Dotty0 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Hello thereI would like to know if its possible to buy golden syrup in France. My kids love oatmeal flapjacks with syrup and I have just run out of the syrup. My local supermarket is SuperU. I had a good look in there today but to no avail. Please can anyone help save my kids. They so love flapjacks.Dotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 As my friend requested that I take some last time I visited I think the answer maybe that it isn't a routine item, no doubt specialist places have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 I have been very happy to find it in our local Intermarché (in the English products section). I hadn't had any for years.What I have never seen and miss is Sandwich Spread.... it's just right in avocado pears. Which reminds me, another thing I loved from England is Pear's transparent soap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggimeggi Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Yes, Intermarche. Actually tried to delete this when I saw that Christine & I had posted the same info at the same time but kept getting an Error 500 on the delete button.Anne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Some time last year I actually contacted a number of sugar refiners inFrance (I can't remember why I had so little to do) to ask them if theymarketed "partially inverted refiners' sugar syrup" (golden syrup) andmolasis as both are produced in the prcess of making White Death fromsugar cane. The answers where uniformly in the negative. The refinerssell these products to food manufacturers (animal and human) and for"industrial uses" but do not place them into tins for sale to the greatunwashed masses.Appearantly quite a bit of their production gets exported to the UK,which presumably could mean that the tins on sale in the supermarketcontain French product that is just well travelled. Try substitutingrunny honey for syrup in flapjacks. It is a slightly different flavour,but very nice, and given the outragous price of Tate & Lylesfinest, not too uneconomic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastines Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Available at Cora,along with HP sauce,Birds custard powder,Baked Beans and a few other English essentials.Regards.By St.Malo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Both golden syrup and black treacle are available at the local Comptoir Irelandaise outlets and I have seen golden syrup in Géant ocassionally but far too expensive to warrant buying when I think of all that sugar and the waistline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 Intermarche had it a few years ago, but no more. Like with many brit things they are in stock for a very limited amount of time and then are seen no more. No market really I suppose. We even had Heinz Sandwich Spread for one short period in Carrefour. As was said the Comptoir Irlandaise can have this sort of thing, although our nearest one has been taken over and has very few food items now. And there are the internet shops like the Epicerie Anglaise, where you can get all these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotty0 Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 Many thanks for the info. Will have to get my hubby to bring some back on his return from the UK. Hadn't thought of looking in the English sections, however don't want to pay the inflated prices.RegardsDotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 I had a nasty shock last time I had a tin here, took it out to use it and it had gone rusty all round the edge at the top and bottom. It was stored in a cool dry place as well. I don't ever recall seeing tins of syrup and treacle go rusty before do you and my mum used to keep them for months before using them all up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 [quote user="jond"]Some time last year I actually contacted a number of sugar refiners inFrance to ask them if theymarketed "partially inverted refiners' sugar syrup" (golden syrup) andmolasses[/quote]I have recently bought a jar of "Mélasse Noire" (Black molasses) from my local health food shop. Wonderful rich liquorice smell and taste!Made by Primeal and costs €2.75 for 450g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 [quote user="Clair"][quote user="jond"]Some time last year I actually contacted a number of sugar refiners inFrance to ask them if theymarketed "partially inverted refiners' sugar syrup" (golden syrup) andmolasses[/quote]I have recently bought a jar of "Mélasse Noire" (Black molasses) from my local health food shop. Wonderful rich liquorice smell and taste!Made by Primeal and costs €2.75 for 450g[/quote]Thanks Clair - I shall try this. We've not got anything that passesmuster as a health food shop around here (we had one once, but it hasnow changed to selling "fresh, natural cosmetics", whatever they mightbe, though presumably one has to keep them in the fridge), but I shalltake a look around La Rochelle next time I find myself in the smoke(it's all relative). I like to give the brats a dorp of molasses fromtime-to-time, partly because I believe it to be be quite good for them,but mostly because I like to see the expressions on their little faceswhen I proffer it on the spoon. (Do I feel the ghost of my late motherlearning over my shoulder suggesting adding cod liver oil to the brew?)Personally I love the stuff and use it to make baked beans, the kind ofbuscuits that should only be eaten in January and a curious kind ofDutch butter cake that has life-shortening properties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotty0 Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 JondI think you are a little bit wicked. Your poor children.Dotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 [quote user="Dotty0"]JondI think you are a little bit wicked. Your poor children.Dotty[/quote]I do try to be evil, sanctioning diets based solely on brassicas and aremoval of all chocolate privilages for misbehaviour, but they alwaysfail to take me seriously, and when push comes to shove, theytwist me around their little fingers and I forgive them anything, comme il faut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotty0 Posted January 10, 2006 Author Share Posted January 10, 2006 [quote user="jond"][quote user="Dotty0"][/quote]I do try to be evil, sanctioning diets based solely on brassicas and a removal of all chocolate privilages for misbehaviour, but they always fail to take me seriously, and when push comes to shove, they twist me around their little fingers and I forgive them anything, comme il faut.[/quote] Well phew, relief, that's ok then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 [quote user="Dotty0"]Hello there, I would like to know if its possible to buy golden syrup in France. My kids love oatmeal flapjacks with syrup and I have just run out of the syrup. My local supermarket is SuperU. I had a good look in there today but to no avail. Please can anyone help save my kids. They so love flapjacks. Dotty[/quote]Dotty0, I thought of you today... As I was wandering about in Carrefour at Brive (19), I found myself in front of their display headed "Missing something from home?" [:D] and there they were, tins of Golden Syrup and jars of maple flavoured Golden Syrup!They also had maple syrup (sirop d'érable) in the honey section... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agenais Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Maple flavoured syrup in porridge.mmmmmmmmmmmmm. Brive, quite a treck, sadly. Seems Intermarche and a couple of others have cornered the market in having a bit of an English shoppy, despite outrageous prices, I am strangely drawn to Hellmanns and Bicks sweetcorn relish every time I see them. Need to keep an eye on the sell by dates, one jar of relish was out of date way back in early 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 I bought a tin of golden syrup yesterday from the supermarket in Galerie Lafayette in Nantes. I went in to price up Hellemans as we are running low.I bought it just in case.They had quite a few British goods but for the best selection and prices, I would use the Epicerie Anglais.I also bought a flake but don't tell my dieting friends.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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