slang and HP - Reckon

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "ovc88guelph" <mckosvc at b...> 
wrote:

> And I'm still not entirely sure what "treacle" is. I hope 
> someone can enlighten me because I'm likely to form a lasting (and 
> wrong) impression of, say, peanut brittle. 

www.onelook.com <-- wonderful dictionary

http://cafecreosote.com/dictionary.php3?letter=t&pos=20
"Treacle:
A term used mainly in Great Britain for the syrupy by-product 
created during sugar refining. There are two types: dark treacle — 
which is very much like molasses and which has a somewhat bitter 
taste, and light treacle, which contains fewer impurities than the 
dark variety, has a lighter flavor and is also called golden syrup."


I believe that in USA we call all the above molasses, "blackstrap 
molasses" for the tarry stuff and "light" molasses for the 
translucent amber liquid.