Brit-Speak: Food - Lyle's Golden Syrup-You Make It.

[davewitley]

Steve wrote:

> From my web research, Lyle's comes in light and dark (golden and
> tracle), the dark is still extremely light in color when compared 
to
> most syrups found in the USA. In the USA, molasses is so dark that 
it
> would be next to impossible to get light to penetrate it; it's 
Black.

Treacle is almost black.  I think it's slightly sweeter than 
molasses but the dominant flavour is a burnt bitter one.  Confusion 
arises because the recipe called 'treacle tart' uses Golden Syrup, 
not treacle.

The ingredients of Lyle's Golden Syrup are a trade secret, IIRC.

David, agreeing that food has the longest threads (except possibly 
the validity of IQ tests)