I have just made up quite a few cut honey combs for the first time.
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out of interest as bee keepers do you spit or swallow the wax?
I have decided i am a spitter.
8-)
I'm a spitter too!
I eat both the honey and the comb.
Swallow;
Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb , sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
I've past the fifty mark (54) I figure I need every advantage I can get. "Healthy Bones" Sometimes I believe the good Lord puts stuff right in front of us. I hope this is one of those times.
I do both. I try to eat a little on a regular basis.
Jim
Interesting title
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If you put it in your mouth, swallowing some is gonna happen.
If you eat it with a cracker, you will never have the wax gum up. I like a little cheese and maybe a roasted pecan topped with comb honey on a cracker.
Quote from: GSF on August 30, 2013, 09:16:59 PM
Swallow;
Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb , sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
I've past the fifty mark (54) I figure I need every advantage I can get. "Healthy Bones" Sometimes I believe the good Lord puts stuff right in front of us. I hope this is one of those times.
Good Point! I'm going to try to eat more of the comb! I need every advantage I can get also!!
I eat the comb sometimes, it's supposed to be healthy for you, but I just don't see wax as being to healthy for you, so not like I chow down on the comb.
BTB;
Is there a difference between wax and comb? I had the notion that they were the same.
Nice!
Is that from the year?
Where did you get the boxes from? Planning on doing some cut comb this year and will need boxes.
Quote from: GSF on September 01, 2013, 06:39:50 AM
BTB;
Is there a difference between wax and comb? I had the notion that they were the same.
Prpbably means if you start with a foundation vs foundationless? Just a guess though. Never done comb or chunk myself. Get I few request from the older generation occasionally. Older than me and I am over the mid century :)
Quote from: sc-bee on September 01, 2013, 11:15:57 AMOlder than me and I am over the mid century :)
My daddy is 80 and lives in in Pickett County, Tennessee. He prefers honey on the comb. I think it is a generational preference, and I also think it's a Southern thing. I could be wrong about the latter, but I've never seen anyone ever eat it out here.
The only caveat to that is I saw a Ross Rounds being sold for $14.95 each at a roadside fruit stand outside of Pasco, Washington yesterday.
How long can comb honey be stored in the plastic boxes?
It will outlast the plastic at the right temp.
Quote from: Palouse on September 01, 2013, 12:09:41 PM
and I also think it's a Southern thing. I could be wrong about the latter, but I've never seen anyone ever eat it out here.
And I thought it was a Northern thing :) Most definitely a generation thing here in the South for those that do ask.
I know of a guy that was selling Ross Rounds to a Church up North. They used them in their worship service. He said when he has, I belive it was a thousand, they came after them. I belive at that time, several years back, he was getting $5 a round.
I've noticed 90% of my Honey Customers want Comb in the Jars.
I am setting up to produce more comb honey this next season using shallow boxes and thin foundation.
Quote from: sc-bee on September 02, 2013, 03:36:47 PM
I know of a guy that was selling Ross Rounds to a Church up North. They used them in their worship service.
Since your post I've been trying to think of ways someone could use a Ross Round in a worship service. Communion? Gifts for visitors? I have to say I'm stumped.
Palouse; Same here I'm scratching my head on that one.
Now I've eaten honey that tasted so good it made you want to have church..,