Honey as a survival food (wheat, system, prevent, natural)

[SimplySagacious]

Originally Posted by TerraDown

We do too Cicero. There are plenty of beekeepers where we live, and you can still get it in a Mason jar with the honeycomb.

What is the best temperature for storing it to prevent or slow down crystallization? Or do you go through a jar so quickly it doesn't happen?

[SimplySagacious]

Originally Posted by Rabrrita

As an FYI, pollen in honey means jack squat as far as nutrition and quality. Pollen just identifies the flora of the plants used to produce the honey. The amount of pollen in honey is minuscule. It's just reverse marketing by the raw honey industry to convince those who don't do independent research to think honey with pollen adds to the quality of the honey in your jar. All pollen is used for is to identify the flora of the honey and based on that, the likely country of origin. Remember, honey is not produced from pollen and is just left over trash (like leftover wax, dirt, bee body parts, etc) that fell off the bees into the honey, but it's not integral to the honey itself.

I'm surprised so many "self sufficient" and "self reliant" think otherwise.

That is my understanding too but as to your last sentence, only one poster stated otherwise and that poster does not post here regularly. You can put away that giant paintbrush.

[RyanR]

Originally Posted by SimplySagacious

What is the best temperature for storing it to prevent or slow down crystallization? Or do you go through a jar so quickly it doesn't happen?

Pure honey can start to crystallize in as soon as 1 week. Sometimes not for years.

To get rid of the crystallization, place the container in hot but not boiling water and let stand until liquefied.

Myself, I put the Mason jar in a pot with a few inches of water and slowly heat it up.

[SimplySagacious]

Originally Posted by RyanR

Pure honey can start to crystallize in as soon as 1 week. Sometimes not for years.

To get rid of the crystallization, place the container in hot but not boiling water and let stand until liquefied.

Myself, I put the Mason jar in a pot with a few inches of water and slowly heat it up.

I'll do that. Thanks.

[Happy in Wyoming]

Boiling water is much faster. Just be sure that the honey container isn't completely sealed. I have a large jar of honey that I've had for at least ten years as I am seldom in the mood. I assume that it will be necessary to liquify it each time I use it. The same procedure works for sorghum.

Molasses, sorghum, treacle, and many other syrups have long, perhaps indefinite, shelf lives. Molasses and sorghum have been tested after seventy years and there were no differences in composition. An exception is maple syrup which should be consumed within a year as it's subject to mould.

Refined sugar has an indefinite shelf life, no need to rotate as long as it's sealed.

[TerraDown]

I've done both what Ryan and Wyoming have done Sagacious, it just depends on how quickly I need the results.

[SimplySagacious]

I read somewhere that storing it at cooler temps can delay crystallization but it wasn't specific. No temp was given.

So I dug around more and found this but can't vouch for accuracy

Іn саѕеѕ whеrе соnѕіdеrаblе dеlау іn сrуѕtаllіzаtіоn іѕ dеѕіrеd, аѕ fаr аѕ thаt іѕ роѕѕіblе, іt іѕ thе tеmреrаturе thаt ѕhоuld bе mаіnlу соnѕіdеrеd. Аt rооm tеmреrаturе, thе сrуѕtаllіzаtіоn prосеѕѕ, dереndіng оn thе tуре оf hоnеу, wоuld ѕtаrt іn ѕеvеrаl wееkѕ, mоnthѕ, аnd vеrу rаrеlу іn ѕеvеrаl dауѕ.

Сооlеr tеmреrаturеѕ (bеlоw 10°С) аrе іdеаl fоr сrуѕtаllіzаtіоn dеlау, whеrеаѕ tеmреrаturеѕ frоm 10°С tо 21°С fаvоr thе рrосеѕѕ. Ніghеr tеmреrаturеѕ (21°С - 27°С) dеlау сrуѕtаllіzаtіоn lіkе thе lоwеr оnеѕ, but соuld аffесt nеgаtіvеlу ѕоmе оf thе vаluаblе hоnеу соmроnеntѕ. Ѕtіll hіghеr tеmреrаturеѕ ѕuссеѕѕfullу рrеvеnt сrуѕtаllіzаtіоn, but іrrеvосаblу ѕроіl (dеѕtrоу) hоnеу wіth nо lеѕѕ ѕuссеѕѕ. Why does honey crystallize?

Both subzero and extreme temperatures affect honey negatively.

[openmike]

Honey is wonderful just keep in mind we adults need 1500 calories daily during survival . Added to oatmeal, cereal and crackers will enhance otherwise flavorless survival diet. Got honey?

[Nor'Eastah]

Originally Posted by openmike

.... just keep in mind we adults need 1500 calories daily during survival .

In a survival situation, "we adults" will need 2,000 to 2,500 calories a day!

[Mircea]

Originally Posted by TerraDown

Don't know if this has ever been brought up, but since honey is the perfect food, I was wondering if any of you have it in your stores?

Honey is for medical purposes. Fill the wound with sugar, cover with honey, and bandage.

The sugar bars the growth of harmful bacteria (that would cause serious infection), the honey will seal out other bacteria, plus help kill harmful bacteria in the wound, and the bandage keeps everything together, preventing further infection. Even without sugar, the honey will keep infection to a minimum.