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babeanddinky
31st Mar 2008, 07:00 PM
I know having two ponies i should know but could somebody please explain to me what molasses are as ive heard alot of people talking about them
R_Andy
31st Mar 2008, 07:40 PM
its a thick sugary syrup!

kinda like golden syrup only alot thicker!
*katie*
31st Mar 2008, 07:43 PM
*Hides face in shame* tasty, too :o (this is coming from the girl who ate conditioning cubes for a dare, though :o:D)
*katie*
31st Mar 2008, 07:49 PM
i am very sorry, pc is going mental and keeps posting my comments twice!
stormy's mum
31st Mar 2008, 08:06 PM
its good its a human food too makes good cookies
nelsonsmum
31st Mar 2008, 08:14 PM
Like black treacle, it's yummy
Wally
1st Apr 2008, 07:19 AM
They add it a lot to horse feeds as it is supposed to aid the uptake of other nutrients, and make it taste better.

It the guck that is left over from sugar refining.
mogadoga
1st Apr 2008, 08:14 AM
*Hides face in shame* tasty, too :o (this is coming from the girl who ate conditioning cubes for a dare, though :o:D)
Yerkh its horrible!!! (not for horses!!!) And i can beat ya...warm sugar beet on cold nights as a wee one. *Ehem* When i was about 10/11 only 8 years ago:D
newforest
8th Apr 2008, 02:22 PM
Molasses or treacle is a thick syrup by-product from the processing of the sugarcane or sugar beet into sugar. (In some parts of the US, molasses also refers to sorghum syrup.) The word molasses comes from the Portuguese word melaço, which comes from mel, the Portuguese word for "honey". The quality of molasses depends on the maturity of the sugar cane or beet, the amount of sugar extracted, and the method of extraction.
Wally
9th Apr 2008, 08:59 AM
Who remembers molassine meal :D
Peanut
9th Apr 2008, 09:18 AM
They add it a lot to horse feeds as it is supposed to aid the uptake of other nutrients, and make it taste better.


In particular, it can make rubbish quality food taste better ;)
Jill_H
9th Apr 2008, 12:39 PM
Wally

Was molassine meal crumbly and sticky, rather like dark brown sticky bran or a crumbled up stock cube? It was something like this that we called molasses at the riding school I helped at in the North East in the 70s, but no-one at my current riding school in the South seems to know what I am talking about!

Jill