Honey, the dread possibilities . . .

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Ancient Egyptian and Middle-Eastern peoples also used honey for embalming the dead.
-Larry Gonick, The Cartoon History of the Universe, Vol.2

After his death in battle, the head of Vlad III T,epes, (of later Dracula fame) was cut off and presented to the Ottoman Sultan, preserved in a jar of honey.
-'Vlad Tepes - The Historical Dracula'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey#Honeydew_honey