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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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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Can I make grapes honey from grape juice only
Following this video, we can see how to make grapes honey from grapes. Is there also a way to make grapes honey from 100% grape juice (instead of the whole grapes)? As can be seen in the video the ...
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Why can you make hard candy with maple syrup, honey, and corn syrup, but not agave nectar?
Maple syrup is mostly sucrose.
Honey is a mixture of glucose and fructose.
Corn syrup is glucose.
Agave is mostly fructose.
I have read that the chemistry of candy involves a disaccharide (sucrose=...
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Skillet cooking Medovik (Russian Honey Cake)?
Medovik traditionally calls for baking individual pancake shaped layers in the oven. Would frying in a skillet be a workable alternative?
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Which honey has higher quality
I have bought two bottles of honey from a single honey producer. One bottle before, and one recently.
The honey I bought earlier is less viscous, has darker color, and has a smooth texture
The honey ...
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Does 100% pure honey expire?
The bottle has a best by date. The bottle has been stored in a cool dry place away from sunlight. Does anyone have a clue?
I know they discovered honey thousands of years old but that is probably a ...
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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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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 ...
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Baking and Tahini Halva: replacing sugar/honey with corn syrup (pure dextrose)?
I just read a recipe for DIY Tahini Halva made using honey and another recipe (sugar free) of Tahini halva made with erythritol.
However, Erythritol is not cheap and I don't mind carbs like "...
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Why does my honey always crystallized?
My honey always crystallizes no matter where I store it. I have some that hasn't been opened yet and it has crystallized. I have stored it in dark and warm places I tried cool places the outcome is ...
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What's the difference between natural honey and supermarket honey? [closed]
Would either one affect glycemic index for consumption purpose?
Are they the same in terms of food safety for normal people and diabetics.
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How to set clear honey
I have some runny, clear honey in a jar.
How can I turn it into soft-set honey?
I think honey sets over time, but how long does that take? Is there a way to speed it up? Should the jar's lid be on/...
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Can store bought honey be used to infuse garlic and honey?
The only question I could find about honey infused garlic on the site was Honey-fermented garlic left open overnight but they do not mention what type of Honey they use. From my research I've read:
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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 is honey and mustard mixed together runny?
When I pour honey, it's very viscous. Thick enough that if I put some on a plate, I could turn it upside down and back to right-side up without spilling the honey.
When I pour mustard, it's also ...
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Honey-fermented garlic left open overnight
I am a five days or so into the process of honey-fermenting a batch of garlic. Took the can out to let it burp last night but then left it open on the kitchen counter and only realised in the morning. ...
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How does the viscosity of honey affect bread machine results?
The first time that I used this blueberry oatmeal bread machine recipe, I used honey that was liquid at room temperature. The second time, I used honey that was solid at room temperature. In order to ...
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Safe to put honeycomb in tea?
I put a big chunk of honeycomb in my tea. And it looks like my boiling tea completely melted the comb. But now the water has a weird texture to it. And now I'm worried about drinking the wax. Is it ...
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How long can we store honey in the home? [duplicate]
Sometimes honey changes its colour; can this affect its taste? How long can I store honey in my home kitchen?
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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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Does cooking or baking with honey make it toxic?
I've heard that cooking honey or baking with it makes food or baked products toxic.If it is true,then how can we use honey while baking cookies or cakes that does not affect the quality of these?
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Can I replace sugar with honey in baking? [duplicate]
Can I substitute honey for sugar in baked goods.If yes then how much honey would be equal to one cup of sugar?
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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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Is my honey fermenting?
I bought a jar of honey a few months ago, and left it at the back of the cupboard. When it resurfaced a few days ago, I saw that the jar contained a lot of bubbles, to the point where the lid was ...
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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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Is 'honey in crystallized form' the same as 'raw honey'?
Is 'honey in crystallized form' the same as 'raw honey'?
Subquestion: can heated/pasteurized/decrystallized honey ever crystallize again?
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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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Does raw honey need to be prepared before consumption?
Or can you scoop it out of the jar (like a bear) and just eat it? I have raw acacia honey, and it has a granular, crystallized texture. I was wondering if it needs to be heated or otherwise prepared ...
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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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Can raw honey look dark and runny?
I have purchased Safa raw honey.
They have written that their honey is:
100% Pure & Raw
Raw
Unheated
Unfiltered
This honey is runny and dark in colour (almost black). It has some residue in it.
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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 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 do I change the flavour of honey?
I am currently planning to make my own energy gel, for which I will need some form of carbohydrate source, in my case honey. I will appreciate if you can tell me another carbohydrate "agent" that I ...
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Honey bubbles taste question
What do honey bubbles taste like?
I'm asking because I've got almost no sense of smell or taste myself.
The answer is probably obvious though.
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How long should I let my tea cool before adding unpasteurized honey to it?
I like having my tea with honey.
I always buy unpasteurized honey rather than pasteurized honey, to benefit from the healthful enzymes it contains that are destroyed by the pasteurization process.
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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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What are the signs that indicate that raw honey has spoilt?
If the raw honey goes bad, how would I know?
What should I keep on looking for? Floating fungus?
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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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Strange bacteria-like substances in honey
We bought honey from the store today. I just realized there are strange bacteria-like substances inside it. What are they? Is it safe to eat?
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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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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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What is the difference between wildflower honey and Acacia honey?
I've read that Acacia honey is the best. How should I know which one to purchase if both are being sold at the same price?
What are the differences between raw wildflower honey (apparently ...
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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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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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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:
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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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Solid honey in dragon's beard candy?
I saw a video of a street vendor making dragon's beard candy in Korea and at the beginning he started with what he described as a block of "fermented honey two weeks" and a bowl of corn starch:
The ...
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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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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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How do I find a recipe for the New Years Treat of Kozenach?
Many years ago (at least 50) my dear Babuska and Auntie used to make something called "Kozenach" on New Years Eve. At the stroke of midnight our entire family would drink champagne and eat this ...
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