Ophelia wrote:
>
> > In article <13dhaeqi3tmg68b@corp.supernews.com>, "elaine"
> > <elaineg@ca.inter.net> wrote:
> >>> When I was 9, we spent a year in Amsterdam. One of the things we
> >>> learned how to love were syrup sandwiches. I don't know what the
> >>> syrup was except it was very thick and dark. White bread and butter
> >>> and syrup. Wonderful! We had a similar snack made with chocolate
> >>> flakes instead of syrup.
>
> ahh that would be black treacle:)) Have a wee look here:
>
> http://www.recipes4us.co.uk/Specials%20and%20Holidays/Treacl e%20Origin%20Uses%20Recipes.htm

Almost! Dutch keukenstroop is a sugar syrup but made from a mixture of
cane sugar syrup, glucose syrup and melado (mix of sugar and molasses).
It tastes quite different than black treacle, at least to me LOL. Put to
the same uses though I think.