In article <01c3878c$770b3420$f64efa43@evlaptop>, E.A. Vogt
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>Recently, a friend gave me a bottle of Turkish honey ("tukas"), which looks
>and tastes (to me) like molasses. The label on the jar provides little
>information, and the plant pictured on the label looks like a coniferous
>plant !

This is Pine honey, and is exported in large quantities from both Turkey
and Greece. Yes it tastes very treacle like, and the Greek is generally
even stronger (and thus a bit more expensive) than the Turkish.

It is, as suggested elsewhere, really a honeydew. I sold the Greek
version to many stores in the UK and abroad. It is a specialised taste,
but like so many of the stronger flavours, once the person grows to like
it nothing else is quite right for them.

Turkey is a VERY large honey producer. It has a range of specialist
types available, but much of it is sold as simple 'polyflora'.

Do a quick scan for honey on the small ads section of
www.apiservices.com and you will usually find several Turkish vendors
offering their products.

Murray
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Murray McGregor

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