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It's time for a special holiday edition of good idea, bad idea.

posted by [personal profile] selkie at 01:11pm on 22/09/2006
Honey and Golden Syrup Cake with Pomegranate Glaze.


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posted by [identity profile] miraielle.livejournal.com at 05:33pm on 22/09/2006
OMG YUM.

(Also: I have Bast's protege. She's already figured out that she looks gorgeous against red. Unfortunately, DC to Boston is a bit far.)
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posted by [identity profile] strange-selkie.livejournal.com at 05:33pm on 22/09/2006
Kitty Correspondence Combat Training. :)
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posted by [identity profile] komos.livejournal.com at 05:36pm on 22/09/2006
What's golden syrup?
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posted by [identity profile] strange-selkie.livejournal.com at 05:53pm on 22/09/2006
It's refined sugarcane syrup, very popular in the UK. Texturally like honey, but lighter and less complex-tasting.
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posted by [identity profile] komos.livejournal.com at 06:45pm on 22/09/2006
How close is it to simple? I assume that there's at least some caramelization for the "golden" to happen.

I'm intrigued, and wonder why I've not seen it before.
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posted by [identity profile] strange-selkie.livejournal.com at 07:31pm on 22/09/2006
It's very, very thick compared to what I think of as simple syrup -- thick as honey, and is golden because it hasn't refined off as much as white sugar. It comes in little round tins that are gold with a green and white logo, most commonly; says Tate and Lyle and has a lion. Try Bread and Circus or an imported-foods market.

Black treacle -- gold and red and white tin - is like subtly-flavoured, unsulfured molasses. They're usually next to each other on the market shelf. Expect to pay between $4.50-5.95 for a 500g tin.
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posted by (anonymous) at 07:33pm on 22/09/2006
Also good on oatmeal. Seminal as a component of steamed puddings. Okay on pancakes. Adds lovely color to whipped cream when served with fruit.
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posted by [identity profile] darthfox.livejournal.com at 05:57pm on 22/09/2006
Can be substituted in recipes that call for light corn syrup, which a person has a hard time finding on the UK side. (And treacle works okay for dark corn syrup. I mention this in case you ever find yourself in England and needing to make a pecan pie. [g])
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posted by [identity profile] komos.livejournal.com at 06:45pm on 22/09/2006
That's good to know. I really dislike using corn syrup.
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posted by (anonymous) at 05:38pm on 22/09/2006
Sounds to me like a SPLENDID idea.
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posted by [identity profile] metallumai.livejournal.com at 05:39pm on 22/09/2006
ah-- that was me. I'm at work and I don't tell this computer my passwords.
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posted by [identity profile] darthfox.livejournal.com at 05:38pm on 22/09/2006
Honey and golden syrup? Yikes.

Good idea in general, though. And reminds me I better get some apples.
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posted by [identity profile] strange-selkie.livejournal.com at 05:52pm on 22/09/2006
Well, half one, half the other, in hopes of getting a less-dense texture and lighter color.
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posted by [identity profile] darthfox.livejournal.com at 05:56pm on 22/09/2006
Half of one and half of the other sounds better than both, if you see what I mean. :-)
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posted by [identity profile] strange-selkie.livejournal.com at 06:06pm on 22/09/2006
All these machinations are necessary because no one in our apartment, besides me, really cares for honey cake; and yet I am compelled to bake one. Every year. Round challahs, too. Tonight I will be turning out at least a few of those -- until the eggs run out.
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posted by [identity profile] emmlet.livejournal.com at 06:16pm on 22/09/2006
If this is anything like your treacle pudding, SO MUCH YES.
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posted by [identity profile] rimestock.livejournal.com at 06:44pm on 22/09/2006
I have no idea what I'm saying, really, but I think it sounds like a splendid idea.

And wish that I had an excuse to play in the kitchen that much. (I really don't.)
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posted by [identity profile] saphyria.livejournal.com at 08:48pm on 22/09/2006
Good idea, as the very idea of it makes me happy.
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