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[vehve]

Quote: The Finnish Beekeepers Association does testing on 140 brands annually. Right now, a Turkish honey has been pulled off the market in Sweden, and they suspect that some of it has been sold in Finland too. The Finnish food safety authority Evira is investigating. Domestically produced honey has stricter standards than EU produced honey, and is monitored more closely.

@superchemicalgirl I found a smaller recipe for mead of the Finnish Beekeeper Association's pages.

450g (1 pound) honey
4 liters (about 1 gallon) water
2 lemons
a dash of yeast (brewers yeast I suspect)

Boil a part of the water and pour it on the honey. Add the rest of the water and the juice from the lemons to the mixture. Add the yeast (about a fifth of a teaspoon) to the lukewarm mixture. Let it ferment in room temperature over night. Filter and bottle. Let it develop in room temperature for 3 days or refrigerator for a week. Don't use a too tight cork, as pressure will build up. Consume the ready mead within a week.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

The Finnish Beekeepers Association does testing on 140 brands annually. Right now, a Turkish honey has been pulled off the market in Sweden, and they suspect that some of it has been sold in Finland too. The Finnish food safety authority Evira is investigating. Domestically produced honey has stricter standards than EU produced honey, and is monitored more closely.

@superchemicalgirl I found a smaller recipe for mead of the Finnish Beekeeper Association's pages.

450g (1 pound) honey
4 liters (about 1 gallon) water
2 lemons
a dash of yeast (brewers yeast I suspect)

Boil a part of the water and pour it on the honey. Add the rest of the water and the juice from the lemons to the mixture. Add the yeast (about a fifth of a teaspoon) to the lukewarm mixture. Let it ferment in room temperature over night. Filter and bottle. Let it develop in room temperature for 3 days or refrigerator for a week. Don't use a too tight cork, as pressure will build up. Consume the ready mead within a week.

Aloe vera and honey are very adulterated in the US. The honey I have harvested tastes divine compared to the store bought stuff. Thank you for the pared down recipe. I'll talk to BF and see if this is something he really wants to do.

 

[vehve]

May 1st is a big holiday, mostly celebrated by students. Mead is traditionally consumed at this time. Here's a recipe from one of our equivalents to a fraternity.



1 bottle Koskenkorva vodka
5 raisins

Mix ingredients together. If the taste is too fruity, leave out raisins.

 

[dsqard]

Now that doesn't really look like a mead recipe.

 

[Alaskan]

May 1st is a big holiday, mostly celebrated by students. Mead is traditionally consumed at this time. Here's a recipe from one of our equivalents to a fraternity.



1 bottle Koskenkorva vodka
5 raisins

Mix ingredients together. If the taste is too fruity, leave out raisins.

 

[Bunnylady]

No, but it does look like it was "cooked up" by a fraternity.

 

[dsqard]

Cynthia, so glad to hear your sister continues to recover. Don't be to hard on yourself about not moving her sooner. It was an accident.

BTW, SCG has a wicked sense of humor. It tends more toward the "adult" side and I think that is why we get along so well. Every time she visits, shenanigans ensue.

Spent yesterday and today trying to take pictures. Yesterday was successful, today not so much. DS and I went out to try and find an old homestead somewhere up in the mountains near here. After spider climbing up the side of a mountain and finding zilch, I was not real happy. It was an adventure, but I would rather get the reward of seeing something worth photographing at the end. Oh well, these things happen. I did make it to Stewart Falls yesterday. It helps to have a definite path to follow

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Cynthia, so glad to hear your sister continues to recover. Don't be to hard on yourself about not moving her sooner. It was an accident.

BTW, SCG has a wicked sense of humor. It tends more toward the "adult" side and I think that is why we get along so well. Every time she visits, shenanigans ensue.

Spent yesterday and today trying to take pictures. Yesterday was successful, today not so much. DS and I went out to try and find an old homestead somewhere up in the mountains near here. After spider climbing up the side of a mountain and finding zilch, I was not real happy. It was an adventure, but I would rather get the reward of seeing something worth photographing at the end. Oh well, these things happen. I did make it to Stewart Falls yesterday. It helps to have a definite path to follow

Gorgeous pictures. And, it takes two for shenanigans.

 

[Teila]

Thanks again everyone

Yep ronott1 we are heading towards spring which officially begins on 1st September but we are already noticing the not so cold nights and beautiful sunny days. Thank you also for your thoughts on the lettuce. It is not a large part of my gals diets and they get lots of other goodies; they will be happy to know they can continue to have it

Thank you Lacy Blues, I will try the gals again with some apple down the track. Thank you also for the info on the lettuce; luckily they love their cabbage also

We have good soil here and such nice weather that things tends to grow a little more than we might have planned. This was one of the reasons for having everything in pots so that if something does get too big and start encroaching on the plant next to it, nice and easy to spread out. Also, because they can be spread out or moved, I believe you need less plants in the garden. The pots and overhanging plants make great exploring and hiding places for the girls and of course, yes, the pots protect the plants from being dug up

Congrats on a great honey yield SCG, looks delicious!

Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to work I go!

Enjoy your morning/afternoon/evening and happy chickens folks

 

[dsqard]

At least I did get to see momma deer and her twins on the way to where we hiked. Pretty cool. I don't think I've ever seen a momma with twins before. I know it happens often, just never saw it.