Guest guest Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Hi folks, Someone was saying that eating some honey from the area that I live in would help with my allergies. There is actually a lady near me who raises bees. She sells honey in our regular grocery stores here. I wanted to get raw, unheated honey though so I called her, and she told me that the honey sold in the comb was not heateda and was raw. Here are my questions: 1. Is the comb safe to eat? My mouth was full of that stuff. 2. This honey is not *milky and thick* like other raw honey that I've purchased from HFS, but instead is a clear/golden color. If it is in the comb is it raw? Thanks for your help. I used to just grab any old jar of honey, and I'm trying to pay more attention to what I eat these days. ' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 I'm certainly no honey expert, but here are my thoughts: >>>Someone was saying that eating some honey from the area that I live in would help with my allergies.<<< If that does work, it would only be if your allergies were due to the pollens the bees used, wouldn't it? >>>1. Is the comb safe to eat? My mouth was full of that stuff.<<< The comb is a wax (ie, beeswax candles). If I remember rightly, you can chew it like gum until you get all the honey out, then spit it out. >>>2. This honey is not *milky and thick* like other raw honey that I've purchased from HFS, but instead is a clear/golden color.<<< The other you bought might've been creamed. >>>If it is in the comb is it raw?<<< I think the comb is spun in a centrifuge to get the honey out and the heating comes later to pasteurise it. Cheers, Tas'. " Give it to us raw and wrrrrrrrrriggling " - Smeagol, LOTR. ---------- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.4 - Release Date: 1/02/2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 On 10 Apr 2007 06:38:26 -0700, Siemens <mandamom2many@...> wrote: > All the raw honey I have access too (that isn't filtered) is firmly > crystalzed. I find myself using pasturized honey or maple syrup often > because I need the liquid consistency, but I would rather use the raw honey! > If I kept the container on a heating pad at low, would that be warm enough > to liquify the honey safely or would that compromise the " rawness " ? I think what is generally recommended is to place the jar in warm water. This would heat it more evenly and require less heat reaching certain parts like the bottom. Chris -- It is the day of Resurrection; let us be radiant for the festival, and let us embrace one another. Let us say, brethren, even to those who hate us: let us forgive all things on the Resurrection, and so let us cry: Christ is risen from the dead; by death trampling down death, and to those in the tombs bestowing life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 I have placed the jar in the sun outside. Seems after I extract the honey it is good for several months before crystalization sets in and on the deck in the sun it liquifies in a day or so. I have read that crystalized honey when placed upside down will allow some liquified honey to drain away. this part of the hony is said to not affect the blood sugar of the sensitive diabetic person. I have some old honey that I will soon try to let separate and see how it works. > > > > > > > > I think what is generally recommended is to place the jar in warm > > water. This would heat it more evenly and require less heat reaching > > certain parts like the bottom. > > > > Chris > > > > > > -- > *~ Siemens~* > > Mama to 3 wonderful blessings, Married to 1 wonderful man! > > No fear, only faith; no guilt, only grace; no pride, only praise; no claim, > only Christ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 > > I thought of that, problem is it's a huge jar LOL it would take forever to > 'melt'. Hmmmm, I wonder if wraping the heating pad around the jar would be > better. > *~, If you wish the honey to remain " raw " , can you rig up a temperature reading? What is the consistency of the crystallized honey? Is it so hard you can't scoop some out into a small jar and heat that in a water bath? Sorry to be Captain Obvious but I've no experience with it and I'm curious. B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 Can you believe I didn't think of that??? I'll go sit in the corner now LOL. On 4/10/07, downwardog7 <illneverbecool@...> wrote: > > Is it so hard you > can't scoop some out into a small jar and heat that in a water bath? > > Sorry to be Captain Obvious but I've no experience with it and I'm > curious. > B. -- *~ Siemens~* Mama to 3 wonderful blessings, Married to 1 wonderful man! No fear, only faith; no guilt, only grace; no pride, only praise; no claim, only Christ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 , if you can get sage honey, try that. sage honey takes forever to crystalize. in fact, i still have a jar that has a little left in it that is still liquid, after more than 5 years! i use it to make a raw chicken recipe actually, and i never have a problem with it. i know of only one place that has it, so if you are interested, let me know. oh, and the honey is not only cold packed, but there is NO smoke in the honey, which is almost impossible to find nowadays! dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 hey dave honey sounds good. where do you get it? monique Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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