A minor fun fact about St. Patrick's Day is corned beef and cabbage isn't really a native Irish thing Like yes, they had corned beef in Ireland (and since this became a thing some people have really pushed the theory it was invented in Ireland) But it wasn't a traditional dish
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Huge part of our economy was tied to Caribbean sugar plantations, rum being the primary product used as a trade good but cheap molasses being a cheap by-product, that poor Southerners ended up putting on everything
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This is a scene in To Kill a Mockingbird, when the high-class Finches have a little farmer boy over for dinner, who politely asks for a jug of molasses and then douses his entire plate in it Scout gasps in revulsion and Calpurnia scolds her not to shame their guest for his ways
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Sorghum syrup was my grandfather's mainstay. But syrup is the first long-lasting food you can get from sugar cane - getting to rum or crystalline sugar takes a lot more labor.
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