Black Treacle

Black Treacle is very popular in Britain, where it is used as North Americans would use molasses. It is made from molasses refined a bit further, until it has a slightly more burnt, bitter taste than does molasses.

Black Treacle is also slightly more bitter than Golden Syrup, which is sometimes called Light Treacle.

An unsulphured, light molasses.1 tablespoon = 15 ml = 20g

Treacle originally meant a medicinal compound. The famous "treacle well" at St. Margaret's Church, in Binsey, near Oxford, wouldn't actually have contained sugary treacle.

Later along, a medicinal treacle compound made in Venice was particularly sweet, and by means of this, the name came to be transferred to a thick syrup.

The old English word was "triacle". Back when it still had its medicinal meaning, Geoffrey Chaucer wrote: "Christ, which that is to every harm triacle".

See Also: Golden Syrup, Molasses

Other entries for: Syrups
Agave Syrup, Almond Syrup, Barley Malt Syrup, Birch Syrup, Black Treacle, Brown Rice Syrup, Cane Syrup, Chocolate Syrup, Coconut Syrup, Corn Syrup, Fig Syrup, Fox's U-Bet Chocolate Flavor Syrup, Golden Syrup, Gum Syrup, Khus Syrup, Maple Syrup, Molasses, Nectar Syrup, Orgeade, Orgeat Syrup, Pancake Syrup, Rock Candy Syrup, Rose Syrup, Sugar Syrup, Swedish Light Syrup, Syrups, Violet Syrup

Other entries for: Sweeteners
Amasake, Honey, Sorbitol, Stevia, Sugar, Xylitol

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