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100% Australian Honey. Australian Made & Owned.
Why Doesn’t Honey Spoil? – The Chemistry of Honey
Not sure when this expires.
[NSW, QLD, ACT] Mudgee Honey Haven 1.5kg $14.99 (Save $6) + Delivery ($0 C&C / in-Store, Min. $50 Online Order) @ Harris Farm
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Give it a few years and AI will form a hivemind, then we’ll all be human espresso machines, fueling the grid one orifice at a time.
Some days I think just knock me out and hook me up to the Matrix battery grid already
You are plugged into the OzB hive-grid already
Slow down, copper top!
Circle is the strongest shape, hexagon is the strongest shape that tessellates and and repeat infinitely
Actually after some googling the combs are created as circles and they form into hexagons
Would be nice to have a store in SA
So honey does not spoil, but it can expired. Nice
soooo im not sure if this is correct either.. So i harvested honey from my hives and kept it for 3-4 years, the flavour changed and didn't taste as nice, threw it out. when people say it doesn't expire/spoil i dont think thats accurate. Comparing it to branded honey where they add additives but dont tell you and its full of sugar (glucose, corn syrup etc) i dont think that will ever expiry. I can definitely taste the difference side by side between what i harvest and brands. Just my 2 cents.
Since i had the hives with my pomelo trees, the taste was amazing.
Chemistry time. Your honey went rancid due to the citrus, which doesn't mean inedible.
Orange blossom or any citrus honey contains some citrus oils, the same stuff that burns when you accidentally squeeze the peel and that white mist gets in your eyes. Fun chemical names like linalool.
Like any oil containing food, such as butter, the oils go rancid due to oxygen, light and temperature.
The first sign of oils going rancid is it smells and tastes "empty", gets bland.
Only much later do those oils turn into awful tasting things.
The sugars in the honey are fine, you haven't introduced enough water for it ferment. You've got rancid bland or bad tasting oil in what way previously a tasty light and zesty honey.
You usually get about 6-9 months from citrus flower honey before the oils inside start going rancid. It's a relatively delicate type of honey.
Not sure when this expires.
Expiry Date is for Deal!
No Expiry Date for Honey - just a Best by Date.
Can candy or flavour may change, but still edible & safe to eat.
I have plenty of honey at the moment but thanks for the learning.
Just because it says '100% Australian honey' does not mean it is pure natural honey. It could be from bees that were fed sugar instead of nectar. The wording feels a bit tricky because the label sounds nice but does not guarantee it is real raw honey.
Yes who knows..
Manuka honey is the best.
Only if it's from NZ 💯
Yes by definition it should be :P
@G-Shock: Not any more. Manuka is a Maori word but Leptospermum is native to both countries. The honey bees harvesting the pollen are introduced to both countries however. NZ doesn't have exclusive rights to whatever magical honey powers the word Manuka has on it any more.
@Meconium: That's fair, I never said from nz but originally was. I don't buy Honey anyway as it exploits the bees.
Could also be from overseas and processed / refined here, classing it as Australian (Government rules here)
gotta love local.honey ❤️
If you have Costco nearby you can get 2kg for $15 all the time
Australian honey?
Would spend 1-2$ more if it would come in a glass jar and not in plastic.
See a local apiarist & they might bee able to help. My local one is happy to fill your own bottle with great honey @$12/kg.
Silly question, but these tubs scream mess to me and I've always gone for a squeeze tube.
Short of buying a wooden honey stick and adding more things to clean up, how are most people using these effectively? I can see the kids leaving a honey trail between the tub and wherever that honey ends up
Just give it a miss, not really necessary and you don't miss it (or the mess).
I don't particularly use the honey. I just add it to my wife's tea. But agreed the squeeze tube is better. And that's what I normally buy at Costco which is cheaper than this
Yes sounds fine
I could see kids being messy (or people who don't care but in my experience you just dip in the knife and then hold it above the pot horizontally and spin it slowly a couple of times until it stops dripping and can then take it wherever it's needed (with the occasional spin if it's hot/not right near the pot).
(edit) to me the bigger issue is that the lids end up being the messy part (from taking them off/putting them on/sticking your arm in them if you have them face up near the honey whilst you're using it).
The price is too high. It's a boring transaction.
Another amazing fact about bees and their / our beehives