honeycomb

[stevej37]

Watching the State Farm commercial brought back some memories.
As a kid, my father would bring home a whole honeycomb once a a month or so from a local beekeeper.
We would fight over that thing until it was completely gone.
Anyone else have this? It's great stuff.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by stevej37

We would fight over that thing until it was completely gone.

Oh, yeah.

Poor man's chewing gum. Divine.

[bkreigsr]

Our local 'gourmet' grocer has a huge stock/variety of raw honey - some with, some without the comb.
Since reading all the benefits of raw honey over supermarket honey- I've come over.

Bill K

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by bkreigsr

Since reading all the benefits of raw honey over supermarket honey..........

I've heard a tablespoon per day will rid you of many allergies.

Originally Posted by stevej37

We would fight over that thing until it was completely gone.

Slightly off topic but with four kids at the house in the way back, a half gallon of ice cream had a life expectancy of about 90 minutes.

The cost was to listen to my Dad tell us nearly every time he brought the stuff home how his Mom in the 30's would slice up a pint of ice cream (in a box - older guys remember) among six people. Always held his thumb and forefinger close together showing the thickness of the slices. "And his Dad would get a little bigger piece."

[stevej37]

^^^ That happened in my family also. Mother would lay the box on the breadboard and use the bread knife to slice off equal slabs....cardboard and all.
I forgot about that..until you mentioned it.

I also remember how happy my mother was when the local bakery started selling pre-sliced bread.

[Eric 951]

honeycomb
raw sugarcane sticks to chew on which you could purchase for a buck from the roadside stands
the cream from the tops of the United dairy farmers milk jugs

good stuff

[matthewb0051]

Over the weekend a 18-wheeler carrying bees crashed in San Antonio. Plenty of honeycomb on the interstate...

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/01/24/18-wheeler-seen-hauling-bee-boxes-flips-causes-road-closure-near-downtown/

[stevej37]

^^^ That's sad...a lot of dead bees.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Eric 951

honeycomb
raw sugarcane sticks to chew on which you could purchase for a buck from the roadside stands
the cream from the tops of the United dairy farmers milk jugs

good stuff

You were rich!

We just got some raw grains of wheat to chew on to make gum. And in when we lived in Hawaii we would just cut a stalk of fresh sugarcane after walking to school up hill both ways in the snow barefoot carrying 100 pound backpacks.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

You were rich!

We just got some raw grains of wheat to chew on to make gum. And in when we lived in Hawaii we would just cut a stalk of fresh sugarcane after walking to school up hill both ways in the snow barefoot carrying 100 pound backpacks.

[unclebilly]

I love honey. I put it in my coffee every morning.

In 2014, I was presenting a paper in KL and the hotel I stayed at had a rack in the breakfast buffet for a honey comb. It would flow out of the comb, along a rail and into a cup. The honey from that cup was divine.

[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

You were rich!

We just got some raw grains of wheat to chew on to make gum. And in when we lived in Hawaii we would just cut a stalk of fresh sugarcane after walking to school up hill both ways in the snow barefoot carrying 100 pound backpacks.

Speaking of snow, we had some yesterday, along with a deluge.

[PorscheGAL]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

I've heard a tablespoon per day will rid you of many allergies.

My understanding is that it needs to be local honey to have this effect.

I still buy honeycomb honey from my local beekeeper. You probably can find some locally. There are usually local beekeeper groups you can contact.

[KFC911]

^^^ Yep. I must've been 6-7 ... still remember my dad's friend cutting the honeycomb off of the racks and handing me a chunk.... mmmm.

[cabmandone]

We used to get some in a gift basket from my dad's employer when I was a kid. They'd have a company Christmas party and every year they'd have this basket with with a honeycomb in a jar. Dad's employer had a relative in the honey biz.

[WPOZZZ]

What does the honeycomb taste like? I always thought it was wax.

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by WPOZZZ

What does the honeycomb taste like? I always thought it was wax.

It tastes like honey coated wax.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by unclebilly

I love honey. I put it in my coffee every morning.

In 2014, I was presenting a paper in KL and the hotel I stayed at had a rack in the breakfast buffet for a honey comb. It would flow out of the comb, along a rail and into a cup. The honey from that cup was divine.

We've transitioned to honey for almost all sweetening. We've been getting ours from a local company for several years. For the first few years from a farmer's market, but the wife got tired of working 6-7 days a week, so now we get it from a store.
WHen they came to the Farmer's market, they used to have multiple sources. Their main source was what they called "Texas Brush," but they'd also often have grapefruit, horsemint, Guajillo, and one year they even had Cotton Blossom. Growing up, I'd always either seen clover or orange blossom, mostly clover. I was shocked at how different the various honeys looked and tasted.

The Texas Brush honey is often very dark with a very strong flavor. It's one of my favorites. It also almost never crystalizes. We buy it a gallon at a time (it's a lot cheaper that way)

I was really surprised by the cotton blossom. It was also REALLY good. I can't describe it, but I raved about it and asked them if they had more, so they brought me the last that they had. The cotton blossom was very light in flavor and crystalized more readily. I did a little reading. Apparently, whether the honey is light or dark is usually an indicator if it's going to crystalize or not.

Now that they are selling through the retail store, I only get the Texas Brush which is OK.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by WPOZZZ

What does the honeycomb taste like? I always thought it was wax.

^v^v

Originally Posted by cabmando

It tastes like honey coated wax.

Yep, it is wax.

[masraum]

I bought some of this at Whole Foods. I thought that our 4 yo grandson would think it was neat (he's afraid of bees, so I thought this might help make them seem less scarey). He tasted the honey and liked it, but wouldn't try the comb.

The honey had an amazing flavor. It was one of the tastiest honeys I've ever had.