Off topic: I just learned that the Hebrew word for honey was also used as their word for syrup. Before refrigerators existed fruit went bad quickly, unless some

Off topic: I just learned that the Hebrew word for honey was also used as their word for syrup. Before refrigerators existed fruit went bad quickly, unless something was done with it. Grapes were turned into wine but other fruit was simmered down to a thick syrup. When the Bible says the Jews arrived in Israel and it was the land of milk and honey, they actually meant date honey. That is, date syrup. That is, there were a lot of dates.