Mead Lovers Digest #1546

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Subject: Mead Lover's Digest #1546, 3 October 2011 
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Mead Lover's Digest #1546                                  3 October 2011 

                      Mead Discussion Forum 

Contents: 
  Re: Subject: Macadamia Mead (Paul Shouse) 
  Hawaiian Honey (CLSAXER@aol.com) 

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Subject: Re: Subject: Macadamia Mead 
From: Paul Shouse <paulhshouse@gmail.com> 
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:49:48 +0900 

>From: nlkanous@netscape.net 
>Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:55:33 -0400 (EDT) 

>Paul Shouse posted: 

>.... they made mead from a fragrant 
>buttery macadamia flower honey that carried the taste of the nuts....... 

>- - -Paul 

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>......has definitely gone downhill.......... 

>nathan 

That's a real shame! The stuff was a bit light but was very very good to 
drink. Perhaps they haven't had access to the best honey anymore, as I'd 
imagine it was pretty darned good judging from the flowery nature of the 
mead. 

There's a guy I know with bees here, out on an old  rice terrace. I'm 
looking forward to working with it! I'm going to suggest that he plant 
wildflowers in the other fallow terrace gardens next year. 

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Subject: Hawaiian Honey 
From: CLSAXER@aol.com 
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 20:47:19 -0400 (EDT) 

Aloha All, 
I am a meadmaker and beekeeper who lives on Hawaii Island.  There are no 
laws here requiring boiling of honey/mead must nor pasteurization of honey 
for sale.  The sale of raw honey is perfectly legal here and happens all of 
the time. 

Living near thousands of acres of macadamia trees, my girls gather nectar 
from macadamia flowers when they are in season.  The honey is somewhat 
buttery.  Nutty?  Not that I have ever tasted.  Certainly nothing like the 
flavor of macadamia nuts 

+1 on the organic honey scam.  Bees forage up to a two mile radius from 
the hive. That is over 8,000 acres.  How can anyone certify that every nectar 
source within a two mile radius is organic? 

Is price your main consideration when purchasing honey?  Consider this: 

Honey Laundering 
_http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/08/honey-laundering/_ 
(http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/08/honey-laundering/) 

With aloha, 
Carl Saxer 
Puna District 
Hawaii Island 

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