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On Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:35:39 -0500, jmcquown >
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> On 1/11/2015 1:44 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> >
> >
> > "Gary" > wrote in message ...
> >> Ophelia wrote:
> >>>
> >>> What can I use in place of corn syrup?
> >>
> >> any kind of sugar

> >
> > Oh? that is a surprise!
> >
> >

> Incorrect, unless he's talking about making simple syrup with white
> sugar. That still wouldn't correlate to corn syrup. Neither would
> honey. You don't say what you want to use corn syrup for so it's
> anyone's guess.
>

He's talking about an Asian pork recipe. You don't need the exact
chemical composition, all mentioned will work as a substitute for
light corn syrup. In fact, if the recipe is old enough - honey was
probably the original ingredient.


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