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

[Dan Brewer]

I get just enough honey for home use as well as presents.  There are
several aviary's in the area.  You can get un processed honey at Pike Place
market and Carptinito Brothers  just off of Central and 167.  Also Bees and
trees near Lake Homes in Auburn.  http://www.treesnbees.com/indexbees.html

Processed honey is not bad just that I have honey made from the stuff in my
yard.  Much better tasting.

Dan in AUburn

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Laureen Hart <lhart at graycomputer.com>wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sca-cooks-bounces+lhart=graycomputer.com at lists.ansteorra.org
> [mailto:sca-cooks-bounces+lhart=graycomputer.com at lists.ansteorra.org] On
> 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
>
>
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