Lyle's Black Treacle 454g

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This medicinal treacle could be referred to by various qualifiers, which frequently indicated the origin of the preparation. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) says, “In the names of particular kinds, with various qualifications, indicating place of origin, etc.; as treacle of Andromachus = Venice treacle; treacle of Genoa, treacle of Flanders, London treacle, Roman treacle.” Sugar Kitchen: Your complete usage guide for CSR Sugars and Syrups. Accessed August 2020 at https://csrsugarkitchen.com.au/content/uploads/CSR-SUGAR-KITCHEN-USAGE-GUIDE.pdf Pour into a 900g (2lb) loaf tin (lined, or greased and the base lined with parchment). Bake on the middle shelf for 30 minutes, then cover with a sheet of foil to stop it from over-browning and cook for a further 30 minutes. The gingerbread is ready when well risen, it feels springy and when a fine skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Add in the next round of sugar (500 g/1.1 lb), as well as the cup of boiling water. Fizzing and bubbling may occur. Dark sugars also may solidify. Treacle should be stored at ambient temperature, although it may be warmed just prior to usage. Sugar Australia will expect a useful shelf life of 2 years for drums as delivered and remaining in their sealed and unopened containers.” In bed with Jane. Blog entry, 13 January 2009. http://www.calamityshazaaminthekitchen.com/2009/01/in-bed-with-jane.htmlPour this mixture into the flour, followed by the egg and milk and beat vigorously with a wooden spoon - you are looking to make a smooth batter. Later that same year, Manbré and Garton was taken over by Tate & Lyle. [22] Ibid. Literature & Lore JTP Architects. Hammersmith Embankment. Accessed August 2020 at https://www.jtp.co.uk/cms/pdfs/Fulham_hammersmith_riverside_a1_cpw_complete_set_first_10_s.pdf Once upon a time there were three little sisters’, the Dormouse began in a great hurry; ‘ and their names were Elsie, Lacie and Tillie; and they lived at the bottom of a well. But by 1725, it appears to have also been common to use the world treacle to mean the sweet syrup that it does today. Here are directions on using treacle in brewing. Note the writer conflates the term treacle with molasses:

Flavour syrups, particularly golden syrup and treacle are quite stable and have a useful life in excess of 2 years and thus do not require a ‘use by date’. There may be some darkening of golden syrup over time.” [13] Liquid Sugars. Sugar Australia. Op. Cit. From this point on in articles, if “treacle” is mentioned in a newspaper article, to determine whether the medicinal or sugar syrup is meant, you have to look for a qualifier such as “Venice”, or judge by the context. How much is being called for — one or two ounces, or a pound or two (the medicinal is used in very small quantities) — or what ingredients is it being used with. The OED further comments on “London treacle”: London Treacle… This seems to have been designed as a Succedaneum [substitute] for the Mithridate, or Venice Treacle, and is that which the Country Apothecaries sell the Farriers under the general Name of Treacle, which many of the latter distinguish from the common Molossus-Treacle, by calling it, The Doctor’s, or the Apothecaries Treacle.” In fact, it is made from sugar cane molasses that is refined a bit further, until it has a slightly more burnt, bitter taste than does molasses.Hughes JT. St Margaret’s well at Binsey near Oxford: the treacle well of Alice in Wonderland. Pharm Hist (Lond). 2004;34(4):54-58. With its handsome red tin, a partner to the iconic Golden Syrup, there's no mistaking this product is Lyle's through and through. Nutritional values: Typical Values

In the 1720s, the word treacle was still appearing in some writings with its original sense of a healing liquid or balm (see Language Notes below).There’s no such thing!’ Alice was beginning very angrily, but the Hatter and the March Hare went ‘Sh! Sh!’ and the Dormouse sulkily remarked, ‘If you can’t be civil, you’d better finish the story for yourself’. O’Connell, Sanjida. Sugar: The Grass that Changed the World. London: Virgin Books Ltd. 2012. Ebook. Throughout the 1700s, in English newspapers it appeared to be increasingly common that when the medicinal treacle was meant, it was referred to as “Venice treacle” (or one of the other qualifiers mentioned earlier), while when just “treacle” was said, the sugar syrup was meant. Sources

Rare treat ... Jeremy Lee’s beremeal treacle soda bread with smoked salmon. Photograph: Patricia Niven/The ObserverGoogling on “treacle explode”, it appears that explosions of the expired tins, while rare, are not entirely uncommon either. Here’s one food blogger’s experience: In brewing, treacle is not only very wholesome, but also very cheap; for 12 pounds of mollusses [sic] is of equal strength or rather stronger, than a bushel of the best malt, and by consequence; now molusses [sic] is cheap, much cheaper than malt. The way is using treacle is thus, half a quarter of an hour before you cease boiling your wort, put in your treacle.