What is molasses? What is it called in Europe?!


Question:

What is molasses? What is it called in Europe?

It is used in cooking? Does it have a different name in Europe?


Answers:
Actually, it was the portuguese in what is now Brazil that first produced what they called "mela?o" from sugar cane in the early XVI century, although mela?o/molasses allready existed in Europe when producing sugar from beet, that's why there probably is an equivalent to the english "molasses" in every european language.

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A Portuguese

molasses is a heavy syrup. i beleive it is called treacle over seas

its called molasses in england. its used in cooking and is very sweet. looks like treacle.

molasses is a really thick sugary type of syrup . mainly known for its use in molasses cookies ... and i believe its called molasses in europe as well i know you can get it there.

Yep, all those answers are right.

As a European I can tell you that it is also called molasses. It's a thick syrup made from sugar cane or beet, it's a by-product from making sugar grains.

molaces is a siryp that get processed to make rum.

If you are producing sugar, you are cooking the plant to get the sugar out. By this process you can extract about 50 % of the sugar. The cooked plant with the restsugar is called molasse in German "Melasse".
Greetings from Hamburg, Germany
Heinz




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