Rejoice, for another candy debate cometh!

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 12983

Whew, Naama, we were running dry on the ol' lemon issue!  You saved us 
just in the nick.

And to add to the toffee/fudge query:

What is treacle anyway?  This is not a term we use in the US.  My 
Annotated Alice says it's molasses.  Is it *exactly* the same as what 
we call molasses (thick syrup that is produced during the process of 
refining cane sugar)?  Or some other kind of syrup?  I've been trying 
to picture treacle tart for some time now, without success.

And do people really make fudge OR toffee out of it, or is this an 
example of Hagrid's culinary inventiveness?

And while we're at it, what's spotted dick?  (I'm trying to imagine 
serving something with that name in a US school.  The students would 
die of the giggles.)

Mod Squad, is this off-topic?

Amy Z

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