Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dark, very thick molasses, especially a residual product of sugar refining that is used in the manufacture of industrial alcohol and as an ingredient in cattle feed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of various beverages.
- noun A sailors' term for any strong, dark-colored liquor: hence applied to the dark-red wines of the Mediterranean coasts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
- noun Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean; -- so called by sailors.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The dark,
viscous molasses remaining after maximumextraction ofsugar from rawsugar cane , used in manufacturing and cattle feed. - noun obsolete A mixture of
spirituous liquor (usuallyrum ) andmolasses . - noun obsolete, nautical, slang Bad
port wine ; any common wine of theMediterranean .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The third boiling produces what we both apparently call blackstrap molasses, which is very dark and somewhat bitter, and which health-food advocates think is heaven on earth, although it is more often used to feed cattle.
This morning we secretly replaced - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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The red wine was called blackstrap and was sour, while the insipid white was called Miss Taylor, a name that puzzled Sharpe until he saw the label on one of the bottles: Mistela.
Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000
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Avoid using blackstrap, which is less sweet and has a stronger flavor than dark molasses.
SFGate: Top News Stories Michael Bauer 2010
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Avoid using blackstrap, which is less sweet and has a stronger flavor than dark molasses.
SFGate: Top News Stories Michael Bauer 2010
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My family has not forgiven me yet, but perhaps if I make these, that will smooth things over! why so much baking soda? browning effect? because there's not that much molasses (acid). and it's only 4 cups flour. somebody enlighten me! oh and for your molasses question - depends if you want the stronger molasses flavor. robust is probably what is more commonly referred to as blackstrap molasses. the light stuff I think tastes too light for something like a ginger cookie, I think. and given there's only 1/2C of molasses in this recipe to go along with 2 C of regular sugar, I'd def say go for the robust.
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My family has not forgiven me yet, but perhaps if I make these, that will smooth things over! why so much baking soda? browning effect? because there's not that much molasses (acid). and it's only 4 cups flour. somebody enlighten me! oh and for your molasses question - depends if you want the stronger molasses flavor. robust is probably what is more commonly referred to as blackstrap molasses. the light stuff I think tastes too light for something like a ginger cookie, I think. and given there's only 1/2C of molasses in this recipe to go along with 2 C of regular sugar, I'd def say go for the robust.
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The white rum found in the traditional Daiquiri would be too easily overwhelmed by the bold liqueur, so he used a robust " blackstrap " rum made from molasses.
A Master of Mixological Science ERIC FELTEN 2010
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"Fall always makes me reach for richer spirits and cordials such as blackstrap rum, applejack, bourbon, amaros, Falernum and so on," he says.
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"Fall always makes me reach for richer spirits and cordials such as blackstrap rum, applejack, bourbon, amaros, Falernum and so on," he says.
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"Fall always makes me reach for richer spirits and cordials such as blackstrap rum, applejack, bourbon, amaros, Falernum and so on," he says.
chained_bear commented on the word blackstrap
"... a fictitious name, given by our sailors, to that kind of Mediterranean wine with which the ships are supplied on that station; and which, after the grog and wine usually served, they cannot, for a while, relish: hence, to be driven above Gibraltar, is, as they call it, to be black-strapped."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 41
October 11, 2008