[HPFGU-OTChatter] silly question

[Jennifer R. Wilson]

My response:

Thanks for answering, Amanda. I have been wondering as well, I just wasn't
brave enough to ask.  I agree, it sounds extremely unappetizing!  I had to
laugh at the petroleum derivative comment.  Clotted cream also sounds
anything but good.  

Jennifer-who really enjoys reading Amanda's posts for a good laugh




Amanda answered:

It *is* really icky. It is molasses (or something very close to it). For
some reason known only to the British, they call it by a name that sounds as
if it were a petroleum derivative, which I thought it was for most of the
"All Creatures Great and Small" series (which is where I also learned that
the Brits like to think of their cars in terms of clothing: bonnet, boot,
etc.). Don't feel bad, there's really no way you could have figured this one
out (very similar to the whole clotted cream debate which spawned this list,
which still sounds to me as if it were something that's gone bad and must be
thrown out, but which the Brits amongst us assured me was actually a treat
to the senses).

--Amanda, not fond of molasses

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