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Yesterday, work-wise, was a bit of a PITA!
Start at stupid oclock (0230) to get to Leeds (well the Leeds Bradford I.E.) before 12 (got there for 10), then across to Tadcaster to grab a load out of the brewery (25 tonnes John Smiths) - so tired and somewhat "PO'd" (up north on a friday.....) the final indignity of a "night out" at Leicester Forest East.......
Back to the yard by about 0630 dump the truck and home......
Then waiting as the "Zig Zag cats" were due at the vets for a check up/annual booster......
Ah! finally, time to get a shower etc........... "Bing Bong", hell who's that.....
Clare got the door and from a distance, I hear the familiar tones of Eastern European accented english.......
It's Sebastian. He used to work with us, but now "pulls" for a different haulier..... He's clutching (no, it can't be) a bucket, (no surely, it can't be, I'd given it up as a bad job), full of "Polands finest"......
What's in the bucket ? Look at the picture! What, engine oil ? Cooking fat ? No, it's none other, than 14 kilo's of Buckwheat Honey.
The bucket is still absolutely buried in sticky tape baring the monicka of "Opened by HMRC for inspection" as it seems that the silly sods at customs couldn't believe that this dark brown nectar could possibly be honey - Ha! they took a test sample - Funny that eh Mr Customs man? Just because you've never heard of it, doesn't mean that it doesn't exist!
Good thing it wasn't me? I'd have gone up the wall! It's being carried by an EU citizen, labelled IAW EU regs (honey has specific labelling regs), across an EU internal border (they'd no reason to suspect that it was dutiable, like cigs or booze - probably just because they didn't speak or read Polish)......
Still, look at it, all you potential and current mead making types. "Read 'em and weap"
Yes, it can be found here as well, but on the few occasions you find it for sale, then it tends to be expensive. Not because it's particularly rare etc, but you have to taste it to understand.
It's very dark, it's not particularly "honey-like" in taste, actually it's quite malty tasting. Which is probably why it's not considered "good" honey.
Yes, it's honey consistency, but the malty flavour is giving me flash backs of being about 6 or 7 years old and having my mother shoving teaspoons full of "Radial Malt", malt extract in my gob!
I reckon it'd be possible to take cheaper supermarket honey and mix in some malt extract and you'd end up with something distinctly "buckwheat-like".....
So this weekend has been made up with the joy of the arrival of this, oh so special ingredient and watching the cream of the Bundesliga showing a certain "Argentinian basket ball player"
how "it" should be done...
Excellent! a rubbish day turning into an excellent one....... Now all I've to do is to stop my stupid head pondering all the potential buckwheat and related recipes.......
Ha! if Bob's lucky, I might even do a tutorial for "Joes Pyment"........ but one thing at a time eh!
regards
jtfb
Start at stupid oclock (0230) to get to Leeds (well the Leeds Bradford I.E.) before 12 (got there for 10), then across to Tadcaster to grab a load out of the brewery (25 tonnes John Smiths) - so tired and somewhat "PO'd" (up north on a friday.....) the final indignity of a "night out" at Leicester Forest East.......
Back to the yard by about 0630 dump the truck and home......
Then waiting as the "Zig Zag cats" were due at the vets for a check up/annual booster......
Ah! finally, time to get a shower etc........... "Bing Bong", hell who's that.....
Clare got the door and from a distance, I hear the familiar tones of Eastern European accented english.......
It's Sebastian. He used to work with us, but now "pulls" for a different haulier..... He's clutching (no, it can't be) a bucket, (no surely, it can't be, I'd given it up as a bad job), full of "Polands finest"......
What's in the bucket ? Look at the picture! What, engine oil ? Cooking fat ? No, it's none other, than 14 kilo's of Buckwheat Honey.
The bucket is still absolutely buried in sticky tape baring the monicka of "Opened by HMRC for inspection" as it seems that the silly sods at customs couldn't believe that this dark brown nectar could possibly be honey - Ha! they took a test sample - Funny that eh Mr Customs man? Just because you've never heard of it, doesn't mean that it doesn't exist!
Good thing it wasn't me? I'd have gone up the wall! It's being carried by an EU citizen, labelled IAW EU regs (honey has specific labelling regs), across an EU internal border (they'd no reason to suspect that it was dutiable, like cigs or booze - probably just because they didn't speak or read Polish)......
Still, look at it, all you potential and current mead making types. "Read 'em and weap"
Yes, it can be found here as well, but on the few occasions you find it for sale, then it tends to be expensive. Not because it's particularly rare etc, but you have to taste it to understand.
It's very dark, it's not particularly "honey-like" in taste, actually it's quite malty tasting. Which is probably why it's not considered "good" honey.
Yes, it's honey consistency, but the malty flavour is giving me flash backs of being about 6 or 7 years old and having my mother shoving teaspoons full of "Radial Malt", malt extract in my gob!
I reckon it'd be possible to take cheaper supermarket honey and mix in some malt extract and you'd end up with something distinctly "buckwheat-like".....
So this weekend has been made up with the joy of the arrival of this, oh so special ingredient and watching the cream of the Bundesliga showing a certain "Argentinian basket ball player"
how "it" should be done...Excellent! a rubbish day turning into an excellent one....... Now all I've to do is to stop my stupid head pondering all the potential buckwheat and related recipes.......
Ha! if Bob's lucky, I might even do a tutorial for "Joes Pyment"........ but one thing at a time eh!
regards
jtfb
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