Golden syrup tins WTF

[Helloise]

Needed some golden syrup for a recipe (not something I’d usually buy and I didn’t grow up with it) and I got the tin instead of the plastic bottle because it was cuter and recyclable/reusable. What in the actual fuck? This is the most stupid packaging I have ever dealt with. How am I supposed to use it without it going all down the side of the tin? How do I actually measure it? Pouring it out gets it all in the rim and down the side of the tin, using a spoon leaves more on the spoon than in the bowl and again it drizzles and drips all over the tin and on the kitchen worktop. When you’re finally done you need a bloody hammer to seal it all up again. I also managed to flip the lid off when I was opening it and it stuck to my top so that was fun.

I finally managed to get it closed again and rinsed the whole thing off with hot water so I could put it in the cupboard but now I’m afraid it will go to waste because I’m not facing this disaster again. Any tips?

I always pour freshly boiled water from the kettle into a mug and place my spoon in that for a few seconds. That helps the syrup to slide off the spoon using a twizzle motion.
Press the lid firmly all round the rim to replace it securely.
The pale stuff is as the name suggests, golden syrup, the black stuff is treacle.
Both as sticky and delicious as each other straight from the tin.

You twiddle the spoon. That packaging has lasted for 150 years, it's fine. Treacle is the same

Press the lid firmly all round the rim to replace it securely.

There is something (oddly) very satisfying about pressing the lid back down all the way round! 🤣

if you don't have the tins, where will you keep your rusty nails in the shed?

if you don't have the tins, where will you keep your rusty nails in the shed?

Ah Piglet my Dad used to secure a screw top lid to the beam in the shed which he could secure the jar onto .
Kept them secure , off the floor , re-cycled old jars and unlike a syrup tin, he could see his growing collection of rusty nails

Two packets of marshmallows and three tablespoons of golden syrup constitute a low-fat desert so you'll never have any left over, but if you do, and it goes sugary, just put it into a pan of water over a low heat until it re-liquidizes.

@MichelleScarn

There's a nack to taking it out with a spoon- you need to perfect a twisty, twizzly movement!

Get a honey drizzler, alternatively the master twirling the syrup around your spoon fast enough that it doesn't drip.