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

Dan Brewer danqualman at gmail.com
Thu Nov 10 15:49:04 PST 2011


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.  If you have honey from a community garden  more likely than not
the honey will  be safe.  If your garden is next to a busy road the honey
might be suspect because of the road dust.  Contamination of honey comes
from the location or point of origin of the nectar and the processing
equipment.  So if you can keep the source of the honey local and the
processing to a minimum. the honey will be better for you.   Some of the
processing keeps the honey from crystallizing.  And makes the honey a
little clearer.

Dan in Auburn

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:48 PM, K C Francis <katiracook at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> This is really disturbing!  I currently have two jars of honey from hives
> in our community garden, but in future I will be sure to buy honey
> from realiable sources.  Thank you for the heads up and the good sources.
>
> Katira
>
>
> > Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:44:33 -0500
> > From: alysk at ix.netcom.com
> > To: mk-cooks at midrealm.org; sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
> > Subject: [Sca-cooks] It's Not Honey??
> >
> > Greetings! Found this article this morning about problems with honey
> > which is a bit dismaying. Maybe health food stores would be better
> > sources for honey? (Or the honey merchant at Pennsic!) Take a look at
> > http://tinyurl.com/86aemt7 .
> >
> > Alys K.
> > --
> > Elise Fleming
> > alysk at ix.netcom.com
> > alyskatharine at gmail.com
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