The Museum of Honey and Trying Honey & Jam Pots in Hotels, not just Marks, Helios, Bon Maman but many more to try

 At breakfast in hotels you often have the opportunity to try out new brands of honey and jam and marmalade.

Some people immediately discover their old or new favourite brand. I often find that if I go to two or three hotels on a tour, by hotel three I have forgotten the name of the brand from day one. All I can remember is that the last one was better, or this one is better.

Now I have started a new system. I photograph the small pot. Then I Whatsapp it to myself with my description of the good or bad features. I give it marks out of ten. 5 is good enough. 6, ok buy if no alternative. 7 Yes, buy some if you see it. 8 is go and hunt for some. 9 and 10 I stock up, buy in bulk, hunt for it to eat regularly at home.

Bonne Maman

Great blackcurrant jam.

In addition to the lovely jam, the jars have a ten sides shape at the lower half, and a tartan lid.

Notice the picture of cassis, French for blackcurrant.

Now, my honey, let's move on to honey. (Americans say honey to people, the Brits say, sweetie, sweetheart, darling, love, dear.)

Honey

I like solid honey. My husband likes runny honey. My preferred honey is more expensive.

Helios

Helios mniature honey pot lid. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Notice the little honey bee on the label.

I recently tried Helios runny honey. I found it a bit gluey. Good enough. But even better was the next one.

Colmenar De Las Donas

I loved colmenar de las Donas.I had a lovely flavour. Not over sweet, 

I tried it on brown seed bread which was a waste as you could not taste it of suck it and get the taste and that sugar strike at the bck of your throat.

Here is a list of where to see bees by country.

SPAIN

Colmenar in Andalucia, near Malaga in Spain, has a museum of honey. 

UK

You can also see live bees behind glass in several museums in the UK. For example, 

The Horniman museum in south London, 

The Oxford University Museum of Natural History, 

LITHUANIA

The Ancient Beekeeping Museum of Lithuania.

Useful Websites

https://en.andalucia.org/listing/museo-de-la-miel/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios

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