SC - Treacle Pie
david friedman
ddfr at best.com
Thu Mar 2 10:32:01 PST 2000
>Hmm...since treacle, from what I remember, is a byproduct of cane
>sugar refinement I would place it as out of period...
That's complicated. C. Anne Wilson, in _Food and Drink in Britain_,
discusses the relevant history, but is a bit vague about exact dates.
I think "treacle" was originally a medicinal, possibly based on sugar
refining residue, and the term got transferred (in England, not
America) to molasses when they became available as a cheap sweetener,
somewhere near or just after the end of our period.
David/Cariadoc
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