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MNetters in Germany, there is golden syrup in Pennymarkt on Monday...

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Nighbynight · 12/04/2008 21:34

I think it is golden syrup anyway - Karamellsirup.
I will taking a truck along to get a years supply for my children because where I live is a desert for english food.

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taipo · 12/04/2008 22:12

I bought some Karamellsirup once thinking it might be like Golden Syrup. It was quite nice but it just wasn't the same!

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Nighbynight · 12/04/2008 22:22

oh, am v disappointed then. But have noticed that most golden syrup doesnt taste as good as Lyles anyway - maybe because it is beet not cane sugar?

As long as children would accept it for suet puds and pancakes, that would be OK!

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taipo · 12/04/2008 22:34

Oh, I'm sorry if I've disappointed you! Maybe this one is the real thing. Am tempted to try.

I buy Zuckerruebensirup here which I think is really tasty. It's got a very strong flavour and wouldn't be suitable as a golden syrup substitute but it tastes lovely on dark bread.

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Nighbynight · 12/04/2008 23:02

Oh well, clearly I will be forced to do a tasting at work on Monday, before I decide how much to buy

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taipo · 17/04/2008 13:55

Hi Nighbynight, I just wanted to let you know I bought Golden Syrup today and it was the real thing!! [gloating emoticon]

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Nighbynight · 17/04/2008 18:02

I tried teh karamellsirup - it is golden syrup with ADDED FLAVOURINGS
As though golden syrup could be improved!

Will just have to have a trip to the big smoke (mch) to get Lyles, and look for pimms as well.

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taipo · 17/04/2008 19:31

I got Rice Crispies too so I can finally make marshmallow crispies with dc

and ginger marmelade for dh - he developed a taste for it when we lived in UK.

debinaustria · 17/04/2008 20:29

Wonder if Pennymarkt in Austria will have them, will report back.

taipo · 18/04/2008 08:33

I didn't get all that stuff at Pennymarkt though. It was from a very upmarket supermarket in Karlsruhe which I knew about but hadn't been to before as it's a bit out of the way. It was worth it though!

Our local supermarket is a 'Real' which is a pretty depressing place to shop. The only things going for it are that it is big and very near. The one I went to yesterday had poncey names for all the aisles like 'Windelweg', 'Naschplatz', Strada del Pasta' and so on...

SSSandy2 · 22/04/2008 08:43

I well remember the frustration of trying to find golden syrup or something to substitute for it. So many of our desserts and cake recipes require it, don't they? I didn't find any of them worked well, there's nothing with the same flavour/consistency. Now thankfully I have a shop nearby which imports it from the UK. It used to be difficult to get soft brown sugar too for baking. I could only get the hard crystals but it seems readily available now.

strada del pasta

franke · 22/04/2008 08:46

I have some golden syrup from Alnatura but haven't got round to using it yet. It looks like golden syrup though.

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Nighbynight · 22/04/2008 09:37

Dark brown sugar! I really miss that. With all the british families in munich, there must be a good food shop somewhere. Probably in Schwabing, which is the trendy posh place to live, and needless to say, where I never get to.

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