This photo shows a squeeze bottle of Mike's Hot Honey, placed on a plaid table runner, which is placed on a wooden table. There's a daffodil LEGO placed next to it for decoration.

Bee Spicy

This photo shows a squeeze bottle of Mike's Hot Honey, placed on a plaid table runner, which is placed on a wooden table. There's a daffodil LEGO placed next to it for decoration.

If a bee falls in a chili pepper-patch forest, does anyone hear? I suspect the makers of Mike’s Hot Honey do. I’ll bet their headquarters are equipped with special police hive scanners that alert workers when bees have crossed into chili pepper territory. Those on the ground probably whisper into microphones, “warm, warm, getting warmer, warmer, hot! hot! hot! hot!” and then everyone gets into bee-keeper ambulances so they can whisk the spicy honey away, bottle it—and sell it fresh, so I can put it on a pizza.

Hot honey on pizza is all the rage, apparently. I’ve seen it on restaurant menus, and I decided to try it at home. Alex and I found Mike’s Hot Honey on shelves in a specialty store and thought, “maybe we should get the extra hot, just in case the ‘hot’ variety is not spicy enough.”

Well, the “hot” variety is probably just spicy enough because the extra hot is enough to rip the wings off bees everywhere within a five-mile radius. But it stings so good.

I squeezed a small amount into a separate dish—just to be safe—and I dipped my pizza into the honey. It was definitely sweet, spicy, and addicting. Eventually, the numbness sets in, which is when I make a beeline for the rest of the container and pour it on, even if my eyes are watering.

If you try this experiment at home, have the following on hand:

–a fire hose

–a bucket of wet wipes

–fifty dispensers of napkins

–flame-retardant clothing

–a trough of baking soda, mixed with water to form a soothing paste

–a decent-sized lake and a giant straw

Your Turn: Is there a new food you’ve tried or want to try?

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21 thoughts on “Bee Spicy”

  3. I no longer have a bucket list of foods to try. I’ve lived happily trying whatever comes my way, and mostly nothing has been awful.
    I know some foods are taboo, however, I’ve always said, in the correct context if I’m legally offered something generally frowned upon by society, I’d give it a go.

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  5. a decent-sized lake and a giant straw–Love it. I have not heard of this new craze. I’m not overly fond of burning my mouth, but of course I would still TRY it. I remember when putting ranch dressing on pizza was a thing.

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  7. I love hot spicy food and will try anything as long as it’s vegetarian. Some friends from the village made this delicious bamboo shoots curry with shoots freshly dug up in the forest. My eyes, nose, everything was running but it was so good!

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