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I don't get honeycomb. When you're a suburban kid and your only knowledge of honey comes from the copy on the back of your cereal box, you grow up thinking honeycomb is going to taste as magical as it looks -- crispity crunchity, it'll break between your teeth into shards of golden sweetness.
But it's not like that at all. I got a gift of honeycomb from a really lovely couple I met who keep a hive in their backyard. The honey is delicious and light, but the honeycomb has left a skin of what looks like candle wax drippings on the top of my tea. It doesn't dissolve, it doesn't break down, it just kind of gets stuck in your teeth. I'm ingesting some of it because I hear it's good for your immune system, but I can't imagine wanting to spread that on a piece of toast.
Those people who say they like honeycomb -- do you think they're for real?
Also for the can-you-explain-this-to-me files, just saw the Jonas Brothers on the American Music Awards. Really? Really? They're not even as good as Hanson. At least that Mmmbop song was catchy.
Musical brothers I would rather watch:
Huh. I didn't know you could eat the combs. I thought they were just to help prevent crystallization of the honey. And I've heard that eating local honey is good for allergies (cuz you're eating pollen from your local allergens.. or something), but not honeycombs... interesting stuff. I was hoping to find some answers here doh.
Excuse the mishmash of nonsense, I'm in the midst of a bad headache :(
I was at the Farmer's Market with my good friend two weeks ago, and I coveted somebody's honeycomb, thinking it would be nature's equivalent to the tasty cereal of my youth. Thank you for relieving me of both the mystery and the subsequent disappointment. I guess the same goes for the Jonas Brothers.... FYI, there is an article about bee keeping in New York City in the first issue of "Edible Manhattan," with this awesome title: "Sweet Honey in the Block."
Heehee... excuse my butting in, I found you on an internet search (not for honey, actually...) and couldn't help but giggle. Of course honeycomb is like that, it's wax! Beeswax. They make candles out of it. But I have heard that the way to eat honeycomb is to not even really eat it... you just kind of chew it up and spit out the wax. You're quite right, though, it's not nearly as enchantingly delicious as one might imagine.
Yeah, honeycomb is wax. Some people like to chew the wax, like those fake Halloween lips, for what that's worth.
There's also an Australian confection called honeycomb that is a light, airy, honey-flavored toffee. Much, much easier to like.
I don't know much about honey combs either. However, we taste different types of honey almost every week in the office. But, if I was to make a suggestion on finding out more about this I thought of one person in particular. I am sure you may have bumped into him on occasion and since he made my hot guy of the month refrigerator, I would definitely ask the beekeeper/Gourmet food editor Ian Knauer. I hope to hear more about your food adventures in the coming year. Oh, and ramen noodles from the SGV here I come!!!
Ha, this made me laugh. I got honeycomb in honey as a gift last year and had the exact same reaction. My mother, however, totally digs the stuff: she spreads it on toast so the crunchy bread sort of disguises the wax.
Ganda, you just made my head explode (in a good way). Hanson and the Louvin Brothers in the same post! It makes me so happy that there is someone else out there who understands how beautiful that combination can be. That, and, a mashup of "mmm-bop" and "Satan is real" would put me over the moon...
This really made my day! You are right, for me Hanson is way better than the Jonas brothers. And the thought of you eating your way through a honeycomb reminds me so much of Winnie the Pooh...oh bother :)
well i like hanson ..but i like jonas brothers too..their hot!!
and for the honey situation..i have no clue..i guess if you dont like it...just dont eat it then, simple as that!