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Food For Thought
How Sweet It Is!
BY ENID DAMER
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On a mid-June Saturday
morning, we take our weekly
walk through the
Farmers’ Market, enjoying
the abundance of fresh produce.
We are glad to see the
return of trout, both fresh
and smoked, after an
absence of two years. Now I
have to decide on our weekly
treat — smoked trout or
sheep cheese in olive oil and
herbs. Decisions! Decisions!
There are lots of bedding
plants remaining but
they will soon be replaced
by lettuce, radishes, green
onions and strawberries.
Already there are bunches
of spinach and asparagus,
hot house tomatoes, cucumber
and peppers.
However, this Saturday
my focus is on honey. There
are several vendors selling
their home-grown product,
sweet and fresh and at a fair
price. I buy a small tub from
our former stock-broker and
hurry off home to make a
batch of granola and some
honey-butter (2 tablespoons
Becel mixed with 3 tablespoons
honey) for our
Sunday morning breakfast
pancakes. There is something
about honey which
adds a flavour very different
from sugar.
Honey has a long history
as a sweetener. It was
regarded by the ancients as
the food of the Gods and a
symbol of wealth and happiness.
In the Bible, the
Promised Land is described
as “the land of milk and
honey” In the Middle Ages,
honey was used medicinally
and to make mead, an alcoholic
beverage made with
honey, yeast and ginger.
Mead is too sweet for my
taste but if anyone would
like to make a batch, here is
a recipe as printed on a souvenir
tea towel bought in
Cornwall, England.
18th Century Mead
3 pounds honey
1 gallon water
1 ounce yeast
2 ounces Jamaican ginger
Boil water for half an
hour. (I can’t think why
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unless it is to drive off any
impurities)
Add honey and boil for
an hour, skimming off the
scum as it collects. Cut up
ginger and bruise it, place in
a muslin bag and add to the
liquid. Put in yeast when it
is almost cold. Pour into
bottles and when the action
of the yeast ceases, cork
tightly. Drink hot or cold.
Another old recipe using
honey is Bar-Le-Duc. It is
fiddly to make because you
have to stem each black currant
but it is delicious
poured over ice-cream.
Bar Le-Duc
Wash and stem 3 quarts
black currants. Crush a few
at the bottom of the pot.
Bring to the boiling point,
then boil 2 minutes. Add 6
cups heated sugar. Boil 2
1/2 minutes. Add 1/2 cup
honey in a slow stream so as
not to disturb the boiling
point. Boil 2 1/2 minutes
longer. Pour into sterilized
jars and cover with wax.
As a child, the first
honey I tasted was wild
honey in the comb, given
me by a friend whose father
was adept at tracking bees
to a bee-tree and smoking
out the bees. As I chewed,
trying to separate the wax
from the sweet stuff inside, I
decided that honey was definitely
over-rated. My first
encounter with commercial
honey was an embarrassement
when, being invited to
a friend’s house for supper, I
was passed an unused tin of
creamed honey. I had never
seen anything like that
before (it looked like lard)
and, much to the amusement
of my hosts, had no
idea what to do with it!
In Victoria, we bought
Babe’s honey in gallon jars
from an unattended fruit
stand on a side street. They
sold on the honour system
— customers dropped the
correct money into a sealed
box and helped themselves.
2003 Terry Fox Run
for Cancer Research
September 14, 2003
• Theme: “Unbreakable Spirit”
• Run, walk, bike or skate all across Canada
• Pledge sheets available in numerous
stores across BC
• Online pledging at www.terryfoxrun.org
• 89¢ of every dollar goes directly to the
National Cancer Institute of Canada
For more information call
1-888-TFOXRUN (836-9786)
That was over 40 years ago
and I doubt that Babe still
sells honey that way.
Here’s a recipe good for
an outdoor summer meal.
Honeyed Garlic Chicken
Wings
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup liquid honey
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon sherry
2 or 3 pounds chicken wings
Combine soy sauce,
honey, garlic and sherry.
Bake the chicken wings in a
shallow pan 325 degrees for
about an hour, basting with
the honey sauce until it has
all been used. Watch carefully
towards the end of the
cooking time in case the
wings become charred
By the time you read
this column, it will be July.
I hope you all have a very
pleasant summer and I’ll see
you at the Market!
Art Knapp/CNIB
GARDEN TOUR
View the gardens of some of
the family and friends of the
Art Knapp Garden Centre
Sunday, July 6 - 9am-3pm
Cost: $10
All proceeds to CNIB
Pick up an address list of gardens
on the tour at Art Knapp’s.
Hot dogs and drinks will be for
sale at 5030 Cammeray.
For more info: 374-8080
or visit Art Knapp’s
JULY, 2003
Unbreakable spirit
Carolyn Ehrier is a young
girl whose compassion and
commitment to make this
world a better place surpasses
most. One year ago,
Carolyn witnessed her
grandfather losing his battle
with cancer and since has
decided to help make cancer
a disease of the past.
What could an 11-yearold
really do that would
make a difference
As a toddler, Carolyn suffered
from alopecia, a disorder
that causes hair loss. As a
result, when she was able to
grow and keep her hair she
cherished her long, blonde
locks. She loved having it
styled and planned to keep it
her whole life. In February
2002, Carolyn and her mother
Christine were discussing
cancer and how unfortunate
it is that many people lose
their hair through chemotherapy
treatments. Carolyn’s
mom mentioned how
some people shave their hair
to encourage people to
donate money and time in
support of cancer research.
Carolyn just said, “I could do
that and people would probably
give a lot of money and
that could help find a cure.”
Christine was surprised at
her daughter’s statement saying
that, “Carolyn was a popular
girl who valued her
looks, social and fashion status
greatly.”
However, as time passed
Carolyn’s determination and
spirit to make a difference
strengthened. She forged
a
when her family learned that
the entire community of
Sparwood had raised a total
of $6,900 the previous year.
However, as people learned
of Carolyn’s endeavours, she
was able to not only meet,
but surpass her goal of
$5,000 and raised a total of
During her campaign,
people would ask how short
she was going to cut her hair.
She always looked sort of
puzzled, and replied that she
would be shaving it all off, of
course. After all, she was
doing this both to raise
money for research and to
show her support of those
who lost their hair to treatments.
In this way she kept
the spirit alive and encouraged
people to remember the
importance of donating for
The theme for this year’s
Terry Fox Run is “Unbreakable
Spirit,” reflecting not
only on Terry’s spirit, shown
during his 1980 Marathon of
Hope, but also that of supporters
like Carolyn. If you
would like to show your spirit
and help beat cancer,
please come out and support
take place all across Canada.
This year we are proud to
announce a new feature
for online pledging. For
more information please contact
our national website
ahead
ing
setting
$5,000
goal
for
of rais-
cancer
research.
appeared
Carolyn’s
to be unattainable
goal
$6,810.
cancer research.
your
Fox
September
local community
Run
14.
on
The
Terry
Sunday,
runs will
at www.terryfoxrun.org or
call 1-888-TFOXRUN
(836-9786).
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