Syrup
Blackstrap Molasses
B tier
Blackstrap is the last boil: bitter, salty-mineral, almost burnt, with the most residual minerals and the least sucrose. Health-food spoons and some animal feeds made its reputation. In a cookie it can taste of iron and ash if you use it one-for-one for light molasses. A tablespoon seasons baked beans or a pot of black beans. It is not a pancake syrup. If you want British black treacle, you are in the same neighbourhood but not the same refinery story.
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Characteristics
Preparations
BeansNot PancakesSmall Seasoning
Traits
Bitter MineralHealth SpoonIron AshLast BoilLow SucroseNot Treacle TwinOverpowers CookiesThickest
History
Final-boil blackstrap was the cheapest cane syrup and a livestock feed.
Health-food culture put blackstrap on the breakfast table as a mineral spoonful.
Bakers learned to keep blackstrap out of recipes written for light molasses.