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    It's suppose to be really healthy, heaps of vitamins and minerals and shit.

    But it is also disgusting. I couldn't eat a teaspoon, so I spread the teaspoon over slices of apple, it was disgusting, I had to hold my nose while eating it so I didn't get nauseous.

    What do you do with this stuff?

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    Well, actually I was taking great quantities of it by the spoon when I was giving platelets regularly, to build my hemoglobin up. I don't find it to be bad at all, which is a good thing, because I had to take a lot of it.

    (Isn't it thecatspajamas whose ".sig" is, "I eat nutritional yeast by the spoonful"? Now that's some nasty stuff!)

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    i used to hate blackstrap mollasses, but now i tolerate it well

    i usually put a tablespoon in a glass of warm water and stir untill it disolves & adding a bit of lemon juice can make it nicer!



    (frank language, what kind of nutritional yeast have you tried? at first i thought i hated it too! till i found the flakes... now i actually crave the taste of it!)
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    I have never tried blackstrap molasses it is supposed to be good nutritionally.
    Is it sweet? I imagine it to be like treacle?

    I have never tried nutritional yeast, quinoa, tempeh, seitan...loads of stuff....

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    Default Re: Blackstrap Molasses

    I have had a tbsp mixed into a glass of orange juice now and then - the vitamin C in the orange juice is supposed to help with the absorption of the iron. I can't say I found it too pleasant though.

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    gingerbread!

    You can get all the vitamins and minerals in it from other places though, so if you can't stand it just eat something else
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    Quote Poppet View Post
    heaps of vitamins and minerals and shit.

    But it is also disgusting.
    Maybe that's the sh*t you can taste?
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    Default Re: Blackstrap Molasses

    I think it is ok, i often use it when making cookies or flapjacks. Don't think i could just eat the stuff on its own but its really good in baking.

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    i bought a big jar of blackstrap molasses because it was an ingredient in a recipe i was going to try. i think i forgot what the recipe was though, because i've never even opened it and it's still sitting in my cupboard.
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    *Invites self around Gorilla's and bake's cookies*

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    I love love love, black strap molasses...I regularly consume a kilo of the stuff in a week.

    Calcium, iron, zinc, iodine ...and 60 percent sugar....

    GRRRRRRRRRRRR.


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    Default Re: Blackstrap Molasses

    I love it too and had to ask our local health food shop to get a bigger supply in especially for me. I drink a spoonfull in a cup of hot soya milk atleast once a day. My children like it too and call it tigger medecine...(although strictly I think Tigger prefers malt extract..which is also good..)

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    Quote RedWellies View Post
    Maybe that's the sh*t you can taste?
    Heehee . . . mmmm poopstrap molasses. RW strikes again! (Someone had to say something! It was funny!)
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    Heh cute.

    Yeah it's sweet, way too sweet (never a fan of sweet things),
    but mostly it's the bitter poison like taste that gets to me.
    But maybe thats just me, I also think lettuce and walnuts have the aftertaste of poison.
    And cauliflower used to have that same quality when I was a kid, but I like it now, go figure.

    I will try making lemonade using it, and if it's still too unbearable I will find a gingerbread recipe.

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    I like it spred realy realy thick in a sarny.
    I once had a jar smash in a back pack.
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    Default Re: Blackstrap Molasses

    Here's a great sounding recipe that uses 1/2 a cup of blackstrap molasses (though it serves 6-8). I'm going to try it one of these days, since I just got a big jar of blackstrap molasses that I have to use up.

    Molasses Baked Beans (From "Viva Le Vegan")

    2 cups dry navy beans, rinsed
    20 cups water (to boil beans twice)
    2 large red onions (4.5 cups)
    3 cups water (for sauce)
    1/2 cup blackstrap molasses
    1/2 cup ketchup
    3 tbsp tamari
    2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
    1 tbsp curry powder
    2 tsp dry mustard
    1/8 tsp ground cloves
    2 dried bay leaves
    black pepper to taste

    In a large pot over high heat, combine the beans with 10 cups of water. Bring to a boil and let boil uncovered for 7-8 minutes (reduce heat if it begins to boil over). Drain and rinse beans and rinse cooking pot. Return beans to pot with another 10 cups water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and cook on medium-low heat partially covered for 30-35 minutes. Drain and rinse beans once more.

    Preheat oven to 350˚ (176˚C). In a large casserole dish with a lid, combine the beans with the remaining ingredients. Cover and bake for 3.5-4 hours, stirring occasionally, until the sauce has thickened and beans are tender. To thicken sauce more, remove lid and cook for another 15 minutes or more. Remove bay leaves and serve.
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    Default Re: Blackstrap Molasses

    I often put a spoonful into stews and savoury sauces especially tomato-based sauces which can be a bit too tart.

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    Flapjacks work well in my opinion, but it makes a difference which molasses you use, did todays flapjack with Essential and it's pretty powerful stuff! I prefer the sweeter orgainic Meridian variety.

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    Default Re: Blackstrap Molasses

    I think it just tastes like liquorice. With the texture of eating a spoonful of golden syrup with lots of sugar in it.
    I like the idea of trying it with hot soya milk though.
    I guess you either love it or hate it.
    No sense being pessimistic. It wouldn't work anyway.

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