Questions tagged [honey]
Honey is a sweet syrup made from flower nectar by bees. Use this tag for questions about selecting, identifying, storing, preparing, replacing or cooking with honey as an ingredient. Questions about dishes which include honey, but are not focused on honey, should not use this tag.
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Was honey in ancient times different than now?
I am trying to reproduce a recipe found in the Roman "cookbook" Apicius, Conditum paradoxum: it is a spiced wine that calls for honey as an ingredient, but it uses a lot (30 % of the volume of the ...
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How do I safely caramelize honey without fully burning it?
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I am going to make a bochetomel, which is a type of mead that utilizes partly caramelized honey to impart a smokey/slightly burnt taste to the finished product.
The honey I have bought for ...
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Honey changing into unusable, hardened clump
I buy raw, unfiltered honey from the grocery store in jars sold/packed directly by the farmer.
When I had used the last jar to about half, I noticed the honey beginning to dry(crystalize?) to the ...
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Can I prevent honey from congealing/hardening in the pantry?
This question is inspired by this answer suggesting that honey lasts a long time. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to last so long in my cupboard. I make sure it's sealed tight, but usually after only ...
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What is Bosnian black honey?
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, I bought some black honey that someone was selling on the roadside in unlabeled jars. It was the most delicious honey I've ever had. It tasted like caramel but also like ...
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Does honey have a bitter component?
I've heard Jeffrey Steingarten, on Iron Chef America, mention that he finds honey quite bitter. I've never noticed that myself. Maybe if I really try I can notice a slight bitter finish, but for me ...
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What is the best temperature to store honey at?
I was wondering what temperature is suitable to store honey bought from stores?
Now in the summer, it can be around 30+ Celsius, and even nearly 40 on some day. Do you suggest keeping honey while ...
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What can cause honey to crystalize quickly?
Yesterday I opened a sealed jar of raw honey (blackberry). Over the course of a not-very-long meal (at which the honey was being used as a condiment) I watched it go from liquid to crystalized. I've ...
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Can I replace honey with maple syrup in recipes that require honey?
There are many recipes (or recipe variants) that require honey as ingredient.
Barbecue Spareribs
Honey Lamb Chops
Honey Raisin Choc Drops
Honey Shortbread Biscuits
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Krispie ...
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Is all bee's honey the same?
At the supermarket, I found many different brands and varieties of honey. Each came from a different place, but most were marketed based on flower-type. I bought a few different brands, but could not ...
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How to protect honey jar from ants?
Is there any technique to prevent ants from getting into a honey jar? The outside of the jar is covered with dead ants every day.
Currently, I am wiping the surface of jar with a wet cloth before ...
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Honeycomb in honey - how long does it last?
I've got some nice honeycomb (submersed in honey) in a big jar, but the "best before" date was over 4 months ago! I was saving it for a year or two. Just realised the date is gone.
Any possibility it'...
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Safely making truffle honey
Since New Zealand has import restrictions on honey, I'm looking to make some truffle honey from scratch.
I recall reading somewhere that incorrectly making it could cause some horrible toxin buildup ...
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Does honey actually tenderize meat?
I was recently reading a cooking manga named Shokugeki no Soma, in which the protagonist uses unconventional methods to cook specific dishes. In one chapter, he uses honey specifically to tenderize ...
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How to tell if it is honey, super filtered honey, or corn syrup?
There is this article here in Australia that an importer has labeled corn syrup as honey. It has been imported from Turkey and it has been sold to people. I think this is not just happening here in ...
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Is there any good way to check for honey adulteration besides a lab test?
The top google results for "check fake honey" are all nonsense blogs that say to check based on water content. The problem with this is that real honey can have a higher water content, especially here ...
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Is there any reason not to decrystallize honey?
The other night some friends of mine tried to convince me that decrystallizing honey is bad for the honey. I don't buy it.
Is there any truth to their claims? I couldn't find anything to support ...
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Is honey considered vegan?
I was thinking of following a vegan diet for health reasons. I tried it for a week during a "cleanse" and it wasn't so bad, even though I love steak and eggs. I was just curious though if honey is ...
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Is raw honey safe to consume?
I recently purchased a jar of Very Raw Honey from my local market. I purchased it because it was on sale, but eventually I looked up whether it was safe or not to eat and came across articles such as ...
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Can agave nectar be substituted for honey in baking?
The only sweetener called for in the bread recipe I want to use is honey; can I substitute 1/3 a cup of agave nectar for 1/3 a cup of honey without throwing off the proportions of the recipe? When ...
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What is cold-pressed honey?
I've heard mention of cold-pressed honey - what does that actually mean? Would it make the honey any different? Honey isn't pressed like olive oil.
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Can I rescue honey that is crystallised in the container? (with water or otherwise) [duplicate]
I've got a container of honey at home that has gone 'crystalised' and has caked up. When I turn the container upside down, the entire mass has fractured in half, and half sticks to the bottom and the ...
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Is it true that honey never spoils? Why?
I've heard that "honey never spoils", but I'm incredulous. Is this true, and if so, how? Isn't there some indicator that I should throw the honey in my cupboard away?
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Can I replace sugar with honey in tea?
If I want to replace sugar with honey in black or green tea, can I add the honey at any point or should I wait until the tea cools down a bit?
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Culinary uses for honeycomb?
On a whim, I bought real honeycomb (not the cookie type dessert) from a local shop. I tried eating it plain, but the wax makes it unpleasant and chewy.
What can I do with it?
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Are there any substitutes for honey when trying to activate yeast?
Are there any substitutes for honey when trying to activate yeast? I have a bottle of corn syrup and was wondering if I could just use that.
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Can I substitute Molasses for Honey in Baking Recipes?
Can I substitute one for the other in baking recipes?
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What nutritional differences are there between honey and table sugar (sucrose)? [closed]
My girlfriend has been putting honey in my coffee instead of sugar. She says it is better for me, but she can't give me an explanation I understand. I think she is being influenced by someone she ...
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Can you season skewers after cooking them?
Firstly, I write, not cook. A character in my story drugs some honey chicken skewers, saying it's seasoning in front of my protagonist. Would it be okay if he was called out about it or are there ...
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What happens to raw honey after the expiry date? Will it be edible?
I have got a 3 kg pack of raw wild unheated honey. Expiry date is 18 months from packaging.
What is expected to happen to it after the expiry date? Will it be edible?
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Does glucose used is added to sugar quantity in recipes like ice creams?
I was successful making a new ice cream recipe from Pierre Herme:
100g Milk
135g Cream
1 egg yolk
45g sugar
15g glucose
I replaced the glucose by honey. After churning the ice cream, it was smooth ...
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Why does honey stored with the comb last longer?
I recently discovered that honey stored in containers with the comb does not seem to crystallize (or certainly not as fast as when stored without). What is the mechanism that causes this? Is there a ...
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Substituting honey for sugar in bread
I want to make one of my favorite white bread sandwich loaves, but I'm out of sugar. What I do have is honey. How much honey should I use to replace 3 Tbs of granulated sugar? How much should I reduce ...
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Are garbage cans food safe, or made of food grade plastic?
At Mann Lake you can buy two kinds of honey extractors:
Stainless steel
Plastic
The first is more expensive than the second, and the second is waaay more expensive than the third option:
Plastic ...
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Why is honey heated and filtered for normal markets?
The honey which we get in the markets is of utterly low price as compared to raw honey. As we all know that this honey is heated at great temperatures and filtered.
My question is then why is honey ...
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How to extract raw honey from honeycomb?
We recently had to get a swarm of bees removed from our house and moved to an appropriate lodging. We have been left with about 2kg of honeycomb - some of it clean, some of it with old honey/larvae/...
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How can I achieve perfect consistency with honey-roasted almonds?
I would like to roast my own almonds (or other nuts) with honey. Ideally, at the end of the roasting, the nuts should be slightly caramelized and have absorbed most of the flavour from the honey; ...
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Why doesn't acacia honey crystallize?
Acacia honey is made from the flowers of the acacia (aka locust) tree. It is very light colored, and it is reputed to never crystallize. Certainly none of the acacia honey I've had in the house has ...
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Why are the blueberries in my blueberry muffins not melting?
I've made a few batches of blueberry muffins and the first batch turned out perfectly. After that batch, I tried to substitute honey for sugar (just testing things out), but the blueberries didn't ...
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Does honey always have to be heated in order to liquefy it for bottling?
Some honey producers claim that they are honey is unheated. Assume that the producers in question are decently large scale and sell their honey in typical bottles/jars/pails.
However, talking to ...
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Can all types of honey be used to make mead?
What is the difference between raw and wild honey? Is it raw because of honey collected from apiary domesticated bees, and wild when collected from the forests? Can any honey be used to make mead? ...
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Why does honey prevent porridge congealing?
I like my porridge cold so I typically prepare it in the evening and store it in the fridge for breakfast the following morning. My recipe normally includes 1/2 tbsp of honey for sweetening. When I ...
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How to Replace Icing Sugar in a No-Bake Cheesecake
Are there any good substitutes for sugar in Cheesecakes? I am not interested in synthetic sugar like Aspartame. I want to use natural sugar substitute like honey. But if mix honey into the cheese (e.g:...
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Fry chicken with honey
I like to marinate my chicken with honey, orange and soy sauce. My problem is that when I pan fry, with a little olive oil, the pan gets black even before the chicken is done. Burning a little skin ...
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Why is "raw" honey thicker than the one you buy in regular super markets?
I tried some honey I got at a farmer's market and noticed it was really thick compared to regular honey you buy at any supermarket.
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How do I reduce the acidity of homemade honey lemon juice?
I usually use 1 lemon together with 2 spoon of honey and 500 ml of water. I note that as I increase the water content, the juice does not taste as good but I would like to reduce the acidity of my ...
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How to store honey so it's fresh and the opening of the container is not always a mess?
How to store honey so it's fresh and the opening of the container is not always a mess? The plastic container the honey comes in has a small opening for squeezing, but it is always a mess.
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How many times (and ways) can you reheat honey safely?
We have an old house that is quite cold especially in winter. As a result, the bottled honey we buy solidifies in the squeeze bottle. The manufacturer recommendation for this is to gently reheat the ...
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Is it ok to refrigerate almond milk after I add honey to it?
I bought a pretty big container of vanilla almond milk. I would like to add some honey to it, and shake the container. After I use it, I'll store it back in the refrigerator. Will this be ok, or is it ...
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How to get crystallized honey out of a bowl
I was attempting to make a teriyaki sauce with soy sauce generous amounts of honey and orange juice boiling it all down on medium heat with some starch to thicken it. I ended up overdoing both the ...