SC - Treacle Pie

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Treacle: an English term for Molasses

"In Britain, on the other hand, tea drinking spread. and with it sugar 
consumption. In 1720 sugar consumption was 8lb a head, but had shot up to 
12lb  by the 1770's.As trade with the West Indies developed , so sugar ceased 
to be a luxury,although many of the poor could  still not afford it. Ordinary 
white sugar candy cost about 61/2d a lb with refined varieties about 2d a lb 
dearer. Treacle, the residue from refining sugar, was much more popular with 
the poorer classes in the North and used to sweeten cakes and biscuits and to 
add to porridge."

The Art of Dining: A History of Cooking & Eating, Sara Paston-Williams, The 
National Trust, London, 1993.

I could not find any period sources for treacle.......

Andrea MacIntyre