Re: [CH] Chile honey

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At 06:25 PM 9/29/00 +0200, Gerald Schmidt wrote:
>After all that talk about chile oils and how not to make them, I wonder if
>anybody knows of the 'recipe' for chiles (I think it was Habaneros) in
>honey - would you dry these, too, or should it be save anyway??
>

I believe honey is hygroscopic (tends to suck up water) and will draw the 
moisture out of plant matter placed in it.  This removes so much moisture from 
the chile that it is unable to support any type of bacterial growth.  I'd 
just be sure to slice the chiles to ensure the honey has contact inside and 
out, especially the thick walled varieties.  This is why honey is one of the 
very few foods that just never seem to go bad.

=Mark

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