SC - treackle
allilyn at juno.com
allilyn at juno.com
Sat Mar 11 09:25:19 PST 2000
Hi Kateryn,
I don't know about treacle, specifically, but the Portugese were
processing--making their slaves process--cane sugar in the 15th C. A PBS
series on 'Black Africa' did some comment on this. Since molasses, or
treacle, is a by-product of the sugar making process, then it would have
existed. Was it exported? Did anybody make it into pie?
Hess, in 'Martha Washington's Cookbook', says:
"Treacle, a sovereign remedy, appeared on Old English unchanged from Old
French triacle, which inb turn came from Late Latin triaca, antidote for
a venomous bite (OED), " and says lots more.
It was used as a broad-spectrum cure-all. There might be a number of
ingredients, 30 or more. The treacle of Andromachus is attributed to
Nero's physician, but may have been Greek, going back into antiquity.
London treacle was a relative newcomer, associated with molasses.
Probably 17th C. In the 17th C., treacle came to be used in baked
gingerbread; she gives a recipe for pepper cakes using treacle.
Lady Fettiplace, at the end of the 16th C, is still considering Venice
triacle to be a medicine.
Markham's glossary mentions neither treacle or molasses.
Regards,
Allison, allilyn at juno.com
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