silly question

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "bluesqueak" <pipdowns at e...> wrote:
> 
> But 'treacle' is not just black treacle - it can be anything made 
> with syrupy sugars. You get treacle tart (*very* sweet - think 
pecan 
> pie minus pecans) which is made using a mixture of black treacle 
and 
> golden syrup, or treacle pudding, which is made from just golden 
> syrup (a more refined sugar syrup, golden in colour). 
> 
> And, of course, there's treacle toffee, a (very)chewy candy made 
from 
> butter and black treacle only, traditionally eaten on bonfire 
night 
> (November 5th). Treacle toffee gives hours of fun and amusement as 
we 
> all watch Granny trying to get her teeth unstuck. It's also superb 
> for stopping small children talking. For the entire evening.
> 
> 'Treacle' is also used in British slang. If someone says 
> they're 'drowning in treacle' they don't mean they're trapped in a 
> vat of molasses. They mean somebody or something has got way too 
> sentimental to cope with.
> 
> 
> > 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 oneout (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).
> > 
> 
> Oh yes! If you ever get to visit Britain, try our clotted cream. 
> Traditionally it should be eaten on a scone (sweet biscuit type 
> thing) with jam (jelly). And, for a truly British experience, 
should 
> be taken with a pot of hot tea, at between three and four in the 
> afternoon. 
> 
> There are rules to these things, y'know. [grin]
> 
> > --Amanda, not fond of molasses
> 
> Pip
> (who spent several years being deeply puzzled at the phrase 'he 
fried 
> some biscuits in the grease'[Starman Jones, R. A. Heinlein], as to 
> her 'biscuits' equals 'cookies', and frying cookies wouldn't give 


Wow!  Thanks for the great responses.  I now have a better idea what 
treacle is.  I don't think I want to eat it, either *LOL*

Here's another I thought about today:  steak and kidney pie.  Sounds 
awful, but does it taste good?  What is in it?

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