Honey is a sweet, viscous substance made by several species of bees, most notably honey bees, who produce and store it to nourish their colonies by gathering and refining the sugary secretions of plants, chiefly floral nectar, or the secretions of other insects such as aphid honeydew. This refinement happens both inside individual bees, through regurgitation and enzymatic activity, and during storage in the hive, through water evaporation that concentrates the honey's sugars until it becomes thick and viscous. Honey bees store the finished honey in the hive's beeswax honeycomb, a structure of hundreds or thousands of hexagonal cells into which the bees regurgitate it, while other honey-producing bee species store the substance in different structures, such as wax pots.
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Earliest Documented Use, From (Year)Sourced to the subject's own accountThe source gives one floor estimate (at least 8,000 years ago), not a range, so the same year is recorded for both bounds. Origin RegionSourced to the subject's own accountCuevas de la Araña, Spain (earliest known depiction of honey gathering) 1 Connections
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Several cave paintings in Cuevas de la Araña in Spain depict humans foraging for honey at least 8,000 years ago.
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Char Siu (Wikipedia)
WikipediaUsed By: Char Siu, Infobox main_ingredient field: Pork, mixture of maltose or honey, Chinese wine and five-spice powderView the Source Placenta Cake (Wikipedia)
Used By: Placenta Cake, Infobox main_ingredient field: Flour and semolina dough, cheese, honey, bay leavesView the Source Wikipedia, Honey bun
Used By: Honey bun, Infobox main_ingredient field: Honey, yeast, cinnamonView the Source Asida (Wikipedia)
Used By: Asida, Infobox main_ingredient field: Wheat flour; butter or honeyView the Source Turrón (Wikipedia)
Used By: Turrón, Infobox main_ingredient field: Honey, sugar, egg whites, almonds or other nutsView the Source Basler Lackerli (Wikipedia)
Used By: Basler Läckerli, Infobox main_ingredient field: Honey, hazelnuts, almonds, candied peel, KirschView the Source Cranachan (Wikipedia)
Used By: Cranachan, Infobox main_ingredient field: Whipped cream, whisky, honey (preferably heather honey), raspberries, oatmealView the Source Hotteok (Wikipedia)
Used By: Hotteok, Infobox main_ingredient field: Dough: wheat flour, water, milk, sugar, yeast; Filling: brown sugar, honey, peanuts, cinnamonView the Source Shebakia (Wikipedia)
Used By: Shebakia, Infobox main_ingredient field: Dough, honey, and orange blossom waterView the Source Hwajeon (Wikipedia)
Used By: Hwajeon, Infobox main_ingredient field: Edible flowers, glutinous rice flour, honeyView the Source Struffoli (Wikipedia)
Used By: Struffoli, Infobox main_ingredient field: Dough, honeyView the Source Bienmesabe (Wikipedia)
Used By: Bienmesabe, Infobox main_ingredient field: honey, egg yolk, ground almondsView the Source Lokma (Wikipedia)
Used By: Lokma, infobox main_ingredient fieldQuote, Used By: Lokma, infobox main_ingredient field
Yeast-leavened dough, oil, sugar syrup or honey
Honey toast (Wikipedia)
Used By: Honey Toast, infobox main_ingredient fieldQuote, Used By: Honey Toast, infobox main_ingredient field
pain de mie, honey, ice cream
Libum (Wikipedia)
Used By: Libum, General consumption [uses-ingredient]Quote, Used By: Libum, General consumption [uses-ingredient]
honey was used as the basic sweetener
Mrouzia (source article)
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It is a sweet and salty meat tajine, combining a ras el hanout blend of spices with honey, cinnamon and almonds.
Yaksik (Wikipedia)
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It is seasoned with honey or brown sugar, sesame oil, soy sauce, and sometimes cinnamon
Honey walnut shrimp (Wikipedia)
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Honey walnut shrimp is a Western-inspired Cantonese dish of lightly battered shrimp with nuts in a mayonnaise-based sauce endemic to Chinese banquet meals.
Gelo di melone (Wikipedia)
Used By: Gelo di melone, Lead section [uses-ingredient]Quote, Used By: Gelo di melone, Lead section [uses-ingredient]
watermelon pulp, sugar (or honey), and starch
Giurgiulena (source article)
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The recipe is based on the composition of sesame seeds poured in honey and fixed by the caramelization of sugar (in an enriched version almonds and candied orange peel are also added)
Slovenian cuisine (Wikipedia)
Used By: Slovenian Cuisine, Foods and dishesQuote, Used By: Slovenian Cuisine, Foods and dishes
Honey was used to a considerable extent.
Osmanthus cake (Wikipedia)
Used By: Osmanthus cake, Lead sectionQuote, Used By: Osmanthus cake, Lead section
made with glutinous rice flour, honey, sweet osmanthus and rock sugar
Baklava (Wikipedia)
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sweetened with either syrup or honey
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