Posted on 01/02/2009 6:49:24 AM PST by Daffynition
“Bee spit? LOL, it’s more accurately bee sh!t... “
No, I would say it is closer to bee cud.
In my opinion the type that tastes the best is “Fire Weed” honey.
Honey is also good to kill germs. Just put some on a band-aid, or plaster if your from England, and a cut heals up without a scar.
The ancient Romans used honey and silver staples to treat and close sword wounds after a battle.
Grade A from USDA is just what it says.
This is just organic people obfuscating.
It is like sea salt sellers trying to push the BS that pure sodium chloride from location “A” is different from pure sodium chloride from location “B”.
All nonsense. The article does not even name names.
That's always the point of the "do-gooders", more regulation, more beauracracy, more gov't.
The average person is incapable of taking care of anything themselves.....
My favorite breakfast; Chicken embryos, shredded swine flesh, and bee vomit/excrement on toast. Yummo
I’m just glad we can get some from our cousin down the road. If they are sold out we read labels and buy as locally as possible.
Everything that grows is naturally organic. Anything done intentionally to change how something grows is an intervention regardless of if manure is used for fertilizer, or chemicals are used. As for bees flying anywhere and everywhere collecting pollen, that is impossible to regulate.
Anything done to change the consistency of a natural product can still be called organic as long as nothing is added to enhance flavor, sweetness, or consistency. If honey is reprocessed beyond the comb it is still natural as long as nothing chemical is added.
But there are chemicals in everything man made. What do we expect? It’s the price we pay for progress. The world will never go back to where it was regardless of how mankind intervenes. It’s part of the adaptation of species, otherwise known as evolution. Has mankind become so intelligent that we kill off our species?
Or would an intelligent decision be to stop importing food crap from China and other 3rd world countries if we don’t have complete inspections of every item? This is completely dooable. Regulating where honey bees gather pollen is not.
Once again, idiots are turning to the government to fix another problem of their own making by adding additional potential government failure. Feel any safer yet people??
It has nothing to do with the source itself, just the sugar content. The high osmolality of any concentrated sugar has strong antibacterial properties when used in a wound. Maple syrup or even grape jelly will do the same thing.
Not “organic”? Is honey now made of plastic?
I love honey, so I insist on the best. We buy local honey (made by Texas bees in Weatherford, Texas!) at the farmer’s market around the corner from our house. It’s packed in a mason-type jar with a label that was printed on a desktop printer, and it still has the comb in it.
Local honey is said to have properties beneficial to those who suffer from seasonal pollen allergies, as I do.
True, but the honey isn’t as sticky as the jelly or syrup.
The best breakfast is french toast with creamy peanut butter and honey....Mmm, Yummy! You have to put the peanut butter on when the french toast is warm so it melts in with the honey.
Thanks
“We’re from the government and we’re here to help you.”
Those of you who live in the “wide-open-spaces” have an advantage ...those of us who live in close proximity, less of a choice.
Oi!
I used to buy honey from a farm stand that was private labeled...over time after talking to the owner, he told me that he bought his honey in bulk from many different sources and just bottled it. That pretty much turned me off ...so unless, I can “see” the hives, I’m uncertain as to where the honey was gathered.
Awesome! What if it would age like fine wine, that would be kinda cool!
I can’t get honey to keep from crystallizing for 3 months in the pantry or fridge, how on earth did you keep honey tasting good for 25 years?
My guy said he had his own hives and had them in areas that had large numbers of Tallow trees. Tallow trees are a sort of trash tree in the Gulf Coast area, so I don’t know how he refers to his honey as wildflower honey. Like I said I would have a few more questions for him now that I have read your article.
Isn’t honey from your local area good for controlling certain pollen allergies? I have heard that several times but I am not sure if is is fact based.
BTW - What’s with this organic craze? Bear crap and poison ivy are both organic. I don’t see people rushing to eat it.
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