On Dec 3, 2004, at 5:17 PM, Peter Edwards wrote:

>  You also state that freezing honey
> will produce a fine grain, although it will take years; again, this
> does not
> agree with anything that I have read or observed, i.e. that freezing
> honey
> will stop ALL crystallization.
>
>


Hi Peter and all

A few years ago I made the mistake of selling all our honey and not
keeping any for our own use.  A friend and customer told me that if you
put it in the freezer it keeps for a long time and is always nice
smooth creamed honey when you take it out.  I always take our honey
first, put it in 2 litre plastic icecream tubs and store it in the
freezer.  It is almost always nice smooth creamed honey after it thaws
and stays that way stored in the cupboard until the container is empty.
  Twice, in about 20 years, the honey has been liquid when it thaws
which then crystalizes normally.  I always keep summer honey(sweet
clover/basswood) for our use as my wife doesn't like goldenrod/aster
honey, and don't know why the freeze creamed method didn't work those
two years.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
80W44N

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