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Here's to Your Health:  Let's talk molasses...  |
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
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 Posted - May 15 2008 : 10:12:29 AM
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I added just a smiggen to my green smoothie this morning, the strawberries masking the somewhat off putting flavor. Here is some information on it:
¤ One tablespoon of Molasses contains more calcium than a glass of milk (+/- 100 milligrams)
¤ One tablespoon of Molasses contains more iron than nine eggs (+/- 3 milligrams)
¤ Blackstrap molasses contains more potassium than any food
Molasses contains an excellent supply of B Vitamins
¤ It is a good source of natural sugars.
¤ It is an alkali-forming food, beneficial for maintaining a proper acid-alkali balance in the body.
¤ Molasses is also rich in phosphoric acid. If this and potassium are deficient, a general breakdown of the cells, especially of the nerves and brain, can occur. (3)
¤ Molasses is also rich in copper, magnesium, chromium, manganese, molybdenum, zinc, phosphorous, Pantothenic acid, vitamin E and Inositol. Refined sugar contains none of these nutrients.
Do you like molasses? Do you cook with it?
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
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Posted - May 15 2008 : 10:35:38 AM
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Yum. Molasses is one of my favorites! I make molasses cookies a lot in the winter. The flavor seems to suit cold weather and cozying up inside. I also make a sauce using dijon mustard, molasses, brown sugar, garlic, salt and pepper for chicken, especially chicken wings cooked in the oven. They get all sticky and gooey and delicious!! It is also my dip of choice for fried dough at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Although, real maple syrup is good as well.
My mom still tells my kids that molasses was the first word I learned to read. I guess you could say that I like it! lol
Now knowing how good it is for you, it makes having used it all these years much more sensible. :)
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - May 15 2008 : 10:42:02 AM
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I only use molasses for brown bread and gingerbread. I sometimes can't get passed the smell....I don't hate it, but I don't love it either :)
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
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herbquilter
True Blue Farmgirl
891 Posts
Kristine
Bonney Lake
Wa
USA
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Posted - May 15 2008 : 1:12:19 PM
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I love molasses & need to add some to the pantry. I like 1 teaspoon in a cup with hot water & a float of milk, maybe a dash of cinnamon. So yummy!
Thanks for the reminder...
Blessings,
Kristine ~ Mother of Many, MRET & Wellness Coach
Farmgirl Sister #97
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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JudyBlueEyes
True Blue Farmgirl
657 Posts
Judith
Spokane
Washington
USA
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Posted - May 15 2008 : 8:55:45 PM
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I LOVE molasses! And will have to start making smoothies, since, as a woman, I need the calcium, and I need the potassium and...well, I just like molasses! And I definitely need the iron! I use it when I can, but not often enough. Thanks for this reminder, Heather!
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 15 2008 : 9:18:07 PM
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I love it!! I like to even just drink a glass of milk with a spoonful of mollasses in it....warm is even better if I am trying to get to sleep (I am ALWAYS trying to get sleep at night..haha) and I use it in bread sometimes, and when I make my own bbq sauce too. And mollasses cookies..yum!!!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
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Posted - May 16 2008 : 09:21:00 AM
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Molasses is great stuff. I love to cook with it and of course now that I know how good it is for you, I'm inspired to make some gingerbread today. Thanks for the info....molasses is sucha lovely flavor.. Years ago a friend of mine gave me sorghum molasses, and it seemed exceptionally tasty, a bit lighter in flavor than whatever I think of as regular molasses.....Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
1360 Posts
Laurie
Montrose
CO
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Posted - Jul 05 2008 : 2:14:31 PM
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anyone willing to share some recipes that call for molasses? I have a container in the cupboard and have yet to open it.
Best Growing |
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Jul 06 2008 : 1:11:13 PM
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| I'll have to dig up my old Shoo-Fly Pie recipe and share it. It's heavenly beyond belief! |
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Jana
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jana
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Jul 07 2008 : 01:22:32 AM
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I use molasses for gingerbread and cookies, but also in a really terrific bread recipe I was given. I've been working on trying to recreate a molasses candy recipe that a childhood neighbor had. So far no luck, but I'll keep trying!
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
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Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jul 07 2008 : 05:17:29 AM
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I use a little in tea sometimes. It is a strong flavor, but I like it.
Farmgirl Sister #50
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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
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Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 12:47:19 PM
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I got some old fashioned black licorice that, of course, is made with molasses. I went crazy over it (well, it's so rich I can only have one piece, but still ..) .. so I suspect this is why????
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City_Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
509 Posts
Christina
Omaha
Nebraska
USA
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Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 3:29:02 PM
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I never realized how good molasses is for you. Thanks for sharing this with us all. I actually have some sitting in my pantry waiting to be used but I never know what to do with it; other than cookies of course. 
Christina
Farmgirl Sister #195
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4759 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 7:25:16 PM
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I love molasses and bake cookies with it. Unfortunately no one else in my family likes it. There's no sitting on the fence when it comes to molasses, you either love it or hate it! Thanks for telling me about all the good healthy stuff it contains!
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 06:34:14 AM
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I've heard that black licorice can raise the blood pressure, has any one else heard this too?
I wonder how good molasses can be for us once we add it to all those sweets we eat that are not so good for us. Seems to me it would be defeating the purpose.
What do you think?
Denise
farmgirl sister #43
"Take a lesson from the teakettle, though up to its
neck in hot water...it sings!"
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 11:49:43 AM
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| I just take a teaspoon or so out of the bottle and swallow it straight every now and then for a tasty iron boost. Naturally, mixing molasses with tons of sugar, while delicious, defeats the health benefits. |
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sdleah
True Blue Farmgirl
93 Posts
Leah
Pittsburg
TX
USA
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Posted - Jul 12 2008 : 07:09:48 AM
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I LOVE molasses!! I eat a lot of it when I'm pregnant for the extra iron. My favorite way to eat it is on toast with peanut butter. I also substitute it for part of the honey in my granola recipe sometimes. And I like it on oatmeal-- it makes it taste like oatmeal gingerbread.
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Jul 12 2008 : 4:25:14 PM
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Leah, you reminded me of a major childhood treat -- molasses on oatmeal. Yum! That's something to put on my must-do list for the first chilly day of autumn this year!
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LindaMAlbert
Farmgirl in Training
38 Posts
Linda
Belgrade
Montana
USA
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Posted - Jul 13 2008 : 6:26:53 PM
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I love molasses. I love making steamed Boston brown bread, rich, dark very spicy gingerbread, soft molasses cookies, almond granola, baked beans and my own barbeque sauce with Grandma's brand molasses. I sometimes like to sweeten my coffee with molasses. I got it from my southern grandmother. As children, my brothers and sisters and I 'sopped' a lot of biscuits, which in Montana definitely made us something of an anomaly. I remember someone, seeing us move our biscuits around in circles in the black pools of molasses on our plates asking my mother, "What are those children doing?" and our chorusing "We're soppin'!"
A little bit of molasses trivia: in the vernacular of southern Appalachia, the word “molasses” is not singular. It is plural. One does not make “it.” One makes “them.” Only a city slicker would sample a dab of the season’s first run and announce, “This is good molasses.” The correct pronunciation is “These are good molasses.” Or as my grandmother would say "Them's good molasses."
If you've ever seen Gary Cooper in "Sgt. York," in the scene where he's talking to the girl and keeps ducking under the pole connecting the mule to stone going around and around, that's sorghum being crushed for molasses.
Keep soppin' them biscuits in them molasses!
Linda Albert
a Southern farmgirl raised in a one-horse Montana town.
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2008 : 12:00:52 PM
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| Linda, what a lot of interesting info! Thanks. I'm interested in your steamed Boston brown bread recipe. When I was little, my mother used to serve the canned variety of that with cream cheese as a snack that passed for healthy at our house. It was delicious, but I'll bet the real thing is much better. Is it kind of like plum pudding? If I cough up my Shoo-Fly Pie recipe, will you hunt down yours for the Steamed BBB? |
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LindaMAlbert
Farmgirl in Training
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Linda
Belgrade
Montana
USA
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Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 8:46:21 PM
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Dear Rosemary,
Here it is.
Boston Brown Bread
traditionally served with Boston Baked Beans on Sunday night.
2 cups whole-wheat flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup unsulfured molasses
2 cups buttermilk
1 cup raisins
3/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
Line a 1-quart round casserole dish or baking pan that will fit into your crockpot (if you have one) or stew pot with parchment paper or grease and flour it. You could also use a tube pan. In a large bowl whisk together dry ingredients. Stir in remaining ingredients until just combined. Pour batter into prepared pan and cover with waxed paper, parchment paper or tin foil and tie on with kitchen twine around rim of pan. Put in crockpot and pour in boiling water to two thirds the way up the pan. Steam with water just at simmer for 3 hours. Remove from water and let cool 1 hour before turning out onto rack.
Alternately the bread can be baked in a 9 by 5 by 3 inch loaf pan at 350 for 60 minutes.
Enjoy!
Linda
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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 18 2008 : 11:39:52 PM
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Well, I have super low blood pressure, so that works for me... LOL...
And the licorice I had was not the over processed kind..some old-fashioned kind...
I would think substituting something not so good ..for molasses would be alot better than using some sort of processed sugar... ???
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
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melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
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Posted - Jul 21 2008 : 06:19:42 AM
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Here, in the East Coast of Canada...mollasses is sold in great big jugs. People eat it with everything and use it as a sauce. On pancakes, bicuits, apple pie, meat pie, on bread...and much more. I am on the fence about it. I kinda like it, but not really.
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