Organic Honey definition
Organic Honey when the flowers that the bees use to produce the honey have not been treated with chemicals – nothing to do with the production process. A hive can produce organic honey, but the extracted honey can be heated, filtered and processed – and not therefore always raw honey. So you take you pick – supermarkets have various to choose from, health food shops, on-line or look for a local beekeeper. Formed in 1969 the Stockport Branch (SBKA) of the Cheshire Bee Keep- ing Association has been educating beekeepers and the public of Stockport and surrounding areas about bees for quite a long time. With over 200 members from as far as Macclesfield, Buxton and Glos- sop, the branch provides an annual programme of meetings and events – but not at the moment of course. I remember the training Apairy located at the Dialstone Centre when Forget for now the wheat and barley, grape- vines, fig trees and pomegranates and think Olives. I do enjoy an olive (black or green) pitted of course and some- times stuffed. I did go off them for awhile after my friend ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and I would have a “greek salad” (from the staff restaurant where else) day after day for weeks. Why I have no idea – clearly we liked it so much - it isn’t as if there wasn’t a load of other things to select our lunch from. Olive oil was plentiful in Bible times, with olive trees which continued to bear fruit even into old age. Quite fond it myself and always have some to hand in the kitchen – some infused with garlic, basil, lemon or chilli. I do have an olive tree in a pot on the patio but nothing as beau- tiful as those big old trees where real olives come from. Now I guess we have been told that Olive Oil is a good oil for us to use, it is a major component of the Mediterranean diet, rich in antioxidants. The main fat it contains is monounsaturated fatty acids which experts consider a healthful fat – if there is such a thing BUT two tablespoons contains 240 calories – something to think about when pouring on the salad dressing. Like many other things maybe best to limit how much we use for a truly healthier diet and equally like many other things aim to buy a good quality brand. Extra virgin olive oil is the “healthiest” containing natural chemical compounds known as phenols or polyphe- nols that do provide a host of health benefits but it all depends what you like to use - since you are the one buying it! SMH out there taking training sessions or attending meetings for work or on an evening for my pottery clas...