MAD HONEY HELPED BEAT 1000 MEN AT WAR

Mad Honey Helped Beat 1000 Men At War

A honey that gives you the spins - - so why we aren't stirring teaspoons of this potent gloop into our granola for a pleasant morning high?

Turkey's hallucinogenic 'Mad Honey' is produced when bees pollinate rhododendron flowers in the remote mountainside towns of the Black Sea region.

The dark, reddish, "mad honey," known as
deli bal in Turkey, contains an ingredient from rhododendron nectar it contains an ingredient from rhododendron nectar called grayanotoxin - a natural neurotoxin that, even in small quantities, brings on light headedness and sometimes, hallucinations.

In the 1700s, the Black Sea region traded this potent produce with Europe, where the honey was infused with drinks to give boozers a greater high than alcohol could deliver.