SC - Treacle Pie

[Magdalena]

>
> Yeah. it also generally refers to whatever is left after any kind
> of sugar production, which was something I forgot.  Sugar cane just
> produces the best quality of treacle, but you get it from beets and other
> sources as well.  In the URL I posted earlier today it listed a site which
> referenced a Saint performing a miracle at a Treacle Well, or a well that
> seemingly had nasty tasting but supposedly curative waters...so I'm disposed
> to believing that in period that Treacle would refer to a nasty tasting
> rememdy and then got applied to the sugar by-product as although sweet, I
> wouldn't just want to eat it
> alone because it's fairly disgusting that way as you know.

Markham refers to Treacle Water as being good for mouth cankers, but no recipe
is listed.

- -Magdalena