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“Blue Honey”- NC Mysterious Treat For 100 Years

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Each year, several lucky beekeepers in an approximately 50 mile radius of Fayetteville find something special in their bee hives – blue honey. How the honey is made is still a mystery, but those who find it are usually buzzing with excitement.

Some beekeepers believe the berries from huckleberry plants are what make the honey blue.” “I’m just located next to swamp where galberries and huckleberries are located, where other people are not. I think that’s the predominate factor,” said Trivette …

…REAL FULL STORY

Hi, my name is Harvey. I’m a wild huckleberry.

This is my story.

I was raised, with my siblings, in the beautiful, for­ested mountains of rural Idaho, much like where you probably live.

Sure, we were not the largest huckleberries on the hill — maybe not even the sweetest — but we lived in harmony with the mosquitoes, and occasionally shared a meal with a black bear or jay.

One day, when I was a teenager, and nearing the prime of my life, a group of purple-fingered bandits came through our community patch, and kidnapped us — my entire family, and ALL of my kinfolk! I think only my sister Henrietta was spared, by jumping from a fumble-fingered bandit, then hiding in the grass.

We were then dumped, unceremoniously, into a large, stifling box, moved by car to a holding facility, and nearly drowned in ice water, where we were stripped of our green, leafy wardrobe. Then they threw us into tiny cells in a facility with NO HEATING or oxygen! I choked and shivered for DAYS.

Then they started coming to get us… slowly at first, then in buckets.

The first tale of abuse, came from smothering in bat­ter, and dropping onto hot oil, while those heartless bandits laughed and cheered in anticipation of our de­mise.

Then, victims were rolled in sweet white sand, and BOILED, before dislocation to glass cells. Others were forced to desegregate, and share living quarters with granola, flour, popcorn, apples, jalapenos, honey, ginger, poppyseeds, fruit juices, and even… our poor tasteless cousin, the blueberry! Gasp!

Some of my closest cousins were boiled in acid, and labeled as lemonade or dressing. Many of us were pulverized, and smashed into confections. I still have nightmares of those grinning little bug-eyed bandits with purple slobber drooling off their chins, while chew­ing on my friends, and making horrifying “ummm” sounds.

On my dad’s side of the family, many were suffo­cated in various colors of chocolate, and wrapped in a cold, aluminum blankets. Some were CAFFEINATED, in tea or coffee, and forced to lay awake for weeks.

This can’t continue… I MUST find a way to escape.

Oh no… MY CELL is moving now. Maybe this is it, my time to get away. Yes, we are heading toward the door. The bandit is leaning over and unzipping our cell, YES… but wait, no – what is that boiling liquid? I’m falling—

Oh, oh! Looks like Harvey got himself into a jam. (Excuse the pun.) Hopefully, he will not be back, to share his tale of abuse in someone’s digestive tract.

In the meantime, TASTES OF IDAHO - where all the huckleberry goodies Harvey mentioned can be found – would like to re-assure you that, in spite of the allegations, Harvey and his family were treated humanely. All berries used in prod­ucts at TASTES OF IDAHO are certified natural, free range, fair trade, cage free, no spray, sus­tainably harvested, no animal testing (except for bears), and healthy (as long as you don’t read the ingredients labels!)

To enjoy the further adventures of Harvey, please stop by our store at 143 Johnson Avenue (inside Valley Graphics in downtown Orofino, Idaho) and turn wild huckleberries into a key part of your gift giving and get-togethers. Holiday hours 11 to 6, Monday through Saturday. After all, wild huckleberries are the IDAHO STATE FRUIT. Don’t get to Christmas without huckleberries in your holiday!

I’m looking for a most wonderful tea from my past.  Back in the 90′s I  ordered tea that came in tea bags individually wrapped in a bright fuschia/pink foil wrapper from a company called Mission Mountain Meadows. The business was run/owned by a Natascha Hagner in St Ignatius according to Montana archives online.  The tea might have been called WILD Huckleberry tea. She also sold pink huckleberry (white chocolate) candy bars and honey, among other products. I would be so happy if I could somehow get it again before I start trying new huckleberry teas. Maybe this Natascha or the new business owner is a part of a Huckleberry association such as this and I partly joined in hopes of posting something to lots of people to find someone who might have known her or the tea/company. One may email me at seniorita32@yahoo.com.  Thank you.

Rita from Ohio

With Thanksgiving over and Christmas right around the corner, now is the time to order your huckleberry products for holiday gift giving.

We have several websites where you can purchase great tasting wild huckleberry products:

Tastes of Idaho features Idaho-made products and has a very large selection of huckleberry products like Wildbeary Huckleberry Products, Gem Berry Products, Wild Mountain Berries, Gold Mountain, Idaho or BackCountry Redneck … and many more!  Also find huckleberry gift baskets or build-your-own gift baskets from the products listed on the site!

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Gem Berry Products which includes their huckleberry line and their award winning raspberry/huckleberry (razzleberry) line!  Best selling holiday gifts from Gem Berry include their famous huckleberry, raspberry/huckleberry or raspberry gift packs!

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Gold Mountain Gourmet featuring classy gold and purple shinny labeled huckleberry products!  Check out the unique huckleberry snack packs!

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If you are looking for humorous huckleberry products, check out Idaho Redneck Gifts!  You will be giving a great tasting huckleberry product with an entertaining label to keep your friends laughing all holiday long!  Gourmet foods and personal care products are both available on this site.

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More gift ideas can be found at:

Huckleberry Picking Rakes

The Ultimate Camping Fork (not huckleberry related, but a great gift idea)

SPECIAL NOTE:  GET YOUR ORDER IN BY DECEMBER 10 TO INSURE DELIVERY IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS!!

Picking or growing huckleberries is not for everyone!  If you would rather buy huckleberry products, here is a list of our favorite websites:

Tastes of Idaho lists NUMEROUS huckleberry products from companies located in Idaho.  You’ll find items such as the standard huckleberry jam and syrup, but also huckleberry bbq sauce, huckleberry chocolate bars, huckleberry honey, appleberry hucklebutter, huckleberry lemonade, huckleberry lip balm, huckleberry soap and lots and lots more!

Gem Berry Products are famous the their huckleberry and huckleberry/raspberry (razzleberry) products.  They also feature a beautiful line of gift boxes with various different products.

Gold Mountain Gourmet has a classy line of foil labeled products.  Their best sellers are huckleberry almond granola and 8 oz. huckleberry coffee in regular, decaf or whole bean varieties!

Idaho (or BackCountry) Redneck is a great line of products if you are looking for a humorous label.  This site features several assorted huckleberry products along with a line of non-huckleberry sauces.

If you are a reseller, own your own store, gift basket company or website, and would like to offer huckleberry products, visit our wholesale website:  Idaho Gifts Wholesale.

If you are a cafe, restaurant, caterer or food service establishment, visit WildBeary Huckleberry Products for a complete line of commercial sized huckleberry products