blackstrap

Definitions

1. The dark, viscous molasses remaining after maximum extraction of sugar from raw sugar cane, used in manufacturing and cattle feed.
   uncountable, usually
2. A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
   obsolete, uncountable, usually
3. Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean.
   obsolete, slang, uncountable, usually

Examples

“Smoked over cherry and mesquite wood, and dried in a convection oven, it gets its flavors from organic blackstrap molasses, Jim Beam bourbon, and salt and pepper.”

“No blackstrap to-night; switchel, or ginger pop.”

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