SC - treacle
Christina van Tets
cjvt at hotmail.com
Tue Apr 4 08:54:54 PDT 2000
Hello!
I wrote:
>
><< So what is golden syrup? >>
>
and then Ras wrote:
>Treacle is 'golden syrup.' The use of 'molasses' as a synonym for treacle
>appears to be uniquely British. See below from Meriam-Webster:
>
>trea*cle (noun)
>
>[Middle English triacle, from Middle French, from Latin theriaca, from
>Greek
>theriake antidote against a poisonous bite, from feminine of theriakos of a
>wild animal, from therion wild animal, diminutive of ther wild animal --
>more
>at FIERCE]
>
>First appeared 14th Century
>
> 1 : a medicinal compound formerly in wide use as a remedy against poison
>
> 2 chiefly British a: MOLASSES
>
> b : a blend of molasses, invert sugar, and corn syrup used as syrup at
>the
>table -- called also golden syrup
>
> 3 : something (as a tone of voice) heavily sweet and cloying
>
But in Australia treacle is a good deal darker than golden syrup, and the
two are _not- used interchangeably, at least in _my_ Mum's kitchen.
And I've never heard a non-American use the word molasses...
Cairistiona
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