- Dec 13, 2009
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At a festival, bought some honey from an Amish man, noticed it looked lighter in color than I was used to from the store but meh, thought maybe this is how real honey looks. He wouldn't look me in the eye and I should have known right then but sure, it's just honey I thought and being Amish n all, he probably was shy. I promptly paid the shenandoah beard cladded, hoofed riding agent of the sedulous $8.50.
Today, my wife bought some honey from a bee keeper for same price, forgetting I had a whole jar in the pantry still and quickly noticed it was darker. Curiosity struck like a cat with too much nip in it's toy urging a decision to taste compare and the results were immediately clear.... damn clear.
My eyes quickly glazed in shock of this newly discovered hypothesis. Jaw dropped, dry mouthed, I boldly proclaimed "This honey has been cut!!"
Silence fell between us, even our trusty dog Zeus looked on in disbelief, as if he could see right through me (In hindsight I realize he probably just wanted some food). Thats right, watered down like a Canadian drug dealer's stash, the Amish too are cutting their goods in a quest to drive up profits. I've had fountain soda from Texas Roadhouse that was less watered down than this.
Yeah sure, it all started with their wood work. They got lazy, used immature pine, even dried them too quick so that they cracked open like Fogle's front door during the police raid. What's next, they start using honey bees from China? Whats going to happen to our Amish quilts? And the cheeses, no not the Amish cheese too!?
Just be careful out there, it's getting tough to find the real deal.
Today, my wife bought some honey from a bee keeper for same price, forgetting I had a whole jar in the pantry still and quickly noticed it was darker. Curiosity struck like a cat with too much nip in it's toy urging a decision to taste compare and the results were immediately clear.... damn clear.
My eyes quickly glazed in shock of this newly discovered hypothesis. Jaw dropped, dry mouthed, I boldly proclaimed "This honey has been cut!!"
Silence fell between us, even our trusty dog Zeus looked on in disbelief, as if he could see right through me (In hindsight I realize he probably just wanted some food). Thats right, watered down like a Canadian drug dealer's stash, the Amish too are cutting their goods in a quest to drive up profits. I've had fountain soda from Texas Roadhouse that was less watered down than this.
Yeah sure, it all started with their wood work. They got lazy, used immature pine, even dried them too quick so that they cracked open like Fogle's front door during the police raid. What's next, they start using honey bees from China? Whats going to happen to our Amish quilts? And the cheeses, no not the Amish cheese too!?
Just be careful out there, it's getting tough to find the real deal.
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