Looking for unusual food

[torquill]

I am looking for places to purchase, in a brick and mortar store:

- Golden syrup (aka light treacle), essentially like karo syrup except made from sugar cane;
- Spumoni ice cream for my home freezer.

I haven't seen the former at Cash & Carry, though I'll ask next time I'm there.

The latter may not exist short of driving to a shop that makes spumoni and asking for a take-home, but I thought I'd ask to see whether any of the more niche ice cream manufacturers have hit on the idea of stocking the grocer's freezer with pints of spumoni. Yes, I know I can drive to The Old Spaghetti Factory and buy a scoop at a time, but it's a bit silly to go through all of that if I don't have to.

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[catnip13.livejournal.com]

World Market carries golden syrup, though I seem to recall it being pricey.

[dicedork.livejournal.com]

Spag sells their spumoni by the pint and quart as well. You can also get it by half tubs. (I think the tubs are 5 gallon.) They cut it in half and put the lid on top of your half.

[semy-of-pearls.livejournal.com]

I have Golden Syrup at home. How much do you need?

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Estudillo Produce in San Leandro might have golden syrup, they have a huge English food section. Loard's ice cream might have spumoni, I haven't looked, but they have a huge range.

[luna-torquill.livejournal.com]

Pricey is fine; I use corn syrup rarely (mostly for pecan pie or candies) and I just want a non-corn alternative. Thanks for the tip.

[luna-torquill.livejournal.com]

Cool! It's not that much further from me than the grocery store, so I may take advantage of that.

I bet you never thought you'd need to know trivia like that anymore, hmm? :)

[luna-torquill.livejournal.com]

Done with the pecan pies for the nonce, and I don't have any pressing need for the foreseeable future, but if I have trouble scoring some I'll keep you in mind. :)

[luna-torquill.livejournal.com]

Next time I'm in the area, I'll take a look at Estudillo -- I may find more than just golden syrup, and it's closer than the shops in SF. Thanks for the tip.

Never been to Loards... maybe I should.