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Skriven 2014-02-15 21:25:12 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 9934 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: Re: Honey
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Hi Nancy,

>> Have you ever tried Sourwood honey?
>> No, this is the first I've heard of it I believe.. next time we're at
>> the store I'll look and see if it's carried up here.
>> We have gotten some produced in the
>> mountains of western North Carolina. It also seems to not crystalize as
>> easily. I guess I need to find some Tupelo honey to compare the two.

>> Yes, that would be interesting to see if they are similar :)

> I'd wonder if the tupelo and the sourwood are related and/or different
> names for the same plant...

Not that I can find..

Here's one clip I found:

Sourwood
Blooming period    ...blank...
Color  light
Taste  Specialty honey from North Carolina. Less sweet than most.

Tupelo
Blooming period        April and May
Color  white or extra light amber with a greenish cast. Taste  Tupelo honey has
a mild, pleasant flavor. It is also known to be slow to crystallise and fairly
expensive.


From another site, I thought this was neat:

"There has been no sourwood honey for a few years,+ so mark your calendar for
September when it returns--demand always exceeds supply. The gingerbread flavor
is ethereal: a sweet, spicy, anise aroma with hints of maple and a warm finish.
Had we known we were not to have it again for a while, we would not have been
so generous, encouraging all of our friends to "taste this!" Like black sage
honey, sourwood honey does not crystallize."

"Sourwood is an understory tree that often doesn't get enough sunlight to
produce nectar for the honey. The last three years have been extremely
difficult; cloudy, cool weather in the spring have produced blossoms, but not
enough nectar. There was about 30% of an average yield last year in North
Carolina, and other states, including Georgia, had none at all. "

"Tupelo Honey. Savannah Bee Company considers their tupelo honey the "gold
standard" of honey. It is produced from the flower of the tupelo gum tree, also
known as the water tupelo, which grows in the rivers and swamps surrounding
Savannah. The trees flower for just three weeks a year, in April. This light
amber-colored honey has unique flavor notes of melon, crème brulée, butter and
dried pear, with a very subtle herbaceous undertone of southern moss. With this
kind of complexity, it is becoming one of the most popular table honeys for
connoisseurs. Tupelo honey also does not crystallize. It is the only honey to
be immortalized in music and film: in a 1971 song and album of the same name by
Van Morrison; and the 1997 film Ulee's Gold, starring Peter Fonda as a
beekeeper whose "gold" is his tupelo honey. "

Anyway, all references point to blossoms from two different trees involved in
making each type honey..

Take care,
Janis

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