short note: black strap molasses

[victor steinbok]

OED claims "molasses" is singular except in the South.

VS-)

On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 4:04 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 2:37 AM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > molasses _are_
>
> Say what, now?
>
> As chance would have it, I myself know _(blackstrap) molasses_ only as
> a literary term.
>
> In Marshall, it was (Texas) ribbon-cane _syrup_, whereas, in Saint
> Louis, it was "Karo" corn _syrup_.

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