Treacle, or molasses, was a liquid, uncrystallized sugar syrup, sometimes eaten as a frozen treat.[3][4]
Description[]
Treacle was a dark-colored opaque brown unrefined sugar syrup, as well as it's lighter-colored variation known as golden syrup.[1] It was often sold for 5 silver pieces per quart (0.95 liters).[2]
Usages[]
Treacle could be found in alchemy labs, food vendor stalls, taverns, and among items of some healers and physicians.[2]
Treacles was a common addition to oatmeal, when maple syrup was not available. It was also used to prepare sweet treats such as nutbrown tarts and ginger biscuits; breads, like darkloaf, as well as firefruit meat sauces and marinades; and sweet bean-barrel-sauce - as a type of edible preservative (however some preferred to wash the treacle sauce off before consuming). Lastly, treacle was sued in brewing and sweetening rums and darkfire alcohols.[1]
Alcohol-soaked cherries were used in making molasses-base cherrybread, popular in the Vilhon Reach, the Border Kingdoms, and the region of the Sea of Fallen Stars, with it's fame reaching the Sword Coast in the late 15th century DR.[5][6] Another pastry that used molasses was a pie-sized treacle tart found in the Chionthar Valley.[7]
Rogues sometimes used a thieves' tool called tar paper—a piece of thick and heavy paper, drenched in tar, honey, or treacle. The paper was stuck on glass before being broken by a burglar. This simple tool reduced noise and contained all the glass shards in place.[8]
A single drop of treacle was used as a material component for the slow spell, prior to the Time of Troubles.[9]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ed Greenwood (2021-09-15). Treacle in the Realms (Tweet). theedverse. Twitter. Archived from the original on 2021-09-15. Retrieved on 2021-09-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Michael Dobson (January 1984). “Living in a material world”. In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #81 (TSR, Inc.), p. 64.
- ↑ Elaine Cunningham (March 2002). The Wizardwar. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 18. ISBN 978-0786927043.
- ↑ David Cook (December 1993). Soldiers of Ice. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 2. ISBN 1-56076-641-7.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (October 2012). Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 83. ISBN 0786960345.
- ↑ n-Space (October 2015). Designed by Dan Tudge, et al. Sword Coast Legends. Digital Extremes.
- ↑ Larian Studios (October 2020). Designed by Swen Vincke, et al. Baldur's Gate III. Larian Studios.
- ↑ John Nephew, Carl Sargent and Douglas Niles (1989). The Complete Thief's Handbook. Edited by Scott Haring. (TSR), p. 98. ISBN 0-88038-780-7.
- ↑ Gary Gygax (1978). Players Handbook 1st edition. (TSR, Inc.), p. 75. ISBN 0-9356-9601-6.