Pure honey, besides being a sweetener, has healthy benefits sugar does not. It is packed with sweetness, meaning you can use less honey than sugar in a recipe for the same sweet result. But it’s important to store the RIGHT kind of honey in your storage to gain all of the benefits honey has to offer.
HOW TO STORE THE BEST HONEY FOR YOUR FAMILY
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Honey comes in different varieties (flavors) from the light colored and mild tasting clover to the dark, almost molasses tasting buckwheat. The darker the color of the honey the more vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants it has. Honey is great for cooking and spreading on bread. Some companies have started watering down their honey with corn syrup, so make sure you read the label to make sure it is pure honey.
Storage life: indefinite, but may crystalize over time
Best Place to Purchase: Did you know LDS Home Storage Centers are carrying honey now? It’s true and it is AWESOME! Unfortunately, it isn’t available for purchase online so next time you’re driving past an LDS Home Storage Center be sure to drop in and pick up some incredibly priced honey. If you don’t live near a LDS Home Storage Center any big box stores where you can purchase in bulk will do (Costco, Winco, Sam’s Club, etc.).
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NOT THAT:
Honey powder or crystals, costs half the price of real honey. WHICH sounds like a great deal doesn’t it? The problem is it’s not just honey; it’s more like honey flavored sugar. That’s right; its number one ingredient is cane sugar, corn syrup, or refinery syrup (a fancy name for corn syrup). Food storage companies are pulling the same trick as other honey manufacturers and adding in sugar to help reduce the cost. If you want honey, stick with the real stuff.
Hint: honey stored in metal cans turns black, tastes bad, and ruins the can.
BONUS INFORMATION: HOW TO CREAM OR WHIP YOUR OWN HONEY
You may be familiar with creamed or whipped honey; it is delicious and easy to spread. We love it on toast as a great alternative to butter (it tastes slightly like honey butter) and especially as an alternative the the popular food storage honey butter recipe that calls for a lot of sugar along with just a little honey! But did you know that this process of whipping, also known as spinning honey, prevents (under normal conditions) the honey from crystalizing? It does which will prolong the storage life of your honey.
It is so easy to do yourself. Using a heavy duty mixer with whip attachment, simply fill the bowl 3/4 full of liquid honey and add one heaping tablespoon of commercially spun honey. Turn the mixer onto low until the spun honey is incorporated, they up one speed and continue for 10-12 minutes. Pour, or scoop honey into clean jars or plastic containers with tight fitting lids. Store spun honey in refrigerator for two weeks to allow “setting” to take place. Then eat or store at room temperature.
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Whipped or creamed honey is actually fully crystalized honey that has been tricked into forming a very fine structure by seeding it with an already creamed honey and storing it at a cool temperature while it crystalizes. A better place to store it to get it to crystalize and cream properly is on a concrete basement floor. My husband is a beekeeper and we do whipped or creamed honey. It does need to actually be a fresh liquid honey for best results.
You speak the truth! Thanks for helping us clarify!
Do you know if the honey available at LDS home storage centers is pure RAW honey or pasteurized. All the raw honeys I have seen are labeled as such. If it is really raw honey then the price is amazing. The raw honey I have seen is grocery stores is much more expensive.
It is RAW!! It’s amazing honey!
I asked the same question about the honey to the manager of one of the LDS home storage centers. He told me it was pasteurized honey and comes from Montana and Canada. Now I have conflicting answers.
It is raw honey from Idaho…we have sources at the very top and that was his answer when we asked. 😉 Any time you have a question, you come to us…lol.
I’m sorry to keep bringing this up, but a friend works for the Regional Bishops Storehouse in my area. She sent me the specification sheet for the honey the Church produces. It states “during processing, the honey is heat treated to prevent undesirable fermentation and to delay crystallization. Excessive heat treatment may lower the quality of the finished product.” Therefore, it is not raw honey, but processed to make it more stable. Maybe your source doesn’t understand the definition of “raw honey.”
We just bought some last week at the food storage center in Glendale, AZ. $3.25 a bottle, great price!!!
Yeah! It’s seriously the best thing to hit the Home Storage Center since their hot chocolate! 😉