Things seem to be a little serious and/or dramatic around here lately, so don't go taking this all serious n' stuff. Let's lighten up a smidge! Shall we? Let's!
My question pertains to:
Let me preface this by saying, I am in no way criticizing those of you who enjoy the stuff. It's just one of those things I have never liked, since childhood.
A friend and I have been having a lengthy discussion about honey. He loves it, and I would rather not partake. I will humor someone and be polite if they are pushing a honey product of some sort...but I am crying on the inside when I do it! I just cannot bring myself to eat the stuff, knowing that it is basically regurgitated nectar. Bees collect nectar, store it in their honey stomach, take it back to the hive, barf it up, then seal it with wax for future snacking. So my question to him (and you) is this:
If there was a bird or small animal that ate nectar and then regurgitated it, and the vomited product happened to taste good, would you smother biscuits in it, or glaze your Easter ham with it? Probably not, right? Okay, so what is it that makes consuming the regurgitated nectar of bees delicious, but if a squirrel did it, it would seem less appealing? For argument's sake, let's say this hypothetical squirrel had a honey-stomach just like the bee does. Is it the size of the creature that makes the difference?
Don't get me wrong. On the few occasions that I have forced myself to try it, honey tastes good. I just can't get over it's source and don't even get me started on raw honey! There are still wings and bee bits in it! I wish I could feel this disgusted about meat, poultry, and dairy...but I don't. I've seen all the PETA stuff (I come from a long line of pescetarians and vegans) but I don't find animal slaughter-for-food as offensive as eating honey. Weird, huh? That could probably be a sub-topic: the irony in what we find appetizing vs. what we are repulsed by. Feel free to take the thread in either direction!
For sake of discussion, my friend claims he would eat bird vomit if it tasted and looked exactly like honey. I say he is delusional.
Okay, so........if birds puked honey would you eat it? If not, why? Bees do it, so is it the size of the critter that is hacking it up, that changes the game?
Discuss!