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Mar 19, 2012 at 10:12 am #1287444
I've been given about 10lbs of local honey from a farmer I did some work for last year. Please give me some suggestions on how I can make good use of this honey. It's goooood stuff!!!!
Mar 19, 2012 at 10:18 am #18559421. If you like energy shots use honey instead.
2. Sweetener for tea/ possibly coffee but I don't drink coffee so dunno.
3. PB&honey sandwiches are great.
4. Use it in a homemade BBQ sauce or glaze to brush on meat for the grill or oven.
5. Make your own salad dressings, maybe a honey dijon?Just some quick thoughts.
Mar 19, 2012 at 10:59 am #1855977i am a beekeeper and sell my excess honey in 1 pound bottles – ten pounds of honey is a large amount and would retail for about $100.00.
with that amount you can make a mead, make some soap, use it as a sweetener in recipes in place of sugar, and use it as a food item alone. my wife likes to use it as a condiment with breaded chicken tenders. i also add it to whisky for a nice honey liqueur.
making mead is very straight forward and with 5 pounds of honey you can make a pretty good product. you will have to wait about a year for it to age, but man is it worth it.
Mar 19, 2012 at 11:21 am #1855994No rush, thankfully honey lasts forever! I would make some candies with it, lots of hot toddies, wound treatment and i really love the mead suggestion!
Mar 19, 2012 at 11:36 am #1856006Mead making would be awesome – since honey isn't cheap. But I also bake bread, muffins, energy bars, no cook energy bites, salad dressings – many sugar recipes can be adapted quite easily. And even if the honey crystallizes you can heat it gently!
Recipe ideas?
http://gazingin.com/2012/03/14/pb-and-oat-bites/
http://gazingin.com/2012/03/15/avocado-banana-muffins/Mar 19, 2012 at 3:56 pm #1856178Brew up some mead.
Mar 19, 2012 at 4:05 pm #1856189Geez, ten pounds of honey would be a lifetime supply for me.
Weight-wise, it is impractical to have on the trail except in tiny quantities.
I would let some of the honey crystallize, then fish the crystals out and dehydrate them, then carry just the dried crystals.
–B.G.–
Mar 19, 2012 at 6:05 pm #1856267I put a good shot of Honey in a smoothie in the morning.
Mar 19, 2012 at 6:50 pm #1856290+1 on the mead.
To be fair, you don't have to use 5 pounds to make a mead if you wanted to make a smaller batch… I tend to make 1 gallon batches vs 5 gallons
Mar 20, 2012 at 9:34 am #1856545live to share? :)
Mar 20, 2012 at 9:41 am #1856554"To be fair, you don't have to use 5 pounds to make a mead if you wanted to make a smaller batch… I tend to make 1 gallon batches vs 5 gallons"
what is he going to do with all that other honey ;)
and then when he likes the mead and wants more, he's in for a long wait.
Mar 20, 2012 at 10:20 am #1856577That's true…
I tend to get impatient and don't age it for a year though… =P
Mar 21, 2012 at 9:27 am #1857119I approve of the mead idea, but:
You should rub honey on your everywhere
That from Scientific American, of all places.
Mar 22, 2012 at 9:53 am #1857698Mix some with Wild Turkey or your favorite bourbon and drink around the campfire.
Mar 27, 2012 at 2:27 pm #1860117Thanks for all the great suggestions! I was planning to make some mead. I also made a pretty tasty Honey Amber beer last year and plan to do another batch. I really like the dehydrating crystallized honey idea. I will try it, when my new dehydrator arrives….. in 3 days!!!!!!
Mar 27, 2012 at 6:09 pm #1860224Steve,
What's mead?
Mar 29, 2012 at 10:52 am #1860990get a blender, plenty of fresh fruit, your delicious honey and maybe some fresh fruit juice, blend it all up. put in your dehydrator and tadahh!! you have some homemade fuit leather.
be sure to:
1) Not use milk products
2) Make enough to have a big glass left over (a big glass) to drink in reward for your hard work
3)use PLENTY honeygrate trail snack and should last a dam long time depending on water content and storage means
good luck
Gunther
Apr 2, 2012 at 2:29 pm #1862668On you Toast! And fruit! Every morning my wife and I have a small bowl of chopped fruit with honey drizzled over it, one egg, and one slice of toast with butter, honey, and cinnamon. Also, I don't do it very often, but honey mixed with your milk is also delicious.
We go through lots of honey… -
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