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Check this out. It’s a chunk of comb honey that tumbled out of a hive when we did our fall inspections a few weeks ago. Have you ever eaten comb honey? It’s delicious. The old timers call it “poor man’s gum.” (Nowadays – with the price of comb honey soaring over sugar it’d have to be rich man’s gum.) The term harkens back to a day when it was more common for rural folk to keep backyard beehives and honey was there for the taking. You eat it by the spoonful. Just break off or spoon up a bite size chunk. Pop it in your mouth. And enjoy! The wax chews like gum if you eat it by itself. But it’s edible and swallows easily if eaten on cornbread or toast. Eating comb honey inspires reverie about the ancients. It’s a sensational treat. You’ve got the flaky, crispy texture of beeswax crumpling between your teeth. Then the gel-like texture of honey oozing over your tongue. And the sweetness!!! Oh, the sweetness. I’m a sugar fan (although I try to keep things reasonable) but the sweet, delicate flavor of comb honey leaves high-test white sugar in the dust. If honey tastes this divine to me in my sugar-saturated, United States circa 2007 existence, imagine what it might have tasted like to the ancients. Although we’re currently sold out, Andy and I do sell comb honey through our honey company, Backyard Bees, LLC. It’s the first honey crop we harvest and is ready for sale in mid to late summer. Email us in July if you’re interested. We’ll let you know what’s available and put your name on the waiting list. | |
