SC - treacle

[Elaine Koogler]

The same is true of the stuff we get here in Maryland...and from King Arthur
Flour's Bakers Catalogue.  I have a can of each on the shelf in my pantry.  If
they were the same, there would not be two separate things sold by the
manufacturer.

Kiri

Christina van Tets wrote:

> 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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