Molasses gives cookies and baked beans a lot of flavor. And it's not bad right out of the jar. Bostonians have been eating baked beans with molasses since Colonial times, which is why Boston is nicknamed Beantown. |
Welcome!I’m glad you found my home on the Web. My real one is about an hour’s drive from Boston, Massachusetts. Boston is an old port city rich in history. The most famous historical event that happened in the city was the Boston Tea Party. The most bizarre event, which occurred 145 years later, was the molasses flood. Have you ever seen molasses? It’s a dark-brown, thick, and sticky liquid, which has many uses. It can be made into alcohol, and it's also an ingredient in spicy cookies and in baked beans.
THE GREAT MOLASSES FLOOD is on the following lists for 2012:
The New York Public Library's Children's Books 2012: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing list The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books' Blue Ribbons List Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People From School Library Journal: "This briskly paced recounting of the disaster focuses on the human element—the people involved, their lives disrupted and never the same thereafter. Covering not only the Molasses Flood, but the impact of Prohibition on businesses and the anarchist movement, the engaging narrative paints a very different picture of the Roaring Twenties than is typical." |
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