NOVEMEBER 2014
We know that honey was not at the first Thanksgiving feast as European honeybees had not been introduced to the Americas yet, This Thanksgiving we have plenty of honey and why not sweeten your feast with honey pumpkin pie or even make a honey roasted turkey. We have provide the recipes and we can supply the honey now all you add is the effort and love.
Hope you have a sweet and wonderful holiday..
We are thankful for your patronage all year l
Our Honey will be sold at the WIld Florida Honey booth at the new Artegon Orlando
which will be opening November 20, 2014.
Artegon Orlando, 5250 International Drive ( Wild Florida Honey booth is to the left of the main entrance toward Bass Pro Shop)
Happy Thanksgiving from WInter Park Honey!
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Gallberry Plant
Gallberry is the common name for two similar shrubs in the Holly family. Both are native to coastal areas in the United States from Virginia to Texas. They exist primarily as understory plants in pine woods
Tiny creamy white flowers appear half-hidden in the foliage in late spring. On male plants the flowers are borne in clusters, whereas female plants bear single flowers. They are followed by 1/3 inch green berries that turn black as they ripen in the early fall. These fruits hang on the bushes all winter, but Sometimes the foliage develops a plum colored cast in the winter.
Bobwhite, turkeys, bluebirds, brown thrashers, hermit thrushes, and other birds frequently eat gallberry fruits and raccoons, coyotes, and opossums feed on them when other food is scarce. Marsh rabbits and white tailed deer browse on the leaves and black bears even eat them on occasion.
The plants are an important nectar source for beekeepers, making a mild flavored, light colored honey. especially in Florida.
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 Pilgrims probably did not eat wild Turkey at Thanksgiving. . It is true that they may have eaten a wide variety of wild birds at the thanksgiving meal. There is no evidence that turkey specifically was among them. The primary meat would have been venison. Pumpkin pie and silverware was also off the dinner table at that time in history. There would have been no sugar to make any sweet items. There were no honeybees, and hence no honey at that time in north america.
Turkey and Cranberry sauce is an invention of the Victorian celebration of Thanksgiving. Despite the fact that you often see cartoon turkeys dressed up like a “pilgrim”. There was probably no tom turkey on the table
However, today we do have lots of Turkeys and pumkins and cranberries and we also have some wonderful honey. Check out the recipes below which use honey for your Thanksgiving feast!
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Morning coffee with a jolt of caffeine will kick the brain into gear. Bees get the same effect from caffeine and they don't have to stand in line for a latte. A new study shows that the naturally caffeine-laced nectar of some plants enhances the learning process for bees, so that they are more likely to return to those flowers.
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Good News for the Bees: Supporting Pollinators at Federal Facilities
Posted by Kate Brandt on October 22, 2014 at 09:37 AM EDT
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The following recipe was from Grandma Mae who made this pie during WWII when sugar and milk were scarce. The family loved it so much she kept making it with honey after the war and it has become a Thanksgiving tradition. We have published it before till haven't tried it do your family a favor and "Bee" sure to serve this dessert on Thanksgiving—
Honey Pumpkin Pie from
Grandma Mae
Ingredients
One Double Pie Crust
1 to 2 eggs lightly beaten
1 cup evaporated milk, undiluted
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
15 oz. canned pumpkin |
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- Line a 9-in. pie plate with bottom pastry. Trim and flute edges; set aside. In a bowl, combine the pumpkin, honey, cinnamon, salt, ginger, nutmeg and cloves. Add the eggs and evaporated milk. Pour into crust. Cover edges loosely with foil. Bake at 375° for 50 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
- From the remaining pastry you can cut out a decoration and place on the top of the pit. We used a honey bee cookie cutter to cut out little bees to decorate the pie.. Bake for another for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. This is very good topped with whipped cream. more recipes
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We are FDA approved
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November 2014
Veiled in this fragile filigree of wax is the essence of sunshine, golden and limpid, tasting of grassy meadows, mountain wildflowers, lavishly blooming orange trees, or scrubby desert weeds. Honey, even more than wine, is a reflection of place. If the process of grape to glass is alchemy, then the trail from blossom to bottle is one of reflection. The nectar collected by the bee is the spirit and sap of the plant, its sweetest juice. Honey is the flower transmuted, its scent and beauty transformed into aroma and taste.
~ Stephanie Rosenbaum
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Winter Park Honey is a family business specializing in local and varietal honey. We at Winter Park Honey are dedicated to helping bees create the finest honey possible. All of the honey from Winter Park Honey is raw, unheated, unfiltered, and unprocessed. Our honey comes straight from the comb to the bottle. We are FDA approved and have only the finest American honey.
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Featured Products
Gallberry Honey
Product Description
Our Pure Natural Raw Gallberry Honey is a light delicate honey made by the bees from the nectar of the low bush gallberry that blooms mostly in the north part of Florida. This gallberry blooms just after the orange blossoms. This honey naturally is low in sucrose and is used by many athletes as a recovery food
Nature’s Nirvana White Cream Honey
Product Description
Winter Park Honey’s Nature’s Nirvana honey is a creamy white honey that was hand dipped straight from the comb. This white honey is naturally creamy and delicious. This is a limited edition honey because when it’s gone we’ll probably never have it again. We’ve been getting honey from the Colorado Rockies for many years and the bees have never before made honey like this. So, buy it now because tomorrow it might be gone, forever! IMade in the U.S.A.
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Farmers' Markets and Festivals
Florida Markets
Friday
Windermere Farmer's Market
Between 5th and 6th on Main Street
Windermere, Florida 34786
9AM -2PM
Saturday
Winter Park Farmers Market
200 West New England Ave,
Winter Park, FL 32789
7AM - 1PM
Winter Garden Farmer's Market
104 S Lakeview Ave,
Winter Garden, FL 3478
8AM-1PM
Lake Mary Farmers Market
100 N. Country Club Road,
Lake Mary, FL 32746
9AM-1PM
Amelia Farmer's Market
6800 1st Coast Hwy,
Amelia Island, FL 32034
9 AM- 1PM
Sarasota Farmers Market
1517 State St,
Sarasota, FL 34236
7AM - 1PM
Sunday
Celebration Farmers Market
631 Sycamore St,
Celebration, FL 34747
9AM - 3PM
Maitland Farmers Market
701 Lake Lily Drive
Maitland, FL 32751
9AM - 2PM
Official Retailers & Resellers of Winter Park Honey
Chamberlain’s Dr. Phillips Marketplace, Orlando, FL
Chamberlain’s, Winter Park, FL
Artegon Orlando, 5250 International Drive (At the Wild Florida Honey booth to the left of the main entrance toward Bass Pro Shop)
Brew D Licious, 667 Central Ave. St. Pete FL 33701
Honey Austin’s Coffee & Film, Fairbanks Ave Winter Park, FL
Cooks Kitchen -13 SW Osceola St, Stuart, FL 34994
Fresh Market – 5920 Red Bug Lake Road, Winter Springs, FL 32708
Fresh Market, 3740 Wedgewood Lane, The Villages, FL
Fresh Market, 995 North State Road 434, Altamonte Springs, FL
Fresh Market, 1500 North Mills Avenue, Orlando FL
Fresh Market, 5000 Dr. Phillips Boulevard, Orlando FL
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Our honey is also availble on Amazon
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