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

January 30, 2007 10:44 PM

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!
posted by Brainy to MetaFilter-Related at 10:44 PM (22 comments total)

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.
posted by Brainy at 10:44 PM on January 30, 2007

Sweet!

(har, har)
posted by grapefruitmoon at 10:52 PM on January 30, 2007

The hive mind was waiting for this one.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 11:15 PM on January 30, 2007 [3 favorites]

ATTENTION SCOUTS. WORKER BEE #18901 HAS FALLEN OFF THE HIVE. THE QUEEN WANTS HIM DIPPED IN ROYAL JELLY AND BROUGHT TO HER FOR LUNCH.
posted by loquacious at 11:32 PM on January 30, 2007

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.
posted by Mister Cheese at 12:47 AM on January 31, 2007

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".
posted by loquacious at 1:44 AM on January 31, 2007

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...
posted by Jon Mitchell at 1:53 AM on January 31, 2007

loquacious, that's T. H. White.
posted by cgc373 at 3:26 AM on January 31, 2007

but it sounds like a reasonable deal...

Oh, I don't know, have you ever actually tried eating sex?
posted by chrismear at 3:42 AM on January 31, 2007

Yeah, and it tastes like a nine-volt battery.
posted by matthewr at 4:59 AM on January 31, 2007 [2 favorites]

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.
posted by cortex at 5:32 AM on January 31, 2007

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!)
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 9:16 AM on January 31, 2007

loquacious, that's T. H. White.

Crap. Who is E.B. White? Charlotte's Web?
posted by loquacious at 9:28 AM on January 31, 2007

Hey, that's my post! Woot.
posted by loquacious at 9:30 AM on January 31, 2007

EB was a lot of things, Charlotte's Web was one.
posted by OmieWise at 9:33 AM on January 31, 2007

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.
posted by TedW at 9:56 AM on January 31, 2007

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.
posted by Eideteker at 10:08 AM on January 31, 2007

goes off to eat a peanut butter and brake fluid sandwich.
posted by Kwantsar at 12:33 PM on January 31, 2007

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.
posted by cgc373 at 9:36 PM on January 31, 2007 [1 favorite]

Thanks, OmieWise, for the inspiration, however lame its results.
posted by cgc373 at 9:37 PM on January 31, 2007

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
posted by cilantro at 3:24 AM on February 5, 2007

Ah, that's fair. When pressed, most of my friends can't remember why they like me, either.
posted by Eideteker at 3:27 PM on February 5, 2007