wort der woche: Honig

If you like your food you probably already know that Honig, the food of kings and paupers, is honey. The sweet treat that comes from the Honigbiene (honeybee) is an essential ingredient in a Honigkuchen and on Honigbrot.

Honiggelb is a warm shade of yellow, the colour of Honigwabe. You could find a piece of Honigwabe inside a beehive. It is made up of tiny hexagonal cells which the Queen bee lays her eggs inside. Have you worked out what it is yet? Too right, it's honeycomb!

And one last word. If you are grinning like a Cheshire cat (like the cat in Alice in Wonderland whose smile remained even after it had gone), then the Germans say du grinst wie ein Honigkuchenpferd (you are grinning like a honeycake-horse). I suppose if you were a honeycake-horse you'd have quite a lot to grin about.