I've just finished reading the most recent in the
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency stories. In it Mma
Ramotswe goes on a picnic with her friend from the
orphan farm and a bunch of the orphans. The food
they serve is fruit cake and something called syrup
sandwiches. I'm dying to know what the hell syrup
sandwiches are!!! Anyone know? Maybe I'll have to
write to Alexander McCall Smith and ask him, and
also request he include a glossary in the back of
each of his books in the future. :-).

BTW, I just heard there is a new book out in the
Portuguese Irregular Verbs series. Can't wait to
read it. If it's half as good as The Finer Points of
Sausage Dogs it will be great!

Kate
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Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

"Kate Connally" > wrote in message
...
> I've just finished reading the most recent in the
> No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency stories. In it Mma
> Ramotswe goes on a picnic with her friend from the
> orphan farm and a bunch of the orphans. The food
> they serve is fruit cake and something called syrup
> sandwiches. I'm dying to know what the hell syrup
> sandwiches are!!! Anyone know? Maybe I'll have to
> write to Alexander McCall Smith and ask him, and
> also request he include a glossary in the back of
> each of his books in the future. :-).
>
> BTW, I just heard there is a new book out in the
> Portuguese Irregular Verbs series. Can't wait to
> read it. If it's half as good as The Finer Points of
> Sausage Dogs it will be great!
>
> Kate
> --
> Kate Connally
> “If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
> Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
> Until you bite their heads off.”
> What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?
>

In the UK a syrup sandwich would be 'treacle' (golden syrup) on white bread
and butter. I used to love these as a kid, and had them instead of jam
sandwiches.
Now I want a treacle sandwich!

Sarah

Kate Connally wrote:

> I'm dying to know what the hell syrup
> sandwiches are!!! Anyone know?

Could be something like this (between two pieces of bread)

http://www.hulettssugar.co.za/golden_syrup.html

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"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
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> Kate Connally wrote:
>
>> I'm dying to know what the hell syrup
>> sandwiches are!!! Anyone know?
>
Hmmmm in UK we buy golden syrup:

http://www.britishsugar.co.uk/RVEcd8...910974f,,.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_syrup

http://www.lylesgoldensyrup.com/lyle...up/default.htm

http://www.tasteandsmile.co.uk/taste...le/default.htm


When I was a child I had new bread with butter and golden syrup in a
sandwich... heavenly)

When I was 9, we spent a year in Amsterdam. One of the things we
learned how to love were syrup sandwiches. I don't know what the syrup
was except it was very thick and dark. White bread and butter and
syrup. Wonderful! We had a similar snack made with chocolate flakes
instead of syrup.

> When I was 9, we spent a year in Amsterdam. One of the things we
> learned how to love were syrup sandwiches. I don't know what the syrup
> was except it was very thick and dark. White bread and butter and
> syrup. Wonderful! We had a similar snack made with chocolate flakes
> instead of syrup.

I grew up with Lyall's golden syrup. Great on toast.........e.

In article >, "elaine" > wrote:
>> When I was 9, we spent a year in Amsterdam. One of the things we
>> learned how to love were syrup sandwiches. I don't know what the syrup
>> was except it was very thick and dark. White bread and butter and
>> syrup. Wonderful! We had a similar snack made with chocolate flakes
>> instead of syrup.
>
>I grew up with Lyall's golden syrup. Great on toast.........e.

It's the best of the lot! And, as several Poms already mentioned,
golden syrup on white bread and a layer of butter is angel food (and
not just that you'll probably die sooner if you eat too much of it .

It's also better than sugar on Weet-Bix and similar breakfast cereals.

And I recently made a batch of very acceptable mildly spicey glazed
almonds using Lyle's [sic. (The OP got that wrong.)] as the base.

Cheers, Phred.

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> In article >, "elaine"
> > wrote:
>>> When I was 9, we spent a year in Amsterdam. One of the things we
>>> learned how to love were syrup sandwiches. I don't know what the
>>> syrup was except it was very thick and dark. White bread and butter
>>> and syrup. Wonderful! We had a similar snack made with chocolate
>>> flakes instead of syrup.

ahh that would be black treacle) Have a wee look he

http://www.recipes4us.co.uk/Specials...%20Recipes.htm

Ophelia wrote:
>
> > In article >, "elaine"
> > > wrote:
> >>> When I was 9, we spent a year in Amsterdam. One of the things we
> >>> learned how to love were syrup sandwiches. I don't know what the
> >>> syrup was except it was very thick and dark. White bread and butter
> >>> and syrup. Wonderful! We had a similar snack made with chocolate
> >>> flakes instead of syrup.
>
> ahh that would be black treacle) Have a wee look he
>
> http://www.recipes4us.co.uk/Specials...%20Recipes.htm

Almost! Dutch keukenstroop is a sugar syrup but made from a mixture of
cane sugar syrup, glucose syrup and melado (mix of sugar and molasses).
It tastes quite different than black treacle, at least to me LOL. Put to
the same uses though I think.

Sarah wrote:

>
> "Kate Connally" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> I've just finished reading the most recent in the
>> No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency stories. In it Mma
>> Ramotswe goes on a picnic with her friend from the
>> orphan farm and a bunch of the orphans. The food
>> they serve is fruit cake and something called syrup
>> sandwiches. I'm dying to know what the hell syrup
>> sandwiches are!!! Anyone know? Maybe I'll have to
>> write to Alexander McCall Smith and ask him, and
>> also request he include a glossary in the back of
>> each of his books in the future. :-).
>>
>> BTW, I just heard there is a new book out in the
>> Portuguese Irregular Verbs series. Can't wait to
>> read it. If it's half as good as The Finer Points of
>> Sausage Dogs it will be great!
>>
>> Kate
>> --
>> Kate Connally
>> “If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
>> Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
>> Until you bite their heads off.”
>> What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?
>>
>
>
> In the UK a syrup sandwich would be 'treacle' (golden syrup) on white
> bread and butter. I used to love these as a kid, and had them instead of
> jam sandwiches.
> Now I want a treacle sandwich!
>
> Sarah

I guess they might have got it from the British - it was
a British protectorate at one time and I'm sure lots of
Brits lived their and had some influence on the culture.
Thanks,
Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:30:01 GMT, in rec.food.cooking, Phred wrote:

>In article >, "elaine" > wrote:
>>> When I was 9, we spent a year in Amsterdam. One of the things we
>>> learned how to love were syrup sandwiches. I don't know what the syrup
>>> was except it was very thick and dark. White bread and butter and
>>> syrup. Wonderful! We had a similar snack made with chocolate flakes
>>> instead of syrup.
>>
>>I grew up with Lyall's golden syrup. Great on toast.........e.
>
>It's the best of the lot! And, as several Poms already mentioned,
>golden syrup on white bread and a layer of butter is angel food (and
>not just that you'll probably die sooner if you eat too much of it .
>
[snip]

My kids loved something called Thunder and Lightning.

Wholewheat toast with butter, clotted cream and golden syrup.

(Of course, I loved it too!)
Doug
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