How about some recipes using honey ? There are 7 quarts and a pint on
the shelf from the first super , and 2 more supers awaiting extraction
tomorrow . I'm trying to decide how much I need to hold for our use ,
that will determine how much I can sell . I wasn't expecting having any
at all to sell , since I focused this year on increasing my hive count -
the saying "You can make bees or make honey , not both." is apparently
only true sometimes ... And once again the honey is very light with a
very delicate flavor . I bees a very happy beekeeper tonight .

Update - this was supposed to go out last night on eternal-september
, they must be having problems .

The extraction is finished , total harvest was just over 5 gallons .
I lost probably a gallon to wax moths , I didn't have things sealed up
as well as I thought and a moth got in and laid some eggs . Ruined about
4 frames of comb for human consumption so the bees will get that honey
back .

--
Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crochety .
Get off my lawn !

On 2018-07-02 1:43 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
> Â* How about some recipes using honey ?


Baklava.

On Monday, July 2, 2018 at 9:11:17 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-07-02 1:43 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
> > Â* How about some recipes using honey ?
>
>
> Baklava.

I have made that with honey. Damn that was good stuff. My understanding is that the real stuff is with a simple syrup - not honey. Well okay then.

On Monday, July 2, 2018 at 4:43:07 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> On Monday, July 2, 2018 at 9:11:17 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2018-07-02 1:43 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
> > > Â* How about some recipes using honey ?
> >
> >
> > Baklava.
>
> I have made that with honey. Damn that was good stuff. My understanding is that the real stuff is with a simple syrup - not honey. Well okay then.

Baklava is heaven!

John Kuthe...

On Monday, July 2, 2018 at 2:09:42 PM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
>
> Baklava is heaven!
>
> John Kuthe...

One day, we shall all eat baklava in heaven.

On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 12:43:37 -0500, Terry Coombs >
wrote:

> How about some recipes using honey ?

"Take rainwater kept for several years and mix a sextarius of this
water with a pound of honey. For a weaker mead, mix a sextarius of
water with nine ounces of honey. The whole is exposed to the sun for
40 days, and then left on a shelf near the fire. If you have no rain
water, then boil spring water." (Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella,
*De Re Rustica* (~60 CE))

Let us know how it works out. ;-)

--
Bob
St Francis would have done better to preach to the cats

In article
ich.is.quite.invalid>,
Opinicus > wrote:

> On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 12:43:37 -0500, Terry Coombs >
> wrote:
>
> > How about some recipes using honey ?
>
> "Take rainwater kept for several years and mix a sextarius of this
> water with a pound of honey. For a weaker mead, mix a sextarius of
> water with nine ounces of honey. The whole is exposed to the sun for
> 40 days, and then left on a shelf near the fire. If you have no rain
> water, then boil spring water." (Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella,
> *De Re Rustica* (~60 CE))
>
> Let us know how it works out. ;-)

I had a friend that made mead. Just as Pernod leaves a touch of
licorice on your lips, mead leaves a taste of honey. It was delicious,
and I've never had or seen it sold since.
Mead might not be a bad idea. I would buy a bottle of the mead that he
made for fifty bucks. So google it folks. It won't be the mead that I
tasted.
Hmm..."I" just googled mead, and many Amazon meads start with NV. I
wonder if he went into business? I'm sure he'd love to see his old
college roommate of fifty years ago show up to "help him" with his
business.
Right?

leo

"dsi1" wrote in message
...

On Monday, July 2, 2018 at 2:09:42 PM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
>
> Baklava is heaven!
>
> John Kuthe...

One day, we shall all eat baklava in heaven.

==

Will there be no calories in heaven?

On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 10:24:03 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>
>
>"dsi1" wrote in message
...
>
>On Monday, July 2, 2018 at 2:09:42 PM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
>>
>> Baklava is heaven!
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>
>One day, we shall all eat baklava in heaven.
>
>==
>
>Will there be no calories in heaven?

Yes, but we can become as big as we want.

dsi1 wrote:
>
> On Monday, July 2, 2018 at 2:09:42 PM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
> >
> > Baklava is heaven!
> >
> > John Kuthe...
>
> One day, we shall all eat baklava in heaven.

And the streets shall be paved with baklava.
BTW, I haven't had backava in forever but I do remember that it
was pretty darn good.

On 7/2/2018 11:58 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In article
> ich.is.quite.invalid>,
> Opinicus > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2 Jul 2018 12:43:37 -0500, Terry Coombs >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> How about some recipes using honey ?
>> "Take rainwater kept for several years and mix a sextarius of this
>> water with a pound of honey. For a weaker mead, mix a sextarius of
>> water with nine ounces of honey. The whole is exposed to the sun for
>> 40 days, and then left on a shelf near the fire. If you have no rain
>> water, then boil spring water." (Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella,
>> *De Re Rustica* (~60 CE))
>>
>> Let us know how it works out. ;-)
> I had a friend that made mead. Just as Pernod leaves a touch of
> licorice on your lips, mead leaves a taste of honey. It was delicious,
> and I've never had or seen it sold since.
> Mead might not be a bad idea. I would buy a bottle of the mead that he
> made for fifty bucks. So google it folks. It won't be the mead that I
> tasted.
> Hmm..."I" just googled mead, and many Amazon meads start with NV. I
> wonder if he went into business? I'm sure he'd love to see his old
> college roommate of fifty years ago show up to "help him" with his
> business.
> Right?
>
> leo

Â* Mead has been on my mind ... I considered it before I had bees but
decided then that the cost was more than I wanted to spend . Now that
I've got "free" honey ... I need to check out some recipes .

--
Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crochety .
Get off my lawn !

Ophelia wrote:
> Will there be no calories in heaven?

Nope. if you make it to heaven, eat whatever you want.

On 2018-07-03 7:20 AM, Gary wrote:

>> One day, we shall all eat baklava in heaven.
>
> And the streets shall be paved with baklava.
> BTW, I haven't had backava in forever but I do remember that it
> was pretty darn good.

At one school where my wife taught there was a Greek family and the
mother used to send her baklava once in a while. She had an Armenian
co-worker who made it, but in a different style.

I have made it a few times but don't bother anymore because I have
issues with nuts. I occasionally make Galaktoboriko instead. It is the
same idea with the sheets of buttered phylo, and the syrup added at the
end, but the filling is a rich, sweet custard.

"Gary" wrote in message ...

Ophelia wrote:
> Will there be no calories in heaven?

Nope. if you make it to heaven, eat whatever you want.

==

<g>

On Monday, July 2, 2018 at 11:24:13 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Monday, July 2, 2018 at 2:09:42 PM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
> >
> > Baklava is heaven!
> >
> > John Kuthe...
>
> One day, we shall all eat baklava in heaven.
>
> ==
>
> Will there be no calories in heaven?

There will be calories in heaven. What there won't be is gravity. This will allow the inhabitants to float and grow to the size of blimps. If folks on earth get any bigger, we're probably going to have to move back to the ocean and evolve into whales.

"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Monday, July 2, 2018 at 11:24:13 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Monday, July 2, 2018 at 2:09:42 PM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
> >
> > Baklava is heaven!
> >
> > John Kuthe...
>
> One day, we shall all eat baklava in heaven.
>
> ==
>
> Will there be no calories in heaven?

There will be calories in heaven. What there won't be is gravity. This will
allow the inhabitants to float and grow to the size of blimps. If folks on
earth get any bigger, we're probably going to have to move back to the ocean
and evolve into whales.

==

Oh dear, I wouldn't fancy that much)

On Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at 9:49:10 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> ==
>
> Oh dear, I wouldn't fancy that much)

Life would be a lot easier if humans lived in the ocean - but not on top.

"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at 9:49:10 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> ==
>
> Oh dear, I wouldn't fancy that much)

Life would be a lot easier if humans lived in the ocean - but not on top.

==

I can't imagine that ever being my cuppatea. I prefer to live on land)

On Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at 10:21:32 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> ==
>
> I can't imagine that ever being my cuppatea. I prefer to live on land)

There will still be tea - it's gonna have to be seaweed tea. Hee hee.

https://www.marthastewart.com/151944...up-seaweed-tea

"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at 10:21:32 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> ==
>
> I can't imagine that ever being my cuppatea. I prefer to live on land)

There will still be tea - it's gonna have to be seaweed tea. Hee hee.

https://www.marthastewart.com/151944...up-seaweed-tea

==

Yuck! Given I don't like any tea now, I doubt I will find that attractive