In a message dated 12/17/03 7:48:56 PM GMT Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
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> I've heard about the viscosity of Heather honey and would be interested
> in trying it sometime to see how it compares to goldenrod.
>
Heather honey of good quality, from Calluna vulgaris, is actually thixotropic.
It is a gel, which breaks down upon agitation (special machines for doing
this prior extracting it) and eventually goes back to a gel again.
Manuka (Leptospremum scoparium) honey from NZ is very similar in this
thixotropic character, and of similar appearance, though more bitter in taste.
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