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[beverly evans]

Quote: There are similar feeders in the "No waste 5 gallon feeder" thread on BYC. I've really liked the feeder, it works really well.
I've taught my pit bull to chase away the doves and squirrels from our yard. He sleeps a lot but otherwise does a good job.

 

[bamadude]

Bee,  are you on here?  And what moniker do you go by on here?  Miss you!  PM me ??   XXXXOOOO    Beverly

hey bev it me.

 

[vehve]

I know honey doesn't go bad but I've never had luck getting it uncrystalized once it goes south.

I'll be giving some of it away (mostly to the people who have helped me in my farm venture). The first jar went to BF's mom who not only helped build the chicken coop but comes over on short notice when I can't get home in time to put the chickens to bed safely. She did an emergency visit last Friday.

I'd really like to try my hand at mead but the recipe I have starts with 32 lbs of honey and I don't have that much, but I probably had close to 20.

Cut everything down to a quarter.

And the crystallized honey is the best kind!

 

[vehve]

@superchemicalgirl I started reading a bit about honey. Finnish honey has a much higher glucose content than many foreign honeys, so it crystallizes more easily than honeys which mostly have fructose in them. One site said that to keep the honey from crystallizing, you can freeze it. Another advice was that if the honey has already crystallized, you can try to warm it a bit carefully to get it back to it's original consistency. The warming will lessen it's health beneficial properties though.

 

[ronott1]

I know honey doesn't go bad but I've never had luck getting it uncrystalized once it goes south.

I'll be giving some of it away (mostly to the people who have helped me in my farm venture). The first jar went to BF's mom who not only helped build the chicken coop but comes over on short notice when I can't get home in time to put the chickens to bed safely. She did an emergency visit last Friday.

I'd really like to try my hand at mead but the recipe I have starts with 32 lbs of honey and I don't have that much, but I probably had close to 20.

Store bought or home spun?

@superchemicalgirl I started reading a bit about honey. Finnish honey has a much higher glucose content than many foreign honeys, so it crystallizes more easily than honeys which mostly have fructose in them. One site said that to keep the honey from crystallizing, you can freeze it. Another advice was that if the honey has already crystallized, you can try to warm it a bit carefully to get it back to it's original consistency. The warming will lessen it's health beneficial properties though.

I read an article that said honey was the most counterfeited food in the US. Most of the Honey sold in stores is artificially flavored high fructose corn syrup.

The best way to remove the crystals in real honey is to leave it in the jar and set it into a water bath to simmer. It does not take much time to fix it.

 

[vehve]

Quote: Here you're not allowed to add anything to honey that is sold as honey. It must be 100% honey, only filtering is allowed. You are not allowed to heat it during manufacturing either.

 

[LindaB220]

hey bev it me.

, bamadude, you are so funny. I miss Bee too.

 

[ronott1]

Here you're not allowed to add anything to honey that is sold as honey. It must be 100% honey, only filtering is allowed. You are not allowed to heat it during manufacturing either.

The article said that they cheat and lie--that no one checks Honey. It comes to the plants as counterfeit.

Most of the honey in your stores is likely not real. You will have much less problems with your honey crystallizing.

 

[beverly evans]

yes shark week is always good.

Did you guys see the Texas news with that guy who caught a 12 foot tiger shark!? I think he said after a 12 hour battle. Man, that was some fish!!! Wish I could see it....don't have cable.

 

[bamadude]

Been reading on the what is this chicken thinking thread. Some pretty funny captions on there