As you indicate, the allergy medicine costs add up and quickly exceed the cost of that $10 jar of honey. My son eats honey on his pancakes and with his peanut butter, etc. The jar that costs you $10 Canadian dollars probably costs around $14 here, but lasts around three months or more. But, the bottle of allergy pills costs $12 for 60 once daily generic pills – the same quantity of the brand name is over $20 USD.
Also, if you use with hot foods, not only do you need less to get that sweet taste, but the taste is smoother when it’s hot. It’s also terrific with cinnamon (and ginger and lemon, especially in tea). I make cinnamon toast for Gray by just spreading honey on the bread and dusting it with cinnamon, then toasting it on the low setting, under the broiler for a couple of minutes. We like it better than butter and brown sugar cinnamon toast (the standard in the South).
You have nailed it @momzillanc the economics alone makes honey the clear winner.
Local honey contains naturally produced antihistamines and more appropriate for local pollen conditions.
The toast sounds lovely :)
Alright, you two ... I am sold. I will seek out some lovely honey:)
An easy-peasy recipe for fruit compote: Just dice a cup or so of your favorite fruit into a saucepan, add a tablespoon of honey, a pinch of salt, and simmer until the fruit is the mixture is bubbling gently. Taste test for your desired sweetness about half way through and add a bit more if desired.
Honey is much better at enhancing the natural sweetness of fruit than refined sugar, I think. While nice and warm, the compote is perfect on English muffins, French toast, pancakes, waffles, beignets, ect. And, if you cook it down enough and refrigerate it, you can even use it instead of packaged jams and jellies on PB&J sandwiches or toast. It’s never lasted more than a couple of days in my house, but I’m sure it would keep a couple of weeks in the fridge.
Sounds heavenly but for someone else ... never been a fan of sweet compotes, jams and jellies. The only jam I can somewhat tolerate is raspberry jam because it has a lots of texture and is a bit tart ... I'll just put it in my tea I think. I wonder also if the honey can't be cooked to a high temperature because that would denature the proteins that help with the allergies.
IDK if heat does that to the honey