Storing honey

"blake murphy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 12:06:58 +0100, [email hidden] (Victor Sack)

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San said:

I wonder how others store their honey

The world's foremost authority on the proper storage of honey used to
post on rfc, but, tragically, no longer does. The authority in question
is, in addition to her many impressive credentials, a canonised Saint.
According to her, honey is to be kept refrigerated at all times if you
care about your health at all. You will infallibly get life-threatening
food poisoning otherwise.

To be safe, I would go even further and declare that honey is never to
be removed from the refrigerator at all. If you want to eat it, you
have to crawl inside and close the door behind you. As the rumours have
it, the saintly authority once did just that and still remains inside...

HTH,

Victor

to be absolutely safe, you should leave the honey in the bee.

your pal,
blake

I've read several places that honey found in the Pyramids was still edible
because of it being preserved. I assume that there was oxygen in there.

Wonder if that is true?

Dee Dee

Un-San said:

I wonder how others store their honey because if I keep it in the
fridge it is not handy to use because it gets so hard I can't get it
out of the jar. And, if I keep it out or in the cupboard it attracts
ants by the hundreds, or other little creatures. It may not be a
problem now but I've had such a problem in the past with insects that
I'm afraid to chance leaving it in the pantry anymore.

There's no reason for any honey to be on the exterior of the jar...
only the slovenly have honey jars that attract vermin. Either buy a
honey dispensor or learn how to serve honey from the jar without
making a mess. I can only imagine your disgusting mayo jar... I'm
glad I never have to look inside your fridge... San-itary you're not!
LOL

Sheldon

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Dee.Dee said:

I've read several places that honey found in the Pyramids was still edible
because of it being preserved. I assume that there was oxygen in there.

Wonder if that is true?

It is true. The honey was crystallised (hell, after 5000 years in a
pyramid, I'd be crystallised too!), but perfectly edible.

Miche

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Electricians do it in three phases

Miche said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Dee.Dee said:

I've read several places that honey found in the Pyramids was still edible
because of it being preserved. I assume that there was oxygen in there.

Wonder if that is true?

It is true. The honey was crystallised (hell, after 5000 years in a
pyramid, I'd be crystallised too!), but perfectly edible.

And just exactly how was that discovered?

"Hey, Ahmed, try some of this 5,000-year-old honey
and tell me if it's any good!"

"No, Sayeed, you try it!"

"Someone has to remain to write up the paper."

"It was your idea, you eat the honey!"

James Silverton said:

I don't use honey all that often but I find that a plastic
squeeze bottle with a nozzle and a push-on cap keeps it quite
well on the condiment tray (fancy word for a large plate on the
breakfast table!) If the bottle gets at all sticky, it can be
quickly rinsed down without removing the contents.

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Potomac, Maryland

Head down the Blue Ridge Parkway and you can get honey in bear-shaped
squeeze-bottles.

Unfortunately, they're not dishwasher-safe and they aren't durable
enough to be refilled too many times. But they are cute.

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JoeSpareBedroom said:

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Sounds like you need a good pest control company. I keep honey in the
pantry and I don't have an ant problem. I do, however, have a pest
control
company that sprays all around the property once a month.

Without knowing where the OP lives, you really can't come to that
conclusion, Jill.

I've heard that in Florida, the cockroaches will get
inside a sealed Mason jar. :-)

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Mark Thorson said:

Miche said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Dee.Dee said:

I've read several places that honey found in the Pyramids was still edible
because of it being preserved. I assume that there was oxygen in there.

Wonder if that is true?

It is true. The honey was crystallised (hell, after 5000 years in a
pyramid, I'd be crystallised too!), but perfectly edible.

And just exactly how was that discovered?

I dunno; I'm an electrician, not a food scientist.

Miche

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Electricians do it in three phases

Dee.Dee said:

I've read several places that honey found in the Pyramids was still edible
because of it being preserved. I assume that there was oxygen in there.

Wonder if that is true?

So I checked Snopes and am not sure I'm glad I found this:
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/cannibal/honey.asp

Basically, honey doesn't go bad. I'm not sure what would happen to it
after 1000s of years that wouldn't happen to it 1 year.

--Lia