Title: Silly Question....
andiesmama - March 9, 2006 01:14 PM (GMT)
...but....are you supposed to refrigerate honey after you open the bottle? I ALWAYS have done it, and it's so annoying when I go to use it because the honey's cold and takes forever to come out!
All of a sudden when I was making Andie breakfast (today it's peanut butter & honey sandwich :rollseyes: ), I thought "maybe" you don't have to keep it in the refrigerator, and nowhere on the bottle does it say "Refrigerate after opening"...
Does anyone know for sure? :dunno:
gracefaith - March 9, 2006 02:58 PM (GMT)
I've never refrigerated honey. I don't think you need to. It doesn't spoil or turn like dairy products or meat.
Mandy - March 9, 2006 03:05 PM (GMT)
You absolutely do not have to refrigerate honey. Take it from a beekeeper's daughter :D
gracefaith - March 9, 2006 03:09 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Mandy @ Mar 9 2006, 09:05 AM) |
| You absolutely do not have to refrigerate honey. Take it from a beekeeper's daughter :D |
Wow, that's cool. Sounds like a book, "The Beekeeper's daughter"
andiesmama - March 9, 2006 03:21 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Mandy @ Mar 9 2006, 10:05 AM) |
| You absolutely do not have to refrigerate honey. Take it from a beekeeper's daughter :D |
:thumbsup: Cool ladies! Thanks for the responses...
Wonder why I ever thought I HAD to do it?? :rollseyes:
ceres - March 9, 2006 04:56 PM (GMT)
:D
No refridgerating honey is not necessary....
Honey - March 10, 2006 03:51 PM (GMT)
No honey, I don't refrigerate my honey, either....:P
andiesmama - March 10, 2006 04:29 PM (GMT)
Don't we have one of those smilies doing the "loser" thingie on the forehead? Because that's what I feel like.... B) :screwy: :doh:
Honey - March 10, 2006 05:17 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (andiesmama @ Mar 10 2006, 12:29 PM) |
| Don't we have one of those smilies doing the "loser" thingie on the forehead? Because that's what I feel like.... B) :screwy: :doh: |
If it makes you feel any better, my mom puts her honey in the fridge. Why, I don't know....honey doesn't go rancid that easy. :dunno:
andiesmama - March 10, 2006 05:44 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Lena @ Mar 10 2006, 12:17 PM) |
| QUOTE (andiesmama @ Mar 10 2006, 12:29 PM) | | Don't we have one of those smilies doing the "loser" thingie on the forehead? Because that's what I feel like.... B) :screwy: :doh: |
If it makes you feel any better, my mom puts her honey in the fridge. Why, I don't know....honey doesn't go rancid that easy. :dunno:
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ya, and it's not like we NEVER use it....we actually go through ALOT of honey, honey...:P...so it wouldn't have a CHANCE to go bad!
Update: it's now in my pantry, right beside the peanut butter... :thumbsup:
Honey - March 10, 2006 05:50 PM (GMT)
Ok, now some folks put peanut butter in the fridge because THAT can go rancid....unless you eat it all the time, I wouldn't worry about it. ;)
andiesmama - March 10, 2006 06:12 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Lena @ Mar 10 2006, 12:50 PM) |
| Ok, now some folks put peanut butter in the fridge because THAT can go rancid....unless you eat it all the time, I wouldn't worry about it. ;) |
:rolf: :rollseyes: Will you please come to my house & rearrange my pantry/refrig? Evidently I need help!
Disclaimer: I go through a jar of peanut butter in a couple weeks, so I don't think I have anything to fear.... :unsure:
Stringaling - March 13, 2006 12:11 PM (GMT)
I recently read that honey is the only food product on the planet that will not spoil or go bad. It may crystalize, but will not spoil.....
Mandy - March 13, 2006 01:01 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Stringaling @ Mar 13 2006, 09:11 PM) |
| I recently read that honey is the only food product on the planet that will not spoil or go bad. It may crystalize, but will not spoil..... |
And if it crystalizes, all you have to do is put the jar in some hot water. Or even better....run the crystals through a grinder. Creamed honey :thumbsup:
gracefaith - March 13, 2006 02:26 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Mandy @ Mar 13 2006, 07:01 AM) |
| QUOTE (Stringaling @ Mar 13 2006, 09:11 PM) | | I recently read that honey is the only food product on the planet that will not spoil or go bad. It may crystalize, but will not spoil..... |
And if it crystalizes, all you have to do is put the jar in some hot water. Or even better....run the crystals through a grinder. Creamed honey :thumbsup:
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Yum - Creamed honey.
I played a video game where you had to de-crystalize a jar of honey. I'm standing in the middle of a spa (with hot whirlpool baths) going, "What do I do with this jar?!"
If only you had been there!!