Treacle
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Treacle is an old term once used by herbalists and apocatharies to describe a medicine composed of many ingredients, or one used as a treatment for poisons, snakebites or various ailments. In this time wells or springs believed to contain curative water were known as "treacle wells". The name is derived from the Old French triacle, in turn from Latin theriaca, meaning “antidote to poison”.
Nowadays, it has acquired a new meaning in the public consciousness. Used chiefly in cooking as a form of sweetener, it is a thick, dark syrup produced during raw Sugarcane refining. It has a distinctively strong flavour, slightly bitter, and a richer colour than Golden syrup, yet not as dark as Molasses.
[edit] Production
Treacle is made from syrups that remain after white sugar is removed from the refining process. The sugar cane is crushed, then the juice boiled to specific consistencies for crystallization (Sugar), Treacle being one of a group of named syrups extracted during this process.
[edit] See also
- Theriaca, a medicinal compound formerly in wide use as a remedy against poison.
- Treacle of Andromachus, a honey or molasses-based antivenom.
- Treacle mining
- Golden syrup
- Molasses
- Treacle Performance
[edit] External Links
Old 'Recipes4us' page "Treacle Origin"
CSR Sugar company of Australia - Treacle
Sugar Australia website - refiner and marketer for CSR limited.
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