| Gourmet Star Thistle
Honey (16oz.)
Your Price: $4.75
SKU:
MS076
Size: 16 oz. bottle
Serving Size: As much as you want!
Gourmet Star Thistle Honey (2lb.)
Your Price: $8.00
SKU:
MS076B
Size: 2 lb. bottle
Serving Size: As much as you want!
Raw Gourmet honey is unfiltered,
unpasteurized and still contains all the vitamins, enzymes, some
pollen and is the only food that contains all the nutrients required
to sustain life!
Champagne of all honeys! This Raw Yellow Star Thistle Honey has
been voted America's favorite. Light in color and mild in taste.
A welcome relief to the bite and bitterness of clover. Star thistle
honey will cream easily and quickly. When spread on pastries or
toast it literally melts in your mouth.
| Yellow starthistle
migrated to California in an adobe brick (in seed form) from
the Mediterranean area in the early 1800s. The star thistle
is of the sunflower family. This winter annual is also known
as a noxious weed.
The yellow star thistle seed can germinate
in the winter and early spring. The young starthistle plants
monopolize soil, moisture and nutrients quickly growing above
surrounding plants. This adapting plant puts down a deep taproot
enabling survival in very dry areas. This star thistle has
an arsenal of reproductive tools that allow it to make a successful
stand. The starthistle has a seed viability of 95%, producing
about 28,500 seeds per square yard. This quick colonizer forms
dense stands of 100% star thistle plants and produces a barrage
of allelochemicals that prevents growth of all competitive
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Although star thistle honey can
be harvested in 46 states, very few areas have enough of this flower
to harvest a monofloral honey. A few northern states have the pleasure
of gathering yellow star thistle honey by the barrels full. The
gourmet honey taster has to stand in line to taste this delight
as it appears the word is out and everyone would like to get their
hands on star thistle honey!
Star thistle honey has been the talk lately of most honey tasters
worldwide. One of the unique characteristics of star thistle honey
is the aroma. Most honey tasters know the importance of aroma in
food and wine but never thought of honey aroma. This warm sensational
fragrance wafts through the honey house while we extract the star
thistle honey with such perfuse aroma that the neighbors come with
their honey jars exclaiming, "we smell that you are extracting
star thistle honey!" Well the same beautiful aroma can be experienced
when you take the cap off of your honey jar. The aroma is good,
but pales in comparison to when you put that first taste in your
mouth... Viva STAR THISTLE HONEY! You are hooked...
Whether you put honey into your
tea or coffee, spread it on bagels or enjoy it by the spoonful,
you can be confident that you are boosting your daily supply of
antioxidants with each delicious mouthful, while at the same time
reducing your intake of refined sugars. Honey contains several compounds
that function as antioxidants, one of which is unique to honey called
pinocembrin.
Honey is one of mankind’s
oldest natural foods and is an excellent energy food because it
contains simple sugars, levulose and dextrose, that can be used
quickly by the body. Studies indicate this unique mixture of sugars
works best in preventing fatigue and enhancing athletic performance.
Honey also contains mineral salts and other materials needed by
the body and is the only form of sugar food that does not need to
be refined.
The next time you have a minor burn
or scrape, reach for your jar of honey. Honey is an effective antimicrobial
agent. Antimicrobial agents inhibit the growth of certain bacteria,
yeast and molds. Honey is antimicrobial for many reasons, including
its high sugar content, which limits the amount of water available
to microorganisms for growth; its relatively high acidity (low pH);
and its low protein content, which deprives bacteria of nitrogen
needed for growth. When used to treat minor skin injuries, honey’s
hygroscopic nature, that is, it’s ability to draw moisture
from the air, promotes healing, helps prevent scarring and keeps
the injured area from adhering to the bandage.
Apply honey directly to minor cuts,
scrapes and burns to help prevent infection. Applying honey and
bandaging will promote faster healing and may help prevent scarring.
In ancient times, honey was the
most important sweet food. A jar of honey on the table was considered
a mark of great wealth. In the Bible, the Nation of Israel was promised
a “land flowing with milk and honey”. It is also believed
that honey was used by the ancient Egyptians to embalm royalty before
their entombment.
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