Cut Comb Honey

[Pond Creek Farm]

I read a lot about cut comb honey, and was reading Tillie's site tonight about how to do it. I apolgize for the question, but why is this honey so prized?  How does one consume it? Is the wax eaten along with the honey, and if so how does the wax affect the taste? Lastly, why does cut comb honey command a higher price for less honey?

[JP]

Its fun to chew on the comb and get the honey.


...JP

[indypartridge]

I read a lot about cut comb honey, and was reading Tillie's site tonight about how to do it. I apolgize for the question, but why is this honey so prized?

It's as pure as it comes. Zero processing.

How does one consume it?

I use a spoon.

Is the wax eaten along with the honey, and if so how does the wax affect the taste?

Doesn't affect taste, does affect texture.

Lastly, why does cut comb honey command a higher price for less honey?

Two things: 1) More labor intensive to produce  2) With liquid honey, you re-use the comb, with cut comb, you're selling the comb along with the honey.

[Scadsobees]

Spread on bread or toast it will keep the the honey from running (somewhat) and doesn't much interfere with texture, you don't hardly notice it.

It isn't particularly prized in my area, at least not in my market (families, not gourmets).  I think partly why it is prized in some areas is because it is relatively rare.  Most of the people who buy it from me are older and used to eat it when they were young but haven't seen it for years.  The most common question I get is "What you do with THAT???!!".

-rick

[sc-bee]

It's the way your Grandma and Grandpa did it!!! Higher price more time consuming to handle. Most people now days in my area ask for it when you ain't got it and then when you have it don't want.

[utahbeekeeper]

We add a chunk to some of our jars of raw honey.  I have sold as many as a dozen of these jars at one time.  The package looks great and commands a premium price, which will be up a dollar for the pound and a half jar when the first crop comes in next week.

The ten frames or so that I cut up for comb honey are the only ones I wire . . . and I do have to do it all over again every year.