tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864168283064539221.post6598942707411121773..comments2024-02-23T03:05:18.256-08:00Comments on Catholic Cuisine: Honey Granola for St. John the BaptistJessica Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11490685222802748332noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864168283064539221.post-80485212395845302562009-09-24T07:19:47.019-07:002009-09-24T07:19:47.019-07:00The recipe for honey granola sounds tasty -- but t...The recipe for honey granola sounds tasty -- but then anything with honey and granola would be a hit with me. As an amateur botanist, I'd like to pass along an important insight into the "locust and honey diet" of John the Baptist. In modern America, we associate the word locust with a grasshopper-type insect. Since I was a kid, the idea of eating locusts, with or without honey, always seemed pretty gross. But in my reading, I've come to find that locust may actually refer to the locust tree, which grows both in the Mideast and North America. Locust trees produce a bean-like pod, 6-8 inches long. The beans inside these pods are high in nutrition, especially protein. They make great fodder for livestock, and although they're not especially tasty, human beings have been known to survive on them. As such, they might appeal to a saintly and ascetic hermit like St. John the Baptist. And however bland these tree-grown beans might be, I think they'd go down much easier than a wriggling grasshopper!Tom Springernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864168283064539221.post-52098585807737462122009-09-01T13:59:48.548-07:002009-09-01T13:59:48.548-07:00Hope you like it!Hope you like it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864168283064539221.post-1507426682817078732009-08-30T09:54:52.100-07:002009-08-30T09:54:52.100-07:00Jessica, I missed this recipe yesterday for the ce...Jessica, I missed this recipe yesterday for the celebration of the the Martyrdom of John the Baptist but I will do this recipe for the blackberry honey, I love it. Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com