I've been buying local honey for years, and pestering the kitchens I work in to source their honey from my favorite local producers, instead of just ordering it from the big distributors. Even the big-distributor stuff was generally labeled from two STATES away, but when you can get it from two TOWNS away for a comparable price, why not?
This has just given me more incentive to buy the non-combo packs of Greek yogurt and drizzle in my OWN honey, though.
The only food product I will knowingly buy from China is whole leaf tea. Not bag tea, leaf. Maybe I'll buy rice, if it's not coated with cornstarch, but I prefer California grown or India. Anything else, I will avoid.
You are above the Mason-Dixon line, so my icon doesn't work on you.... :)
I've heard the stories about local honey helping deal with allergies to local plants. The problem with some local farmer's markets and flea market honey is that the sellers will sometimes mix the honey with corn syrup to get more volume. Mostly you'll need to ask around to see who are the reputable vendors are. If you can find a local apiary, that would be best.
Our local "Whole Paycheck" carries local products, so try your local variant.
I tried some local honey, from the apiarist down the road, to help with my sneezy reaction to the flowering trees that are all over here. Unfortunately, the honey tasted more like cat hair than anything. Blech. So I gave it away. Lately, I only eat honey from my grandparents' farm. It's what I grew up eating most, and it's delicious. (It's usually clover honey, since the beehives are near the clover fields.)
Yeah. It was a little, old guy. I was walking by, saw the signs, and decided to check it out. The elderly man who answered the door looked so sadly happy that someone was interested in his honey that I bought a small jar, even though the bevy of cats around his feet made me sneeze something fierce. I don't like disappointing old people; not sure why. Never letting myself guilt myself into potentially bad honey again. Yuck.
I miss the honey-stick vendor at the ren faire. She always had flavored honey, and was only from one state away. Last time I went to SilverLeaf, she wasn't there; made it feel like a wasted trip.
More like poor sanitation practices in the extraction, decanting, and/or storage process. Similar to what happens to brewers if they use a bottle that contained vinegar: whatever brew goes into the bottle comes out vinegar....
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This has just given me more incentive to buy the non-combo packs of Greek yogurt and drizzle in my OWN honey, though.
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I've heard the stories about local honey helping deal with allergies to local plants. The problem with some local farmer's markets and flea market honey is that the sellers will sometimes mix the honey with corn syrup to get more volume. Mostly you'll need to ask around to see who are the reputable vendors are. If you can find a local apiary, that would be best.
Our local "Whole Paycheck" carries local products, so try your local variant.
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Lately, I only eat honey from my grandparents' farm. It's what I grew up eating most, and it's delicious. (It's usually clover honey, since the beehives are near the clover fields.)
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Never letting myself guilt myself into potentially bad honey again. Yuck.
I miss the honey-stick vendor at the ren faire. She always had flavored honey, and was only from one state away. Last time I went to SilverLeaf, she wasn't there; made it feel like a wasted trip.
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