# What is "Beesting pudding?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 11, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-beesting-pudding/771472 "2016-11-11T05:47:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-beesting-pudding/771472/1 "2016-11-11T05:47:40Z")

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Came across it in a book of Irish recipes.

What is the “beesting” referred to? Seems tedious and dangerous to hunt down bees for their stingers …

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-beesting-pudding/771472/2 "2016-11-11T05:56:00Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> Came across it in a book of Irish recipes.
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> What is the “beesting” referred to? Seems tedious and dangerous to hunt down bees for their stingers …

[http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/beastingspudding.htm](http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/beastingspudding.htm)

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**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-beesting-pudding/771472/3 "2016-11-11T05:56:29Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> Came across it in a book of Irish recipes.
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> What is the “beesting” referred to? Seems tedious and dangerous to hunt down bees for their stingers …

Apocryphally, bees are attracted to the honey glaze and may sting the baker. Delicious Bienenstich!

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-beesting-pudding/771472/4 "2016-11-11T10:16:02Z")

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Not just puddings - you can get beesting/beasting cheese, too. And colostrum dishes are known by other names e.g. _kalvdans_ in Sweden, _abrystir_ in Iceland, _junnu_ in India.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-beesting-pudding/771472/5 "2016-11-11T10:17:02Z")

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> [@araminty](#):
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> Apocryphally, bees are attracted to the honey glaze and may sting the baker. Delicious Bienenstich!

Wrong dish…