Do you eat honey?

Scanlas The 2nd · 20-01-2013 12:42AM #1

I've recently begun eating honey, didn't realise how nice the stuff is.

Anyone else have thoughts on honey or favourite types?

Mr.Crinklewood · 20-01-2013 12:44AM

Yes luv.

xx

Max Power · 20-01-2013 12:44AM

Holy Jaysus..

branie · 20-01-2013 12:46AM

Too sweet for me

TheBody · 20-01-2013 12:46AM

Smear in on your balls op (assuming your male) and let the dog lick it off.

Custardpi · 20-01-2013 12:47AM

Only with peas, but that's just to make sure they stay on the knife. It tastes a bit weird of course but I've always done it.

admiralofthefleet · 20-01-2013 12:51AM

I think my wife is going insane.

She said "Honey, can you unload the dish washer please?"

Next thing you know, she'll be asking the marmalade to take out the bins

Rasheed · 20-01-2013 12:53AM

Manuka is the job, I'm addicted.

kneemos · 20-01-2013 12:54AM

A lot of it comes from China and is not top quality apparently.

admiralofthefleet · 20-01-2013 12:56AM

Rasheed wrote: »

Manuka is the job, I'm addicted.

why is it so expensive though? i was going to make flapjacks during the week with it but when i saw the price of the 15+ i changed my mind

Lenin Skynard · 20-01-2013 12:56AM

Only with hot whiskey and allegedly on cereal but I doubt that's actual honey.

flutterflye · 20-01-2013 12:59AM

I think it comes from the divil himself. Disgusting stuff altogether.
I can't eat anything that even has a hint of honey in it.

Mountainsandh · 20-01-2013 01:04AM

every day, with herbal teas, and in porridge.
Some friends of ours send us this massive, 2.5 kg (no kidding) pot of honey from the Black Forest every year, it's beautiful and very different from Irish honey.
Since I love Irish honey too, I sometimes buy a small pot of locally produced one, for a change.

gurramok · 20-01-2013 01:06AM

Honey is good for you. Take it for that cough, sore throat, cold and use it externally to treat wounds. Before advanced medicine came along, honey was used to treat many ailments. Enjoy your honey!

Rasheed · 20-01-2013 01:06AM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

why is it so expensive though? i was going to make flapjacks during the week with it but when i saw the price of the 15+ i changed my mind

It's suppose to have healing properties! And it comes in different strenghts, the higher the strength, the dearer it is. I've seen it used on leg ulcers as well as people taking it for sore throats etc.

It's milder and thicker than ordinary honey, that's why I like it, but you're right, it's mad expensive.

juice1304 · 20-01-2013 01:08AM

Mmmmmmmmm Bee vomit

hfallada · 20-01-2013 01:16AM

I keep my own bees and most people that hate honey like mine. As a majority of honey even it sounds irish produced is chinese and full of anti biotics and was banned by the EU at one stage the level of chemicals was so high.

A local irish produced honey is almost as good as manuka, as manuka has had millions spent on research which a small company company cant afford to show that its honey is as good.

languagenerd · 20-01-2013 01:35AM

Just started using this week as a sore throat remedy - few spoonfuls mixed with hot water (and a drop of lemon juice if I have it) and it really helps with hoarseness, etc.

We also use it to glaze vegetables (carrots, parsnips, sweet potato, etc.).

Never ate/used it at all until last year. It's actually quite nice, who knew?!

Ficheall · 20-01-2013 01:36AM

Don't they have to boil manuka honey before export to remove all the "impurities", rendering it less beneficial than ordinary honey?

Capt'n Midnight · 20-01-2013 01:38AM

kneemos wrote: »

A lot of it comes from China and is not top quality apparently.

A lot of it comes from China and is not honey.

You can identify where honey comes from by looking at the pollen in it.

A lot of the Chinese "honey" has the pollen filtered. The only reason you'd filter honey is to hide it's origin.

hfallada · 20-01-2013 01:38AM

languagenerd wrote: »

Just started using this week as a sore throat remedy - few spoonfuls mixed with hot water (and a drop of lemon juice if I have it) and it really helps with hoarseness, etc.

We also use it to glaze vegetables (carrots, parsnips, sweet potato, etc.).

Never ate/used it at all until last year. It's actually quite nice, who knew?!

For sore throat buy one that its a commercially produced one. As some companies to stop honey solidify (which is 100% natural) heat the honey killing all goodness in it.

The best thing is to just put it on a spoon and eat it. As putting it in hot water kills most of the enzymes and goodness

languagenerd · 20-01-2013 01:42AM

hfallada wrote: »

For sore throat buy one that its a commercially produced one. As some companies to stop honey solidify (which is 100% natural) heat the honey killing all goodness in it.

The best thing is to just put it on a spoon and eat it. As putting it in hot water kills most of the enzymes and goodness

Really? I've been mixing it with hot water, and it really helps my voice come back for a while (enough to hold a conversation, whereas before I wasn't able to do anything other than croak). I'm probably not getting any of the long-term benefits then, but short-term, it works!

Ann22 · 20-01-2013 01:45AM

Cider vinegar and honey is meant to be brilliant for all manner of diseases and ailments. I love honey when it's the waxy creamy type...yum..:)

JonEBGud · 20-01-2013 01:51AM

Honey doesn't go off. Honey was found in one of the Egyptian tombs, which was thousands of years old and it was still edible.

hfallada · 20-01-2013 01:56AM

languagenerd wrote: »

Really? I've been mixing it with hot water, and it really helps my voice come back for a while (enough to hold a conversation, whereas before I wasn't able to do anything other than croak). I'm probably not getting any of the long-term benefits then, but short-term, it works!

Like its still effective just not as much

mud · 20-01-2013 02:19AM

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

I've recently begun eating honey, didn't realise how nice the stuff is.

Anyone else have thoughts on honey or favourite types?

I love good honey. Got a pot of Sarah's Honey with Walnuts before christmas. It's so delicious

Holsten · 20-01-2013 02:19AM

Hate the stuff, never touch it.

cantdecide · 20-01-2013 02:26AM

For about the last five years if I eat any kind of quantity of honey I have to lie down for the day. My stomach feels like I'd swallowed a hedgehog.

Am I the only one?

swimming in a sea · 20-01-2013 02:40AM

I saw a program about urban Dublin Bee Hives, sounded like a nice idea until I thought would you want your honey been from flowers that some junkie bum was pissing on and are exposed to all the exhaust fumes from city traffic.

C.K Dexter Haven · 20-01-2013 02:42AM

They love honey in the mustard forum

Mmmmmmm honey and mustard mmmmmmmmmmm

mufcboy1999 · 20-01-2013 02:52AM

Manuka 15 for me the last few months, expensive stuff too. I often put it on my chicken/turkey,toast etc ... Love it.

Do you eat honey?

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