is tupelo actually famous for its honey?

[datasuspect]

and if it is, is actually sweeter than any other honey?



too lazy to google.

[JVS]

1. is tupelo actually famous?

[datasuspect]

2. some irish guy felt the need to include it in a song.

[XNASA]

8. Elvis was born in Tupelo.

:shrug:

[datasuspect]

10. i've come to discover that it is a reference to an actual type of honey

and not the city itself

[mitchum]

3. Only to extremely talented drunks with anger management issues

[Xipe Totec]

4. Yes

Tupelos are valued honey plants in southeastern and Gulf Coast of the United States, producing a very light, mild-tasting honey. In northern Florida, beekeepers keep beehives along the river swamps on platforms or floats during tupelo bloom to produce certified tupelo honey, which commands a high price on the market because of its flavor; monofloral honey made from the nectar of the Ogeechee Tupelo has such a high ratio of fructose to glucose that it does not crystallize.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupelo

[KamaAina]

5. It is from tupelo tree blooms, not necessarily from Tupelo, MS.

in fact most of it seems to come from Fla.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupelo

Tupelos are valued honey plants in southeastern and Gulf Coast of the United States, producing a very light, mild-tasting honey. In northern Florida, beekeepers keep beehives along the river swamps on platforms or floats during tupelo bloom to produce certified tupelo honey, which commands a high price on the market because of its flavor; monofloral honey made from the nectar of the Ogeechee Tupelo has such a high ratio of fructose to glucose that it does not crystallize.

The Apalachicola River in the Florida Panhandle is the center for tupelo honey. The honey is produced wherever tupelo trees (three species) bloom in southeastern USA, but the purest and most expensive version (which is certified by pollen analysis) is produced in this valley. In a good harvest year, the tupelo honey crop produced by a group of specialized Florida beekeepers approaches US$1,000,000.

Enjoy -- and hope that colony collapse disorder stays away... :scared:

edit: spelling

[Tyler Durden]

6. Bought some at Williams and Sonoma.

OMFG. If Starthistle honey is the Solo Violinist, Tupelo is the String Quartet.

[spinbaby]

7. Isn't Elvis from Tupelo?

??

[auburngrad82]

9. I think you should ask Uncle that question n/t

[Sgent]

11. I grew up in Tupelo

and never knew it was famous for the honey made in Flordia.

Any fame for the city comes from the fact that Elvis grew up here, the towns extremely well viewed (nationally) community development program, and the public schools.