[Sca-cooks] It's Not US Honey??

[Laureen Hart]

Dan,
I absolutely agree with you. Raw honey is immeasurably better than processed
honey. I grew up with, and prefer local honey.
I only dispute the allegation that all processed honey is dangerous and bad.
The extra processing does reduce the value of the honey, but it does not
render it harmful. 
The article posted seemed like bad, scare tactic, factoid, misleading
journalism.

Some people want the pollen removed as they think that it makes the honey
potentially allergenic. Others want a crystal clear, uniform, bland,
tasteless, thing that they can pretend is good for them rather than the
demon granulated sugar. There is no accounting for taste, (or brains).
With regard to adulterating honey, again, there are tests that can show
adulteration, and the USDA would be even nastier on that topic than they are
on country of origin.

That said, are you in Auburn WA? I am in Shoreline, do you ever sell your
honey? I have some concord grapes and would like to try another batch of
Pyment. My batch from last year is stalled, quite probably from using cheap
processed honey without the proper nutrients LOL.

Randell Raye
Madrone

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Behalf Of Dan Brewer
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 12:33 PM
To: Cooks within the SCA
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] It's Not US Honey??

If you read the news about honey  there are many ways to take corn surup
and blend it to act and taste something like honey.  Honey that has had the
polen removed has been heated to almost the boiling point.  This negates
the healthy effects of the honey.  Also if the pollen has been removed or
can not be found it is to hide the point of origin.  I raise bees, and have
had a hive for about  10 years .  Honey at its best would be just extracted
from the comb.  Raw honey is only run through enough filtering to remove
wax and bee parts.  To remove any more from the honey you need to heat it
to force it through filters.  So if you want a better quality honey buy
from a local aviary and look to see if the country of origin is the US.
Honey from Canada is considered safe but all other countries are considered
suspect.

Dan in Auburn