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Jamanda
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 Posted: Fri Jul 31, 09 6:50 pm Post subject: Ripening honey |
 
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Wot's that all about then? My honey is looooovley - all sort of darkish brown and a bit caramely. I can't imagine it getting any better! |
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Chez
Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: Quantock Hills, Somerset
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It's just to get the bubbles out, isn't it?. You sit it in the ripener for a few days, all the bubbles go to the top, you open the tap at the bottom and Bob, as they say, is your uncle. If you're just eating it yourself, I guess you needn't bother - but if you are putting in to jars by weight then it's a different kettle. |
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Jamanda
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| Posted: Fri Jul 31, 09 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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That makes sense. Ta  |
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arvo
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
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Location: Somerset
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| Posted: Fri Jul 31, 09 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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I think it keeps longer if you get the air out of it. Hooper says something about it in the book, but I can't remember what without looking it up. |
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Jamanda
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| Posted: Fri Jul 31, 09 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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I'm just doing mine a frame at a time dripping and squeezing though a jelly bag (I'm not going to take too many frames so it's not worth hiring a spinner). So there aren't many bubbles anyway. |
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Tavascarow
Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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Location: South Cornwall
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| Posted: Fri Jul 31, 09 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Jamanda wrote: |
| I'm just doing mine a frame at a time dripping and squeezing though a jelly bag (I'm not going to take too many frames so it's not worth hiring a spinner). So there aren't many bubbles anyway. |
Give me a shout next year when you take your crop.
I've a small plastic table top extractor you can borrow.
Ripening is as has been said to get the air & small wax & dross to the surface which you skim off.
If you tried to filter such small stuff out it would take a month of sundays.
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Jamanda
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Thanks for that Tavascarow. Have you had plenty of honey this year? |
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Mrs Baggins
Joined: 21 Sep 2008
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Location: West Kent
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| Posted: Sun Aug 02, 09 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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I only jarred one pot of homey so far and left the rest in a honey bucket to see what all the ripening fuss is about and I have to say that we are now buying a ripener. It looks soooo much better without the bubbles in it.
*I'm also going to show some of my honey this year... at least that is the intention at the mo unless I chicken out! I'll let you know how that works out for me! *  |
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