Molasses anyone?

Poststructural Pub
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I got hold of some good cane molasses last weekend and then forgot about them until tonight. I prefer dark strong molasses and these are a bit light, but pretty daggone good with butter and toast or biscuits or cornbread.

A " 'lassey run-off" use to be one of the fun things about fall. The horse-powered cane press, boiling the stuff day and night sometimes, with everyone in the neighborhood gathering to sop the pan with a cane stalk. Those were some fun times…

I just wondered if anyone else round here likes molasses too… :slight_smile:

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duhroooooooooool

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I adore molasses! And I prefer the dark stuff too. I particularly like it on pancakes.

Redwolf

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Don’t know about their asses, but their noses can be pretty weird:

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Yeah, I like molasses.

Paul, I don’t care for mole @®§€$ too much.

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Imagine getting a cold with that for a nose. :laughing:

Cass

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Imagine getting cold-nosed by that! :astonished:

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Projectile snot? :boggle:

I like molasses, corn syrup, maple syrup, etc. I’m just so darned picky.

djm

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The moles I’ve seen don’t actually have those giant tentacle noses.

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They’re a marsh and swamp dwelling species, and are found in the eastern part of the US.

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I’ve seen them. They’re very cute but MEAN little animals, liable to bit you and scratch you a million times if they can.

Speaking of which, never mind their noses and asses. Look at those CLAWS! They’re blades (or shovels).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-nosed_Mole

Back to topic, I love molasses too. I remember the horse-powered thing. It’s where the horses are chained up and walk around in a big wooden circle, while this thing comes from the ceiling and grinds molasses, right? I might remember the wrong thing…

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It is great to add to meal-in-a-muffins.

See all about it here.
Blackstrap molasses is an excellent source of manganese and copper. It is a very good source of iron, calcium, potassium and magnesium. In addition, blackstrap molasses is a good source of vitamin B6 and selenium.

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Grandpa Walden used to make it that way. Actually both sides of the family did.

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-Missed fresh molasses, but had a horse-drawn sleigh ride through Grandpa’s snowed-up Ontario town as a kid. A treat, as were deep-snow hikes on ash-and-rawhide snowshoes.

-The occasional equine tail-lift, however, seemed designed to keep those using the horse’s labor from getting above themselves..

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I recently discovered blackstrap rum.


YUM.

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Mmmm…and don’t forget brown rice syrup! (tastes like a light, golden caramel!)

Redwolf

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M’lasses, m’lasses, sticky good 'lasses!
Pour 'em on your pancakes, stir 'em in your tea!
M’lasses, m’lasses, God’s own 'lasses!
Hope you don’t like 'em, 'cause then there’s more for me!


About that mole . . . I believe his nostrils are the two dark dots above the . . . the . . . the erectile-enabled floral arrangement.

I bet that . . . thing . . . is a sense organ which enables him to “smell” his lunch underground.

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More likely it allows him to “feel” his lunch wriggling about underground.

djm

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Either way, we know she (how do you know the mole is a male?) can’t see the prey.

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Well, my little chickadee, you’d be on for a bet here, but I am somewhat hampered in my research, not knowing what to look up.

Hmm.