now it's pomegranate syrup

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I'm so fed up of recipes (usually in a magazine or paper) that have one non-obtainable ingredient. I live in a large city - not London, so maybe that's the problem - and wanted to make a cake, having seen the recipe in the paper.
It required pomegranate syrup. The assistants at the big Sainsburys I went to had never heard of it, but checked, and they didn't stock it. If it's not PS, it's another unusual ingredient.
The trouble is that I have no idea of what it's like, so don't know what to substitute it with.
Yes, I know, a real 1st world problem. but still annoying, as it happens a lot. Mind you, a lot less since I stopped using Ottalenghi recipes.

I have pomegranate molasses. I think it came from waitrose. Or a wholefood type shop .

I like it as a salad dressing.

Misses the point.

I sympathise with your annoyance at recipes with obscure ingredients. I find Nigella Lawson is the same

I got pomegranate syrup from Morrison's.

You can get it £9.04 next day delivery off amazon.

Yes, ages ago I bought (with difficulty) a bottle of agave syrup for a Nigella recipe. used a tbs, then had no idea what to do with it. it's still sitting at the back of the cupboard.

It's always in Turkish supermarkets (often allied "International supermarkets") and cheap!

I have the opposite problem, was given a bottle as a gift and rarely use it.

£9 for it No way I would pay that. £3 at most.

@RhiWrites it goes well rith meat as a part of marinade and I use it on salads. Just a little bit. You can make a drink with it too. Really versatile imho. But then I am used to having it home.

Waitrose, m & s or Amazon next day delivery

My sympathies , the Hemsley Hemsley book has done this to me!

You can get that in almost all supermarkets. It's just grenadine. Cocktail section.

Just reduce the sugar in the recipe to counter the sweetness.

Waitrose one is £3. It has lots of wanky ingredients!

If you cook recipes in the same style regularly it means you will use it. I discovered harissa paste courtesy of Jamie’s 15 minute meals and love it.