“ And Melomeli, which also is called Cydonomeli (quince honey) is made as follows. The quinces with their seeds removed, are put into good store of honey, so that they are covered. This becomes good after a year, being…
…and sleep came over him
The Fates covered him with honey and ashes… Lullaby by Thodoros Gonis Beehive used as child’s tomb. Museum of Kissamos, Crete. *The title comes from Theocritus’ 24th Idyll. It is about Alcmene’s lullaby to her twins…
ANOTHER EXPERIMENT: OLIVES CURED IN HONEY (GO SO WELL WITH SQUID)
“Geoponica” lists various methods for curing olives… My second olive -experiment was olives preserved in honey… in two types of honey, actually. 1 kilo of almost ripe olives was cured in thyme honey and 400 grams were stored in “bitter” monofloral honey of strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo). No aromatic seeds…
ON A COLD WINTER NIGHT…
….walnuts and thyme honey. (Photo credit: Mariana Kavroulaki)