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