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Where to buy gravy "browning" liquid?

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  • 18-11-2020 5:33pm
    #1
    JackieChang
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    Can't find it in Tesco. At least not on their online grocery search.

    Before I go to Amazon, where can I get it in Ireland?


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    Alun
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    https://shop.supervalu.ie/shopping/food-cupboard-gravy-stock-goodalls-browning-125-millilitre-/p-1011505000


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    the beer revolu
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    Sorry, no help to you, OP but your post brought back memories.

    My dad had a big catering bottle of gravy browning.
    Let's say, he didn't have a subtle hand with it!
    When dad got at the browning, we'd all call the gravy chocolate sauce:eek:


    OK, maybe some help.
    Make your own. It's just caramel.
    https://thatgirlcookshealthy.com/homemade-browning-sauce/

    that recipe uses coconut palm sugar but I think any sugar would work fine.


    This one just states brown sugar.

    https://ayouniquejourney.com/homemade-browning-sauce/


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    screamer
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    i use some dark soy sauce for mine, it adds nice depth to gravy. sure if its just brown you want, can you get some food colouring?


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    the beer revolu
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    screamer wrote: »
    . sure if its just brown you want, can you get some food colouring?

    That is, essentially, what they are looking for.

    Caramel is a food colouring (used in whiskey for example), gravy browning is caramel.

    While I nearly always use soy sauce in any gravy, it's not really the same thing as it add a lot of flavour and salt, too.


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    Dizzyblonde
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    I have the Goodalls one too and I'm pretty sure I bought it in Dunnes.


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    rubadub
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    This could be like mixing paint!
    How to Mix Brown – The Short Answer
    The three primary colors (red, yellow, blue), when mixed, make brown.

    https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/product/browse/default.aspx?N=4294953351+4294954939&Ne=4294954028

    Goodalls Red Colouring 25Ml

    €1.29(€51.60/l)

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    Goodalls Yellow Colouring 25Ml

    €1.29(€51.60/l)

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    Goodalls Blue Colouring 25Ml

    €1.29


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    phormium
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    I'd just go to Supervalu and buy a tube of Progel brown, be a lot better than those liquid colourings :)


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    Tree
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    I jsut use the box of bisto, browns and thickens. suitable for vegans


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    phormium
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    There is a flavour from Bisto though so if you want pure unadulterated home made gravy but just want it brown I could see why someone would want the gravy browning.

    My grandmother always said Bisto was a cover up for bad cooking :) I love it myself and always use it with home made gravy/stock to thicken it as I like the flavour, she didn't use the browning either and always had this awful anaemic looking gravy which tasted fine but just looked unappetising.


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    [Deleted User]
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    I just use flour. Whisk in with the dripping on low heat. No colour needed, you'll soon have the right colour.


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    NickNickleby
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    phormium wrote: »
    There is a flavour from Bisto though so if you want pure unadulterated home made gravy but just want it brown I could see why someone would want the gravy browning.

    My grandmother always said Bisto was a cover up for bad cooking :)I love it myself and always use it with home made gravy/stock to thicken it as I like the flavour, she didn't use the browning either and always had this awful anaemic looking gravy which tasted fine but just looked unappetising.

    must pass that one on to the missis and the mother-in-law. I may , or may not, get back to you.:eek::D


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    tickingclock
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    screamer wrote: »
    i use some dark soy sauce for mine, it adds nice depth to gravy. sure if its just brown you want, can you get some food colouring?

    I do the exact same. My inlaws give out if the gravy is t dark so this is my secret trick!!!


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    chefy
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    Usually available in Supervalue. Soy sauce adds extra salt.


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    Tree
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    I didn't think box bisto had that much going on in the flavour dept, it's mostly salt, brown and potato starch. When I make vegan gravy w/ it it needs a lot ooomph


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    Jellybaby_1
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    I bought a bottle in Dunnes a while ago. Hardly ever used it. Just thought I'd see what its about, discovered its a bit...meh really. When I'm making a beef casserole or anything that needs a nice rich brown sauce I usually add a few spoons of tomato paste and also a drizzle of Worcestershire Sauce - it does a better job than the browning and adds flavour. Knorr stock pot does the same kind of thing.


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    #17
    the beer revolu
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    Jellybaby_1 wrote: »
    I bought a bottle in Dunnes a while ago. Hardly ever used it. Just thought I'd see what its about, discovered its a bit...meh really. When I'm making a beef casserole or anything that needs a nice rich brown sauce I usually add a few spoons of tomato paste and also a drizzle of Worcestershire Sauce - it does a better job than the browning and adds flavour. Knorr stock pot does the same kind of thing.

    Well, the whole point of gravy browning is to add colour without really affecting the flavour.
    You seem to be complaining that it does its job well.


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    Jellybaby_1
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    the beer revolu wrote: »
    Well, the whole point of gravy browning is to add colour without really affecting the flavour.
    You seem to be complaining that it does its job well.


    I don't believe I was making any complaint. I merely gave my opinion.


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