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George Fielder <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 31 Aug 2003 17:57:48 EDT
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I have found that keeping comb in a freezer works well.  Remember that you
want to freeze it fast in order to take it through the worst crystallization
point (14 degrees C) as fast as possible.  Thus try spreading them thinly in the
freezer until frozen then stack.

Similarly when you thaw it out do it quickly.  A warm room 90 to 100 deg. F
is okay.  I now use a dehydrator set at 95 deg F.  An added bonus of the
dehydrator is the fan blowing warm air all the time does the job the quickest and
evaporates the condensation that forms protecting labels (even our cheap paper
ones) from being badly degraded.

The bottom line the longer the honey sits around 14 deg C the quicker it will
crystallize.  And don't keep on freezing and thawing!

... george

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