Comments on: Shoutout for a question about honey and its interaction with bread.

Shoutout for a question about honey and its interaction with bread.

Brainy — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:44:27 -0800

PositiveFeedbackCalloutFilter:This question is why I love Metafilter. To me, it has all the makings of a classic AskMe. An honest query about an obscure topic, multiple knowledgeable responses, an offer to experiment, and an idea for lunch tomorrow!

By: Brainy

Brainy — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:44:57 -0800

I was going to post this in the thread, with the expectation that it would be deleted as noise, but thought this approach might be more constructive.

Its my first callout, so I'll try and load up on the snark next time.

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:52:21 -0800

Sweet!

(har, har)

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:15:08 -0800

The hive mind was waiting for this one.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:32:59 -0800

ATTENTION SCOUTS. WORKER BEE #18901 HAS FALLEN OFF THE HIVE. THE QUEEN WANTS HIM DIPPED IN ROYAL JELLY AND BROUGHT TO HER FOR LUNCH.

By: Mister Cheese

Mister Cheese — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:47:55 -0800

Loquacious, I must point out to you that all worker bees are female. The only males in a bee colony/hive are drones. All they are good for eating honey and sex. They get kicked out in the winter to DIE.

I really liked that askme question. It simultaneously appeals to my beekeeper heritage (father's side), love of honey on bread, and scientific curiosity.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:44:25 -0800

I must point out that they also don't have any concept of insanity or punishment, and I was misappropriating the bit from E.B. White's Once And Future King where Arthur in ant form "falls off the nest".

By: Jon Mitchell

Jon Mitchell — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:53:18 -0800

All they are good for [is] eating honey and sex.

How bad,exactly, do I have do be to get busted down to drone bee next spin 'round the Wheel Of Life?

Not so keen on the winter bit, but it sounds like a reasonable deal...

By: cgc373

cgc373 — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:26:42 -0800

loquacious, that's T. H. White.

By: chrismear

chrismear — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:42:03 -0800

but it sounds like a reasonable deal...

Oh, I don't know, have you ever actually tried eating sex?

By: matthewr

matthewr — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:59:02 -0800

Yeah, and it tastes like a nine-volt battery.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:32:48 -0800

When the question began as the quintessential unessential blog entry—"I ate a sandwich, today"—I thought this was a scathingly wry callout, but you're right. I'd always wondered about the bread-texture thing, for one.

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:16:05 -0800

I love any thread where a comment can begin, "In the interests of science and breakfast..."

(Oh, in case you missed it, here's a recent thread in the blue that also combines science and breakfast. I actually tried the "70°C for 1 hour" thing over the weekend, and it turned out pretty well!)

By: loquacious

loquacious — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:28:55 -0800

loquacious, that's T. H. White.

Crap. Who is E.B. White? Charlotte's Web?

By: loquacious

loquacious — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:30:34 -0800

Hey, that's my post! Woot.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:33:17 -0800

EB was a lot of things, Charlotte's Web was one.

By: TedW

TedW — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:56:19 -0800

Thanks for this callout; I had noticed and wondered about the "crunchy honey" phenomenon myself for years. I, too thought about posting in the thread but wanted to keep the S/N ratio high.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:08:13 -0800

I don't know about that question, but cilantro is the only person who lists me as a crush, which is odd, because I don't know that we've ever interacted. But please, by all means bring on the arts-and-letters Southern gals, please.

By: Kwantsar

Kwantsar — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:33:19 -0800

goes off to eat a peanut butter and brake fluid sandwich.

By: cgc373

cgc373 — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:36:29 -0800

E. B. was a lot of things, Charlotte's Web was one.
T. H., no relation, did The Sword in the Stone.
A. E. gave Yeats money and received an I.O.U.
And O. Henry wasn't candy, nor a liquor or a clue.
Saki wrote in parables and Kafka wrote in Prague.
R.E.M. lost their religion in a Chinese synagogue.
Devotees of SCIENCE! though, are all at this weblog.

By: cgc373

cgc373 — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:37:46 -0800

Thanks, OmieWise, for the inspiration, however lame its results.

By: cilantro

cilantro — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:24:47 -0800

Oh, wow, I got meta'd and it wasn't even bad. Thank you!
Eideteker, I can't remember why I crushed you, it's probably because you said something in a thread that was cute, funny, smart, or some combination of those. :D

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:27:24 -0800

Ah, that's fair. When pressed, most of my friends can't remember why they like me, either.