Buy British: Honey

Many people don't realise just how different honey can taste.

You may think I am biased as a honey producer, but you can define the quality of honey by its taste, look and aroma.

Yes, you can pick up cheap honey off the super market shelf - but if you compare it to a pure English honey that has not been heavily processed, it will surprise you at the difference in taste and how good it is for you.

You may have the argument of "why should I buy english honey ? it costs more"

But buying English honey means you are supporting english honey farmers, (which are on the decline might I add) and it puts money back into our economy - so who wouldn't want to do that?

Also, it tastes MEGA GOOD!

You have such a variety of flavours, textures and tastes in the UK - you've got your clear 'runny' honeys which are produced by the bees mid to late summer - Borage, brambles, hedgerows and woodlands and so on... Then you have your thick creamy set honeys, which are produced in the spring - oil seed rape, mixed wildflower, Ivy etc.

If you suffer from hay fever, people have said that having a tea spoon of the local soft set every day from early spring (it must be local pollen / honey or it will not work!) can reduce your symptoms and make hay fever more manageable. It doesn't work for everyone, but we have had several people write to us saying its cured their hay fever!

When I have a sore throat or cough, I mix up a large teaspoon of honey, squeeze of lemon and a few slices of fresh ginger with hot water, and it works a treat for a tickly throat / cough.

Honey is also great if you have a splinter that you are struggling to get out. The honey draws out poison and foreign bodies in the skin. So dab some honey on the area of the splinter, stick a plaster over it, leave it for a couple of hours, and then pull it out.

It really is magical stuff and works like a vacuum! This also works the same when you have been stung by a bee, put honey on it - because it draws the poison out of your skin.

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