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AsAProfessionalFekko · 22/04/2018 16:02

I thought it was getting quite educational - crumpets, bees, toast, hornets, newts...

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AsAProfessionalFekko · 23/04/2018 13:12

I have a 'honey stomach'. Actually its more like a 'cheese and chocolate' belly.

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AssassinatedBeauty · 23/04/2018 12:37

Makes me wonder whether an artificial honey could be produced rather than collect it from bees. Seems like it ought to be possible.

BoreOfWhabylon · 23/04/2018 12:10

Special bee vomit (from Wikipedia)

Leaving the hive, foraging bees collect sugar-rich flower nectar and return to the hive where they use their "honey stomachs" to ingest and regurgitate the nectar repeatedly until it is partially digested.[13][15][17] Bee digestive enzymes – invertase, amylase, and diastase – along with gastric acid hydrolyze sucrose to a mixture of glucose and fructose.[13][15] The bees work together as a group with the regurgitation and digestion for as long as 20 minutes until the product reaches storage quality.[15] It is then placed in honeycomb cells left unsealed while still high in water content (about 20%)[citation needed] and natural yeasts, which, unchecked, would cause the sugars in the newly formed honey to ferment.[14] The process continues as hive bees flutter their wings constantly to circulate air and evaporate water from the honey to a content around 18%, raising the sugar concentration, and preventing fermentation.[14][15] The bees then cap the cells with wax to seal them.[15]

AngryAttackKittens · 23/04/2018 07:51

Not surprised, can't see any non-cruel way that they'd be able to do it. I'd never buy it either.

HeatedCatFurniture · 23/04/2018 07:47

That coffee is also appallingly cruel angry - it's produced on an industrial scale and the civets are caged. I would never ever buy it.

AngryAttackKittens · 23/04/2018 07:25

Still can't stomach the idea of that coffee that's partially digested and then excreted by civet? cats. People rave about it but nope, sorry, not happening.

AngryAttackKittens · 23/04/2018 07:25

Never thought I'd find myself saying this, but please let it be vomit!

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AsAProfessionalFekko · 23/04/2018 07:23

So just exactly how do bees male honey? Is it their vomit or poo?

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AngryAttackKittens · 23/04/2018 02:26

As payback for opening the thread and seeing that illustration, have this horrifying creature. The scars from being stung look like bullet wounds.

thebewilderness · 23/04/2018 02:20

Since the other thread will be gone by morning I am posting this here too.
Easy fruit curd
cream 8-12 oz caster sugar with 6oz butter until light and fluffy. add 3 eggs one at a time. The amount of sugar depends on the sweetness of the fruit juice. 12 oz for lemon, 8 for raspberry.
If you intend to use this for a cake you need to bloom 1 teaspoon of gelatin and set aside.
Add 4oz of fruit juice and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to egg mixture then cook and slow and low stirring often to 190*. I use the mixer bowl over a pan of water but a heavy sauce pan works fine. Add the bloomed gelatin at the end. Pour into storage jars and let sit at room temp for a while before refrigerating. Makes about 20-24 oz.

Duddlepluck · 23/04/2018 02:13

SweetGrapes Passionfruit curd, really??? Never knew it was a thing, had to reluctantly leave the thread for bed after waxing lyrical about the delights of clementine curd, but this opens up a whole new range of possibilities!

SweetGrapes · 23/04/2018 00:57

*strong cheese will do too!

SweetGrapes · 23/04/2018 00:57

Honey with savoury is absolutely fine. You can have string cheese dipped in honey. Yummm...

SweetGrapes · 23/04/2018 00:55

Ooh! Are we discussing the bees again?

I quite liked the sound of passsionfruit curd on pancakes. Apparently Selfridges sells some and Nigella has a recipe.

DioneTheDiabolist · 23/04/2018 00:54

Is it weird that I associate honey with savoury rather than sweet tastes?Confused

GinAndSonic · 23/04/2018 00:50

@beupstanding no, it's sort of buttery colour. Very tasty. As was the polish man feeding it to me on little sticks at the market. I used my womanly wiles to get a discount.

UpstartCrow · 23/04/2018 00:00

The way people go on about manuka I assumed it must taste like manna.

Waddlelikeapenguin · 22/04/2018 23:53

Am i the only person that really really likes manuka honey?!

AncientLights · 22/04/2018 23:40

I can't see it.

AornisHades · 22/04/2018 23:34

Ooh the 9% thread...

AornisHades · 22/04/2018 23:33

Where's that Errol?

AncientLights · 22/04/2018 23:32

Ooh must go and say hi.

ErrolTheDragon · 22/04/2018 23:00

What do you know, the boy is back. There's some good stuff about chia seeds.

thebewilderness · 22/04/2018 21:33

No, the deletion message said it was because he was clearly just here to goad, and he's been banned. Nowt to do with our response to him was mentioned. I would guess MNHQ doesn't mind the tea and lack of sympathy approach to GFs at all.
Thanks Errol. I am being cranky and unfair to the mods.

DancelikeEmmaGoldman · 22/04/2018 21:25

Are feijoa not available to grow overseas? They grow in all sorts of coldish places in Australia. They're reasonably frost hardy when bigger. The fruit is amazingly delicious.