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Bee natural plea to honey producers; food & drink.


The Wholesome Food Association is campaigning to save honey bees with support from Philip Chandler, author of The Barefoot Beekeeper, who claims they're suffering over exposure to pesticides.

"We want bees kept in a more natural way, without chemicals," he said.

The Association is pushing for more support for small scale suppliers of untreated honey, served in the comb.

"It used to be the norm - and many believe this is the way honey should be eaten," says WFA's Sky McCain.

The Welsh once enjoyed honey-based liqueur liqueur (lĭkûr`), strong alcoholic beverage made of almost neutral spirits, flavored with herb mixtures, fruits, or other materials, and usually sweetened. The name derives from the Latin word to melt. , metheglin me·theg·lin  
n.
A beverage typically made of fermented honey and water; mead.



[Welsh meddyglyn : meddyg, medicinal (from Latin medicus, from
, flavoured with herbs and highly potent.

That's one fascinating fact on the website of Welsh celebrity chef In its strictest sense, a celebrity chef is a someone who has become well-known for his/her cooking. The first historical personality that fits this description is Martino da Como but in practical terms the term grew in popularity during the 1990s.  Dudley Newberry. It also details a mini history of honey and advice for using it as an alternative to sugar.

A tempting way to enjoy summer strawberries, meanwhile, is topped with a dollop of Tate and Lyle's golden syrup ice cream, produced in conjunction with Cheshire based ice cream makers A domestic ice cream maker or ice cream freezer is a machine used to make small quantities of ice cream at home. Ice cream makers may stir the mixture by hand-cranking or with an electric motor, and may chill the ice cream by using a freezing mixture, by pre-cooling the  Granelli-McDermott.

For a sweet but savoury treat there's a recipe for stilton ice cream at www.stiltoncheese.com. It's an eye-catching wedding day alternative to traditional iced sponges.

For details call Long Clawson Long Clawson is a small village in Leicestershire, England.

There is some debate about the origin of the village's name; one theory is that there were once two villages named Clawson and Claxton, which grew together and became Long Clawson.
 Dairy's hotline 01664 821746.

Competion winners

Rhug Farm hampers go to B Jones, Llanrwst; C Sorahan, Llangefni; K Joinson, Conwy; and WCullen, Pwllheli
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Publication:Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Date:Jul 15, 2008
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