SC - Treacle?

[Stefan li Rous]

> Tollhase1 at aol.com writes:
> << Ok folks, I need help.  What is it?
>  We are making a steamed pudding for Christmas and this is one of the 
>  ingredients.  I was thinking it was like a molasses.
>   >>
> 
>     Yeps...treacle is an older term for molasses.
> 
>         Siobhan

Yep. More details on treacle, molasses and other forms of sugar, both
period and modern can be found in this file in the FOOD-SWEET section
of my files:
sugar-msg        (115K) 10/20/00    Sugar and other medieval sweeteners.

There are a great many different types of sugar. A lot more than I would
have ever imagined before joining this list.
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