Hi @TheEdVerse! is there anything you can share about the use of treacle in the realms? In cooking, magic, or what it’s made of? Thanks in advance!
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Sure. In our world, treacle is unrefined sugar syrup, commonly called “molasses” if it’s dark (opaque brown), and “golden syrup” or some variant of that if it’s light (translucent and golden).
In the Realms, “treacle” means… 2)
…just the dark stuff, as the lighter variety is called various things including, yep, “golden syrup.” In the Realms as in our world, this light syrup finds its way into tarts and sponge puddings (treacle tart and treacle…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 15, 2021
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…sponge pudding are classic British desserts).
In our real world, molasses finds its way into oatmeal for those who can’t get maple syrup, into pies like pecan pie, into bread like pumpernickel, and into sauces (BBQ sauce), … 4)
…into meat marinades, into rum, into gingerbread cookies, and into baked beans.
If I was writing that same sentence about the Realms, I’d say: treacle finds its way into oatmeal for those who can’t get maple syrup, into pies…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 15, 2021
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…like nutbrown tarts, into bread like darkloaf, and into firefruit meat sauces and marinades, into rum and darkfire slake, into ginger biscuits, and bean-barrel-sauce (some eat it with the beans, and some wash it off, … 6)
…treating it like a disposable preservative or to make “sweetwater,” a cheap dessert drink or baking/cooking sweetener).#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 15, 2021