honey?
 

I tried green tea a while back and discovered I enjoyed it. Drink it often now and I have stopped drinking coffee and wish to cut down on sugar. So I tried honey and discovered I really enjoy it. Been drinking green tea and blend of both for a few weeks now and last week I tried orange blossom honey from herbal shop in Blackburn and it seems to be the best yet. Anyone have any suggestions?

Also is there anywhere you know of where I might find honey in Accrington rather than having to go to stores..

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Hoskins cheese stall on the outside market sell various honey

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Thanks I'll check that out

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Sod all wrong wi honey. I love it on pancakes, had some yesterday.:)

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Aldi have some in little squirty bottles Rob. I put it in Camomile tea when I get caffeined up at work.
Good on crumpets too :D
Mind you it only come 2nd to melted Blue Stilton on toasted crumpets ;)

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I tried camomile. Not for me. After trying the jar from the herb store i would rather look for some honey thats not mass produced for supermarkets. I got one from homebargains which i didnt like. Blue Stilton. ew.

I tried some in my porridge :D

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Know what you mean about mass produced stuff but it's conveniently packaged to keep in my desk and put a quick squirt in my brew. If I kept a jar in the fridge it would dissapear pdq.;)
Try and get some Manuka that's the best.
Manuka Honey: Medicinal Uses, Benefits, and Side Effects

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Honey is great stuff with many uses from wound care to face wash,I always keep a jar in the pantry.
It has antibacterial qualities (especially if it's the dark stuff),it might sound strange to smear honey on a wound but historically that's what folk did.

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ive heard that before.. Ive seen that in a film recently too

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If you want a naturally sweet tea drink, try liquorice tea bags - no added sweetener necessary. Liquorice is good for repairing damaged 'guts'.

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Is it freely available Margaret? Tesco maybe?

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I have known hospitals use honey on leg ulcers which would not heal. It is also one of the only food items that never goes off. I find if it has gone hard a second on the microwave restores it.

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Liquorice used to be used for healing gastric ulcers.....honey is good for all kinds of things.....eases coughs soothes sore throats and if you buy stuff that is produced locally it is said to alleviate the symptoms of hay fever.
Personally, I don't like the taste and can only drink it laced with lemon juice when I have a cold and can taste nothing.

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It was also used for burns.....honeytulle dressings were used to cover serious burns and this reduced the risk,of infection and promoted healing.

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Not complete without a large tot of whiskey, Margaret!
It doesn't cure the cold but you won't care.
I read somewhere pouring sugar into a cut or wound would stop infection.
Whiskey has the same effect but you don't need a good malt-any will do! And only if you have no sugar or honey!

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Good heads up. I bought two jars of orange blossom, The nice lady knocked off 40p as the honey had started to crystallise, I don't mind that but I appreciate the gesture.

I cannot stand the taste of Liquorice though I do have bad guts quite often, I had an endoscopy and it came back fine- Doctor told me its linked to anxiety, though it could be the 2-3 bottles of whisky per week I was drinking till I stopped altogether just over a year ago.

Also I was drinking around 8-10 large cups of coffee(2 heaped tsp) a day with 3.5 tsp of sugar and since switching to tea I feel less stressed at work. I ran out of honey at work and put two spoons of sugar in my green tea and I had to pour it away, it was quite horrid. Surprising really

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I prefer my cold cure without the Scotsman's revenge.
Yes sugar, like salt acts as a preservative......sugar and soap poultices were used (way back when I was a girl) to 'draw' the infection out of boils and wounds.

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Ahh, Margaret, I went through a lot of soap and sugar when I was a spotty teenager with boils thrown in as a bonus!
Didn't the poultice have to be hot? I seem to remember being scalded many times.
The sulphur and treacle finished off the job of making me unapproachable!

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I don't think it mattered that much...although poultices by definition, are usually hot.
We had sulphur and treacle every spring time to stop us getting heat lumps.....and if we did get heat lumps we got more of the vile stuff.
I hated that stuff and a close second was Scotts Emulsion.

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Found on ASDA website
Online Food Shopping - ASDA Groceries
but the TESCO site shows it only available as a liquorice/peppermint blend

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I like my honey in the form of Drambuie, Glayva or Irish mist! ;) Mind you, if it has to be spread on toast though (which is a bit tricksey with the aforementioned) we use the "Pure Lancashire Honey" made by Bickerstaffe Bears in Maghull which we bought from a local farm shop when over last. :)

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