tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post3700149874377805262..comments2023-12-08T00:54:27.168+11:00Comments on Sorrow at Sills Bend: Urgentlucy tartanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-62839899207831057372006-12-22T21:22:00.000+11:002006-12-22T21:22:00.000+11:00Molasses is still very much used in the feeds of A...Molasses is still very much used in the feeds of Australian racehorses to make it more palatable for them. The trainers buy it in huge 44 gallon drums. I used to have to stop my children from eating it from the drums.. cause it would also attract (and drown) cockroaches and other such nastys... and the kids LOVED to eat it.Melly`https://www.blogger.com/profile/05458628260084097603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-4178486599022189492006-12-22T13:43:00.000+11:002006-12-22T13:43:00.000+11:00Yes, this is interesting, and jogs the old memory ...Yes, this is interesting, and jogs the old memory a bit, because 'Pop' was a euphemism for any pawnbroker (I think that's correct), and happily, it turns out that a certain disreputable acquaintance of mine - who, may I say, is not unknown as a commenter on these blogs - was an expert at this game, pawning his own property and lots of other people's. It appears that every inner suburb once had a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-49562871738855160192006-12-22T12:38:00.000+11:002006-12-22T12:38:00.000+11:00Bit late but I'm just catching up on old posts.
...Bit late but I'm just catching up on old posts. <br /><br />My cockney mum always told me that the pop goes the weasel song was a real cockney London song. They could only afford to eat 'half a pound of tuppeny rice, half a pound of treacle' mixed up to make it palatable, and they had to 'pop' (pawn) the 'weasel' (rhyming slang for coat [weasel and stoat]) each week until the next pay came in. Susehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837796439737091649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-7282218971929463192006-12-19T12:48:00.000+11:002006-12-19T12:48:00.000+11:00P is for Pedant.
(And Paypal)
-Markus Knowallus!...P is for Pedant.<br /><br />(And Paypal)<br /><br />-Markus Knowallus!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-26100378761300663932006-12-19T12:45:00.000+11:002006-12-19T12:45:00.000+11:00'The most efficient allocation of resources' I can...'The most efficient allocation of resources' I can recall is when Billy McMahon took Sonia to America and showed them her legs. ho ho ho.<br /><br />Markus Knowallus!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-9851339704685821552006-12-19T00:29:00.000+11:002006-12-19T00:29:00.000+11:00Well I *am* the Devil. Amongst the lies and tempta...Well I *am* the Devil. Amongst the lies and temptation and deceitfulness you're bound to pick up a few useful pearls. <br />Keep reading those books, Ms Laura, and osmosifying the knowledges. Book learnin' is one of the achievements of which I'm proudest: it's a little known fact that every paragraph of literature you read makes baby Jesus shed a tear.<br />More than one, if it's Patrick White.The Devil Drinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574283722171490665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-10097138624654241132006-12-19T00:13:00.000+11:002006-12-19T00:13:00.000+11:00Aren't you all the learned ones.Aren't you all the learned ones.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-28100557004103234012006-12-18T23:39:00.000+11:002006-12-18T23:39:00.000+11:00I doubt that very much MK. The US dance hall was v...I doubt that very much MK. The US dance hall was very much a postbellum innovation.<br />If the Southerners <i>did</i> drink rum and thus lose the Civil War I can only say that they made the correct strategic decision, and made the most efficient allocation of resources.The Devil Drinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574283722171490665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-84086774956090420502006-12-18T23:20:00.000+11:002006-12-18T23:20:00.000+11:00Sociology is never shamed. It has evidence for eve...Sociology is never shamed. It has evidence for everything. So don't argue, not with me, your Southerners were gamblers and dance hall girls, if they'd guzzled rum instead of moonshine they'd have won the Civil War.<br /><br />-Markus Knowallus!<br />(Now accepting donations)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-69348322565025798222006-12-18T19:55:00.000+11:002006-12-18T19:55:00.000+11:00Markus knowallus, for shame. Molasses purified fro...Markus knowallus, for shame. Molasses purified from cane sugar is the chief ingredient of rum. It *is* a ghetto delicacy, but not the kind you give to kids, horses, or Southerners.The Devil Drinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574283722171490665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-67498989752857381272006-12-18T17:57:00.000+11:002006-12-18T17:57:00.000+11:00Good for swimming.
We used to feed it to our neigh...Good for <a href="http://edp.org/molyank.htm">swimming</a>.<br />We used to feed it to our neighbour's horse with his oats. We kids would also eat both that and dog biscuits coz we could. *shudder*peacayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03997731249622552311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-67975103917099084452006-12-16T12:50:00.000+11:002006-12-16T12:50:00.000+11:00Miss Brownie, cut the cackle, everyone knows that...Miss Brownie, cut the cackle, everyone knows that only a true alcoholic (like yourself) would pawn their coat in the middle of winter to buy a wine cask. <br /><br />Stop trying to be a scholar!<br /><br />Markus Knowallus!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-66222052250886450602006-12-16T12:26:00.000+11:002006-12-16T12:26:00.000+11:00Mollases is an American word for treacle, which wa...Mollases is an American word for treacle, which was a slum delicacy here up until the 1960s, at which time the advent of large supermarkets afforded the lower orders an opportunity to shoplift something better. All right? Good. Because that is a sociological fact, and sociology is never wrong. As you know. That's right. Meanwhile, certain restaurants here in Brisbane sometimes have the cheek to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-50592099370629299212006-12-16T11:17:00.000+11:002006-12-16T11:17:00.000+11:00I have nothing new to say, but can not stress this...I have nothing new to say, but can not stress this enough: blackstrap molasses rarely ends in good things. It is very, very good for you, but as far as I can ascertain is not edible. I have two jars in my fridge for some reason.<br /><br />The Billingtons brands of sugar, although expensive, are very good and worth it if you are trying to make something special to share with special people. They Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-52399011761945659002006-12-16T10:00:00.000+11:002006-12-16T10:00:00.000+11:00Calling 'another' ... Come In 'another' ?
You have...Calling 'another' ... Come In 'another' ?<br />You have 'not elected to show your profile' according to Blogger so I have to use this thread to thank you for leading me to The Blog Of Funk where I found out:<br /><br />""...in North America, the opening line was generally "all around the mulberry bush," possibly due to conflation with the similar tune "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush." In the iODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394268529143990889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-309463139721185862006-12-16T09:48:00.000+11:002006-12-16T09:48:00.000+11:00Can't help with the weasel phrase sorry.
oh Lucy ...Can't help with the weasel phrase sorry.<br /><br />oh Lucy I am so pleased you have that wealth of help from you readers <br />1. they KNOW <br />and <br />2. they CARE.<br /><br />and the Bazlotto pic of <br />The Finger Of Tartan and<br /> The Paw of Baz made me think <br />"...and God Created Adam"<br /><br />X X Brownie<br /><br />( I have not switched to Beta Blogger but it seems it's moreiODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394268529143990889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-67532677519126651202006-12-16T07:57:00.000+11:002006-12-16T07:57:00.000+11:00Ditto blackstrap molasses. If this is what you re...Ditto blackstrap molasses. If this is what you really need, try a health food store. It was touted in the hippy days of a source of many nutrients. Not the most appetising of tastes though. For a cake or sweet thing, I also add my vote to treacle.<br /><br />Speaking of which - anyone know what "pop goes the weasle" means?GShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963643826578219126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-30027082263359512742006-12-16T07:37:00.000+11:002006-12-16T07:37:00.000+11:00Baz-lotto! For the very first time!Baz-lotto! For the very first time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1933270883270248122006-12-16T07:11:00.000+11:002006-12-16T07:11:00.000+11:00I think the point with using molasses/ treacle is ...I think the point with using molasses/ treacle is the malty/caramelly flavour?<br /><br />My vote (if this is a democratis process) would be with treacle. Or the super dark brown sugar.<br /><br />I like treacle, not least because it comes in those cool ye olde fashioned tins.elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599212165013675405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-58682726912510475232006-12-16T00:50:00.000+11:002006-12-16T00:50:00.000+11:00THis site indicated that treacle is a subsitute fo...<a href="http://www.foodsubs.com/Syrups.html">THis site</a> indicated that treacle is a subsitute for blackstrap molasses. So if I'm wrong in my comment above, then it's a good substitute.<br /><br />What are you trying to make? Do you want something bitter? Or are you making something like gingerbread, which usu calls for molasses?Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922358016805022637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-13288214595448524562006-12-16T00:47:00.000+11:002006-12-16T00:47:00.000+11:00I think sulfured molasses means blackstrap molasse...I think sulfured molasses means blackstrap molasses, which is not sweet at all and tastes pretty nasty. So unsulfured molasses means get regular molasses not blackstrap molasses.<br /><br />Molasses Substitute<br />For 1 cup, use<br /><br />1 cup honey; or 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar; or 1 cup dark corn syrup; or 1 cup pure maple syrup. Treacle is also supposed to be a good substitute, Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922358016805022637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-43889742288810565402006-12-15T23:34:00.000+11:002006-12-15T23:34:00.000+11:00Like anonymous says, treacle, or for an even milde...Like anonymous says, treacle, or for an even milder taste, use golden syrup. A big mistake for Aussies is to assume what US recipes call molasses is what is sold here as molasses (properly called blackstrap molasses and without sulphur as far as I can tell). Tried making a gingerbread cake with our molasses once - it was disgusting.<br /><br />My favourite food guide (McGee on Food and Cooking)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-13967664759633205042006-12-15T22:57:00.000+11:002006-12-15T22:57:00.000+11:00Try treacleTry treacleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-67938254242376568892006-12-15T22:07:00.000+11:002006-12-15T22:07:00.000+11:00(and you should, surely, be able to find tins of i...(and you should, surely, be able to find tins of it lurking among the golden syrup/sugar areas. Surely? & i recall unsulphured is the really really heavy dark molasses - rather like bitumen. Though slightly sweeter.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-76332647229885382822006-12-15T22:05:00.000+11:002006-12-15T22:05:00.000+11:00There is no molasses in Melb? Pack & leave as soon...There is no molasses in Melb? Pack & leave as soon as you can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com