Kayelle
Chef Extraordinaire
Oh sure, those log cabin cans of syrup were all we had as a kid. Mom would set a can of it on the stove burner to warm it. They were sure a pain to stock them on the grocery store shelves for sale.
I always hated maple syrup taste in everything from the syrup to maple flavored candy. About 10 years ago, I had (against my will) some syrup on my pancakes that I just loved. When I asked what it was, I was told it was real maple syrup. Now I buy that (when I can afford it) and the difference to me is like night and day. After tasting fake syrup my whole life, the real thing isn't even remotely the same. I still hate the fake stuff.
But then there's this: for a while, I was making my own pancake batter from scratch. I finally quit that and went back to buying the boxed mix from Krusteaz (just add water) because I like that better. Go figure.
If you find something premade that is better than what you make, then go for it. I use Bertolli pasta sauces because they are comparable to what I make. Gives me the time for making my own pasta.
The "pretend" maple syrup they sell in the UK is vile - I bought some by mistake one day when I wasn't wearing my reading glasses!Well, side by side, I can tell there's a very slight difference in flavor. If I were to blind taste only one of them, I probably wouldn't be able to identify it. I certainly don't perceive one as any higher quality than the other. They're both equally delicious. Does that make me a bad person??
I use "Seeds of Change" and ALDI pasta sauces. Both are excellent but most of the others over here are pretty grim.Hear Hear!! Well said.
When I first joined here, one member (I believe from across the big pond) also said something to the effect of buying sauces is oft times as good as trying to make your own. I now heartily agree, a lot of sauces, although fun to make at least once, are just that much easier to buy. Especially if you are also concentrating on the rest of the meal from scratch.
I always thought if you are going to make a "homemade" meal you made everything from scratch, at least as much as possible. I always felt I sort of failed if I couldn't or didn't. What a waste of guilt!
That being said, I still have a hard time choosing which parts of a meal will come out of a box.
Yup, Golden. It is corn syrup.. It does not work as a replacement for Karo Dark Corn Syrup (which I can't buy in Canada where I live and use for one of my grandma's cookie recipes at Christmas--hence, how I know Kara Dark and Golden are not interchangeable).I love real maple syrup. The B grade seems to be the most flavorful. I don't eat waffles or pancakes, just the syrup.
When we spent summers in Canada, my mom would get the most wonderful syrup, Golden? It was not maple or Log Cabin. Not sure of the name, but it was so good I could drink it.
Use whatever you like. No food snobbery here.
My family doesn't like maple syrup. So I have a small Trader Joe's maple syrup I use to top my oatmeal and my old fashioned shredded wheat "pillows" occasionally. For waffles and pancakes we use Mrs. Butterworth (I use the sugar free variety of Mrs. Butterworth).
Yup, Golden. It is corn syrup.. It does not work as a replacement for Karo Dark Corn Syrup (which I can't buy in Canada where I live and use for one of my grandma's cookie recipes at Christmas--hence, how I know Kara Dark and Golden are not interchangeable).
I agree. The grade B is more flavorful, even though it supposedly lesser quality. Go figure, right?I love real maple syrup. The B grade seems to be the most flavorful. I don't eat waffles or pancakes, just the syrup.
When we spent summers in Canada, my mom would get the most wonderful syrup, Golden? It was not maple or Log Cabin. Not sure of the name, but it was so good I could drink it.
Use whatever you like. No food snobbery here.
We buy maple syrup by the quart at Costco. I think it was $11-$12 last time. I use it in oatmeal and on waffles and pancakes. I also
Make a killer maple walnut ice cream.
Tate and Lyle's Golden Syrup is not corn syrup. It's made from cane sugar. Gorgeous but not the same taste as maple. Delicious on porridge.Yup, Golden. It is corn syrup.. It does not work as a replacement for Karo Dark Corn Syrup (which I can't buy in Canada where I live and use for one of my grandma's cookie recipes at Christmas--hence, how I know Kara Dark and Golden are not interchangeable).