[Groop] Groop Digest, Molasses

[Eric Chun]

>>blackstrap molasses:   This has a strong, bitter flavor, and it's not
>>very sweet.
>>black treacle = dark treacle  Pronunciation:  TREE-cull   This is the
>>British version of America's blackstrap molasses.
>>Sounds like it would make a real yummy pie, eh?  Alomost as tasty as
>>cheese dip mixed with mulch!

>Blackstrap molasses is one of the three main grades of molasses,
>which is one of the byproducts of making sugar from sugar cane. It is
>used to make rum, I believe. It (blackstrap molasses) is high in
>iron, and supposedly good for you. My grandfather used to eat supper
>consisting of blackstrap molasses, cornbread, and buttermilk. I
>thought it was awful stuff, but he lived to be over 80 years old and
>was in good health for almost all of those years.

It appears to be a good source of potassium, iron, and magnesium.

http://www.yankeegrocery.com/brer_rabbit_molasses/blackstrap2-lg.jpg

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