I suppose this is asking a bit much - I want to have my cake and eat it too - but does anyone know of a way to preserve fresh habs in honey and not get watery honey? I like using both the habs and the honey. Drying them seems to defeat the whole preservation-in-honey thing :-) Melinda >Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:20:40 -0500 >From: Steve <snearman@erols.com> >Subject: Re: [CH] Habs in Honey > >I raised bees for a number of years. Honey has a natural affinity for >water. It is similar to salt and will take moisture from the air. Many >cooks like to use it in breads as it keep the bread "fresh" longer, >absorbing moisture from the air. Your honey has picked-up the moisture in >the habs. If you are trying to preserve the habs transfer to new honey. If >you are looking for hot honey, dry them before placing in the jar. Honey >with to high of a water content will spoil. You could just keep it >refrigerated and have no problem also. > >Steve ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Melinda Merkel | "And the sun comes like a god melinda@goodnet.com | into our room, all perfect light and www.goodnet.com/~melinda/ | promises..." -- INXS, _New Sensation_ ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~