molasses
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The classic pineapple-and-cherry garnish still has its fans, but today’s glazes go beyond tradition — honey, molasses, fruit preserves, hot sauces, vinegars.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025
Distillers threw rotten fruit and molasses waste in the gallon to brew with ammonium chloride to produce something called “snake juice,” which was collected by lepers and taken around the city.
From Salon • Feb. 2, 2025
As a child, I loved eating ribs doused in sweet tangy KC BBQ sauce made with molasses, acidic vinegar and spicy chili powder alongside my cousins.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2024
A low-viscosity fluid flows fast like water, while a viscous fluid acts more like molasses.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024
According to most estimates, by the mid-1770s, the average American colonist consumed more than three quarts of molasses a year—making it an irreplaceable part of the colonial economy.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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