring added might hit the spot.

See for description-
WHAT IS GOLDEN SYRUP?
http://www.whattocook.com/tips/goldensyrup.html
with link to US make (Buckner, Kentucky) King's Golden Syrup.

>From my web research, Lyle's comes in light and dark (golden and
tracle), the dark is still extremely light in color when compared to
most syrups found in the USA. In the USA, molasses is so dark that it
would be next to impossible to get light to penetrate it; it's Black.

In addition, if you have a store that sells home beer brewing supplies
in your community, they may have Golden Syrup. It's frequenlty used to
increase the alcohol content in beer, and in making Belgian and
English style ales.

Side note: ever notice that food discussions seem to generate the
longest threads here?

Just passing it along.

Steve/bboyminn (was bboy_mn)