Talk:Treacle tart

Treacle bread

Irish Treacle bread has nothing in common with Treacle tart. They are not variants on the same dish. I'd recommend moving it to the breads page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.137.177.20 (talk) 09:05, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

Treacle tart

Shouldn't the title be "Treacle tart" instead of "Treacle Tart"? 70.52.230.152 22:31, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

In the UK, treacle refers to golden syrup, so the name of the British dessert is not misleading to the British. Neh? Also, shouldn't every word be capitalized in a title?72.150.6.125 05:21, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Treacle and golden syrup are definitely not the same thing. Treacle is much darker and has more of a smoky, slightly burnt taste. Golden syrup is sweeter and much lighter. The two have very different flavours. I'm English and was raised with a Mum from London who made treacle tart on a regular basis. 60.242.211.194 (talk) 23:49, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

When I had Treacle tart, in a Northeastern school in the late 1960s/early 1970s, the filling was golden syrup and Cornflakes. Jhlister (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 04:22, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

1) In the UK (black) treacle and (golden) syrup are indeed different foodstuffs; nevertheless

2) this (syrup-based) pudding is known as treacle tart.

3) No, there is no reason why EVERY word should be capitalized in an article title -- particularly when it's not a proper noun. -- Picapica (talk) 07:50, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

Chess pie?

Do you think it would good to mention that the US has a version of Treacle Tart called the Chess pie? It's basically the same actually more like a filling for pecan pie without the nuts, but that's kind of what Treacle Tarts are. --Kolrobie 22:19, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Harry Potter

Please stop adding references to Harry Potter to this article. Treacle tarts aren't intrinsic to Harry Potter and there's absolutely nothing unusual about an English schoolchild liking them--in fact it would be slightly more worthy of note if this fictional character disliked treacle tarts. --Tony Sidaway 14:17, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

I think it would be fine to add a popular culture reference to it. I mean why do people outside the UK even know about it (obviously because of the books).--Kolrobie 19:07, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

It existed before people outside the UK knew about it. --Tony Sidaway 13:46, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Of course, it existed, but became it common knowledge outside the UK. There are plenty of other works about items or things that list a popular culture reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket_hat Obviously, bucket hats existed before some guy on an anime wore it. --Kolrobie 05:07, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm an Australian and can vouch for knowledge of, and existence of, treacle tarts in Australia from my childhood (the 1970's). Harry Potter is irrelevant. 59.167.56.39 (talk) 10:28, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm an American, and a trained chef. I can confirm the other note (regarding Chess pie), and note that Chess Pie, in the US, has existed for decades prior to Harry Potter. The fact that Harry Potter's favorite dessert is treacle tart is interesting, but irrelevant for the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JackFloridian (talk • contribs) 12:07, 3 October 2009 (UTC)