Cinnamon Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/recipes.asp I don't know if anyone saw this guy on Richard & Judy earlier this week,making a home made McDonalds burger using REAL meat,which was actually good for you & tasted identical, but he certainly caught my imagination. I am going to try his Heinz ketchup this week (if I can work out what corn syrup is ), & may try the McDonalds burger next week, just to see what the family make of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I made some ketchup last year and the family moaned that it tasted too much like Heinz even though they like Heinz, I think it was the ground cloves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howwhywhen Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 What a fascinating site! I’m going to try the ketchup too - I don’t know about corn syrup either, but in the comments someone had used maple syrup and someone else tried honey – both successfully (although the honey one was a bit sweet). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 I managed to get corn syrup on ebay, from an English import company. Its used in a fair few of the recipes,so won't go to waste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I think it's like Glucose syrup - I'll be interested to know when it comes Sarah? Clear, sweet but with no discernable flavour.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbey Road Girl Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I'm only guessing, but I think that Golden Syrup might be similar, if not identical, to corn syrup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 My American relatives said not - they'd never heard of Golden Syrup so when they were over here, I showed them. They said it had colour and flavour which the corn syrup they used didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 From the research I have done,Golden Syrup has a similar consistency,but is much sweeter & stronger flavoured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Just caught the last 2 mins of this chap making Clone cola. He put a whole bottle of red food colouring in it. No wonder it makes children hyper. R and J thought it was not bad flavourwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Just caught the last 2 mins of this chap making Clone cola. He put a whole bottle of red food colouring in it. No wonder it makes children hyper. R and J thought it was not bad flavourwise. I caught a trailer for R&J - - do you think that J has been drinking it? She's very red/orange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I thought she'd been on holiday with Judith Chalmers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbey Road Girl Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I agree that Golden Syrup has more flavour and sweetness than the blander American corn syrup, at least to my recollection (have lived here since 1986), but I think it could (with recipe adjustments) be a reasonable substitute. Just as during WWII, people came up with inventive ways to make wedding cakes (not to say ordinary meals), there will always be ways to make nice tasting food and nutritional food possible using imaginative ingredients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
