Food notes - Honey, Pie

Chess pie...which contains something called mace, a spice similar to nutmeg.

Basswood/linden flower honey (called Lyn in the eastern Kentucky mountains, or genus Tilia)...blooms I believe in the spring in the mountains of eastern Kentucky and West Virginia:

• http://www.honey.com/honey-locator/profile/ilg-international-trading-inc (Staten Island company, Ukraine honey)
• http://www.honey.com/honey-locator/profile/neshanic-valley-beekeepers-llc (New Jersey company, Michigan honey)
• http://www.honey.com/honey-locator/profile/honey-bees-r-us-apiaries (Florida company, New York honey)
• http://www.honey.com/honey-locator/profile/gooserock-farm (New Jersey company & honey)
• http://www.honey.com/honey-locator/profile/delta-food-international-inc (California company, Chinese honey)
• http://www.honey.com/honey-locator/profile/euro-american-brands-llc (New Jersey company, Germany honey)
• http://www.honey.com/honey-locator/profile/ames-farm (Minnesota company & honey)
• http://www.honey.com/honey-locator/profile/drapers-super-bee-apiaries-inc (Pennylvania company & honey)
• Companies via: http://www.honey.com/honey-locator
• http://www.kybeeco.com/
• http://beeraw.com/basswood-honey.html - New York honey
• http://louisvillelocalmarket.com/products/hosey-s-local-raw-kentucky-honey
• http://www.ksbabeekeeping.org/
• http://www.mtnstatehoney.com/page4.php

Note: I ended up purchasing a small jar of basswood honey from a store in Wisconsin.

UPDATE:

• Unfortunately basswood failed this year here.  All the honey, as little as it was, had a dark amber color.  (Pikeville, KY, eastern Kentucky)
• It was probably black locust honey. There use to be a lot of black locust trees and its a very very clear honey with a great taste.  The trees died. Not many left.  (Campbellsville, KY, central Kentucky)
• However to say it is Basswood Honey would be stretching the truth, just like people that sell pure sourwood honey. A lot of other flora sources would also be in it.
• You should talk with Clay Guthrie at the Dadant Beekeeping Supplies in Frankfort KY. He travels to Eastern KY and Tennessee where Basswood Honey is common. He should be easy to find through his business on the internet.