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The honeycomb is omitted in some Biblie translations. It all depends on which ancient Greek manuscript the given translation was based on. It's hard to tell whether some scribe added that honeycomb out of his own initiative or removed it from an earlier version. In any case, there are at best only three foods we know Jesus ate that Sunday: bread, broiled fish and honey straight from the comb.
That's quite meager, but we can infer from the Gosples that Jesus had been on a rather unsophisticated diet his entire life. He mostly hung around simple fishermen on the Lake of Galilee after all and ate what they ate: bread and broiled fish (mostly tilapia, probably), and washed it down with water or -- on special occasions -- with wine. Occasionally he would indulge in some simple sweets, like honey or fresh figs pilfered straight from a tree. You might think it's these few foods, sanctified by being part of Jesus's limited menu, which should take centre stage in the Easter basket. Yet none of them, save the bread, have found their way into the traditional set of Easter fare. Looks like nobody wanted to have broiled fish for the holidays after weeks of having to live on fish instead of meat throughout Lent.
== A Night Different from All Other Nights ==
