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I was reading some old MN threads which suggested that Manuka honey was a good way to keep coughs and sniffles away over winter. Three teaspoons a day apparently, so I invested in an outrageously expensive pot of the panacea. The first day I stuck a teaspoon of it in my mouth and nearly vomited. The second day I tried the three teaspoons on a slice of bread - it was like eating savlon on toast. Yesterday I applied a thin spread of it on toast covered by nutella - not as bad, but pretty sickly as you can imagine.

Is it just me that finds the taste utterly abhorrent? Any other suggestion on how to eat it? Haven't tried it in tea yet but I'm strictly a yorkshire tea girl with lots of milk and no sugar and can't say I'm thrilled at the prospect of M.H. polluting it.

Don't try to put 3 teaspoons on toast all at once

Try a thin spreading

You don't HAVE to have the whole amount every day .. anything is benficial TBH

(mind you I love it!)

I really HATE honey but am also dosing up on manuka at the mo as am pregnant and can't have echinaccea.

I find it is just about okay in a traditional cup of honey and lemon. Some brands of manuka are nicer than others our first jar was this one:
www.hollandandbarrett.com/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=1931&prodid=2110 which was way way nicer than this one:
[[ http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=806&prodid=862]] which is really pasty and sometimes tastes a tad bitter.

I can only manage one small spoon of the stuff a day and have a drink nearby to drown it out with.

Ah yes, I have the one in your second link Thandeka, which might account for some of the horribleness. Got a teaspoon of it in my tea right now - not as bad as I thought but still has a distinct whiff of something I'd gargle and spit at the dentist.

Good to know that even one teaspoon is better than nothing. I shall persevere - maybe it's an acquired taste and it'll grow on me.

<smiles weakly>

yeah that one defo was a mistake to buy (and we have a big jar of the blimming stuff as it was on special offer- yuk! the stuff it so expensive!) as soon as it is done am reverting to the other one which almost (but not quite) made me like honey!

I think it was on special offer when I bought it too - and now I know why!

You'd never eat that much of it in one go!

It's very useful topically. On two occasions we've used it on septic toes (son has ingrowing toenail trouble) and it saved us from having to have antibiotics.

Have you tried it in porridge? 1 teaspoon is enough to sweeten it and I'm not a fan of honey otherwise. Fingers crossed you won't need to use it once baby is here - it was recommended to me for topical use on my poor infected episiotomy scar once DD arrived.

My Dad bought me a jar of this for christmas last year. I was seriously disappointed. I am so rude I said to him, I think it's you that likes honey, here, here's a jar of honey.

at feeding an infection with sugars. THe bacteria must be thanking you kindly for that

nope- it kills bacteria- they can't cope with the sugar level - causes osmosis I think.

http://www.worldwidewounds.com/2001/november/Molan/honey-as-topical-agent.html