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There are many health benefits from this recipe: from raw unfiltered honey, from pine pollen buds, from fermentation, and from sun and moon. Pine pollen is nature’s superfood. It is an adaptogen and is also used to stimulate the immune system, boost brain health, support detox, promote weight loss and alleviate pain.
It also has vitamin D, magnesium, selenium, silicon, potassium, calcium, iron, strontium, phosphorus, sulphur, chlorine, manganese and many other vitamins, minerals and essential amino acids, plus probiotics and enzymes from fermentation.
Ingredients
- pine pollen buds
- raw unfiltered honey
Instructions
- Fill 1/2 gallon jar with pine pollen buds leaving 1 inch of headspace. Add honey to fill in the spaces between the pine pollen buds. Honey drips really slow, because it’s thick. Cover jar.
- The first few days, close the lid very lightly, because of fermentation gasses.
- After a week or two, honey will be almost watery.
- Mix or shake jar every couple days, so top layer is coated too.
- Takes about 1-3 months, in sunshine and moonlight.
- Taste is very interesting: lemony, sweet, slightly acidic, piney, foresty and fresh.
This is a very interesting recipe! What kind of pine trees do you collect the buds from? I’ve read that the pines where the needles should be used to make tea or for other edible purposes have a certain numbers of needles per cluster, compared to types of pine trees that shouldn’t be used for edible purposes that have a different number of needles per cluster. Any help on this, as well as any information or tips on best time to harvest the buds….should they be soft, squishy, etc. – any more info is appreciated!
Both are fine, 2 and 5 needle pines.
Most conifers are edible,
poisonous one is Yew.
This might be helpful.
https://practicalselfreliance.com/edible-pine/
So glad that you have commented, Always, and especially regarding your question. I have access to a pine tree near me that I’d gladly consider harvesting if I know it;s the right “kind of pine tree.”
When that info comes I’ll be able to post about this at a few of my blogs on this page:
https://www.curezone.org/blogs/f.asp?f=1785
Awesome!😊
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I made cough syrup from new light green baby pine clusters that come out in spring. …In a big glass jar i placed a layer of the new pine clusters then a layer of sugar. …more pine clusters layer of sugar etc etc etc…..i covered with a thin old tea cloth or cheese cloth or napkin…put it in a dark cool spot and after a month or 6 weeks i drained the liquid couph syrup into glass jars and keep in fridge. ..had mine in there for two years now and i just had two spoonful the other day.
hello, love the recipe really wanted to try it but how do i store it and for how long? should i separate the conea?
How much honey?
I let some sit on the shelf for 2 years before straining off pine buds. more as an experiment than anything. It is amazing!
amazing thank you!
Do you blend it together after the 1-3 months, or do you strain out the pollen pods?