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Transphobic attitudes contradict the good feminism does everyday

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Blamonge · 08/04/2020 21:49

Why is there such a large portion of the feminist movement so against trans culture. Trans people have been some of the biggest advocates for supporting allegedly oppressed groups. Why is it suddenly okay to for feminists (a formally oppressed group) to oppress trans people (currently oppressed group) why?

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 10/04/2020 18:47

Don't.

Grin
AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 10/04/2020 18:45

Thank you for those, popehilarious. I can see a baking day coming on, next time I get some flour.

TheProdigalKittensReturn · 10/04/2020 18:30

Sudden thought: is treacle the same as molasses really?

I've never been able to figure this out either. I think molasses is lumpier but may be imagining that bit.

popehilarious · 10/04/2020 18:27

Asking I got confused! It's actually this ginger cake with lemon icing that uses the treacle:
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/sticky-stem-ginger-cake-lemon-icing

This ginger and pear pudding (it says cake, but I always seem to undercook it, and have it hot with the brandy syrup) is what I was thinking of, but there's nay treacle in it - I usually do it at Christmas time
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/sticky-pear-ginger-cake

Sexnotgender · 10/04/2020 18:21

I got 3 cooking apples in my veg box this week, going to have a crack at an apple crumble on Monday.

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 10/04/2020 18:11

Please may I have the recipe? I le-e-e-erve ginger pudding!

popehilarious · 10/04/2020 18:11

I make a ginger pudding that has both Golden Syrup and (dark) treacle in it. Yummmmm

TinselAngel · 10/04/2020 18:09

Wondering about weetabix...

Don't.

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 10/04/2020 18:08

Does gingerbread have treacle in it? I have a sort of memory of mum making it with treacle. Very sticky indeed, hers was, and very dark.

Sudden thought: is treacle the same as molasses really?

TalkingtoLangClegintheDark · 10/04/2020 17:49

Should you only say "treacle" to refer to dark treacle then?

That’s how I’ve always used it. Only ever made one thing with actual treacle in, and that’s parkin. Mind you, it has golden syrup too.

I’ve never eaten any kind of treacle tart that actually had what I call treacle in it, always golden syrup.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 10/04/2020 17:45

Shredded wheat makes a more realistic but far less tasty, chocolate nest.

Wondering about weetabix...

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 10/04/2020 17:44

Well, flapjacks are made with golden syrup not treacle, unless they are made with sweetened condensed milk.

Treacle toffee is dark and tastes of molasses, if it's the real sort, so I expect that is made with treacle.

They do come in different tins: treacle is in a red and gold tin and golden syrup is in a green and gold one.... www.lylesgoldensyrup.com/our-range

ItsLateHumpty · 10/04/2020 17:41

Ahhhh chocolate sponge with (green) mint custard. T'was what Tuesday's were made of.

Bastard cross country in giant PE knickers first tho.

Loving the 70s throw back - long live the (dead feminist) revolution ✊

TinselAngel · 10/04/2020 16:44

Should you only say "treacle" to refer to dark treacle then?

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 10/04/2020 14:50

Mrs Beeton says "treacle (or golden syrup, which is usually preferred)" in her recipe for "Treacle pudding" in the 1923 edition of her cookery book that I inherited from my mother, so I think calling things a treacle this or that when you mean a golden syrup one is older than the 1970s.

isabellerossignol · 10/04/2020 14:17

I have that dairy cookbook, I found it recently in a charity shop, and it's great. I might make that tart later. It's not like I'm going anywhere...

DuLANGDuLANGDuLANG · 10/04/2020 14:16

They are, but for some reason, in the 70s, pretty much everything named ‘Treacle ’ was actually made with golden syrup.

I wonder if it was actually a leftover post war thing? Off to google...

FlamingoAndJohn · 10/04/2020 14:12

Treacle and golden syrup are different things I think.

DuLANGDuLANGDuLANG · 10/04/2020 14:12

(I'll never be able to visit that chip shop again!)

Grin

What about ‘pea wet’? I didn’t believe my Wiganese chum when he first told me about it, but there is video evidence on YouTube:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=fglEmRE19q0

DuLANGDuLANGDuLANG · 10/04/2020 14:07

I found a box of unused 70s cake decorations in a little hardware store out in the sticks a few years ago. Bought a few that reminded me of my nan (a deer, a bristly tree, a holly leaf etc) and then put them somewhere in my house and promptly forgot about them.

Last year we had a problem with a water pipe and the insurance company arranged for a pro removals company to empty a couple of rooms while the damage was repaired and the redecorating done. When our boxes of stuff returned I found all the tiny vintage Xmas cake ornaments had been incredibly carefully, individually wrapped in packing paper, sealed with tape and the paper marked as to the contents, ie ‘small plastic deer’.

I couldn’t decide if the removals man was bonkers or if he thought I was!

FlamingoAndJohn · 10/04/2020 14:05

Treacle tart recipe taken from on of my many Dairy Diary cookbooks.

Transphobic attitudes contradict the good feminism does everyday
FlamingoAndJohn · 10/04/2020 14:03

Go on Horse, what happened?

HorseRadishFemish · 10/04/2020 14:00

Is it a class thing, like salad cream v mayonnaise?

..and guacamole v mushy peas?

(I'll never be able to visit that chip shop again!)

Danceswithwarthogs · 10/04/2020 13:59

And a bristley Christmas tree and a worse for wear plastic snowman in ours

DuLANGDuLANGDuLANG · 10/04/2020 13:58

Pastry-base school pizza is the stuff of nightmares!

‘Fusion’ cooking 80s Britain style Envy (< not envy)

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