Standard fare on porridge when I was growing up, as an alternative to
Demerara sugar. I assume bought locally in the British foods section of
the Eaton's department store in Toronto; my gran sent over boxes of
loose tea (Darjeeling, from Carwardine's of Bristol), but not syrup.
Michael
On 2018-06-28 2:12 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
I spent most of yesterday driving around with a friend on one of our occasional
bargain hunting expeditions, plundering thrift stores and marked down items in grocery
stores. In one of the latter I came across a large quantity of cans (tins) of Lyle's
Golden Syrup, aka "Treacle". This stuff is made in the process of refining
sugar cane or sugar beet juice into sugar, and is often used as a substitute for honey.
It is horribly sweet.
It has been in constant production since 1885, and in 2006 it was
recognised by Guinness World Records as having the world's oldest branding and
packaging.
In the 1950s my grandmother would send two packages a year filled with
all sorts of British confections, including two 1-quart cans of this stuff. We
would spread it over bread and butter as a snack. I'm surpriswed that I didn't
suffer any long-term effects from all that sugar.
I bought four cans. Now I need to find some coarse-grained bread.
Chris
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