edtking@uw-june (Ewan Tempero) (01/21/85)
Could anyone out there tell me what the equivilants to castor sugar and cornflour are in this country? ie what they are called here or something that is similar to them for cooking. I want this information for making a pavlova. Please send mail for reply as I don't usually read this newsgroup. Thanks in advance, Ewan Tempero "Oh no, not again" UUCP: ...!uw-beaver!uw-june!edtking ARPA: edtking@washington.ARPA
rjw@ptsfc.UUCP (Rod Williams) (01/25/85)
>Could anyone out there tell me what the equivilants to castor sugar and >cornflour are in this country? castor (sometimes called caster) sugar is equivalent to regular granulated sugar in the US. British *regular* sugar is much coarser than here. icing sugar is confectioner's sugar, and demerara sugar is brown sugar. cornflour is corn starch. is treacle equivalent to molasses - anyone know??? -- rod williams ------------------------------------------- [decvax!decwrl!amdcad!dual!ptsfa!ptsfc!rjw]
rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) (01/30/85)
> is treacle equivalent to molasses - anyone know???
No. Treacle has some of a molasses flavor, but is lighter and sweeter. (I
believe it works out to be a combination of molasses and sugar(s).)
Incidentally, I looked in a small dictionary which defined "treacle" as
simply "molasses". However, this dictionary was printed in the U.S.
Diane, who was born and raised in Britain, objects strongly to this
definition.
Look for "Lyle's Golden Syrup."
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...Never offend with style when you can offend with substance.mgh@hou5h.UUCP (Marcus Hand) (01/30/85)
> is treacle equivalent to molasses - anyone know???
More or less. Treacle is thicker. Put it like this:
If molasses is crude oil, then treacle is tar.
marcus hand (from the land of the golden syrup)techpub@mhuxt.UUCP (mcgrew) (01/31/85)
> is treacle equivalent to molasses - anyone know??? > -- > > rod williams It sure is!! Melanie Accomando ihnp4!mhuxt!techpub
nemo@rochester.UUCP (Wolfe) (01/31/85)
> > is treacle equivalent to molasses - anyone know??? > > No. Treacle has some of a molasses flavor, but is lighter and sweeter. (I > believe it works out to be a combination of molasses and sugar(s).) Molasses is the end product of cooking down sugar cane juice. Along the way there are lighter and sweeter (also less viscous) fluids produced, which are known in the USA as cane syrup. Treacle is apparently a dark cane syrup. (Of course, if you process the stuff further, there's rum....) Nemo