Hello and welcome to the thread.
I think that I posted a recipe for making honey in the past couple weeks, more than likely it was for Lavender honey.
It makes no difference here, if it has been posted before, as no one will know, for sure, not even I, as at this point I am not sure if I posted something, or read it and did not........LOL
We will ask my know it all....google:
Trouble, very interesting....dried dandelion flowers can be bought, I know the soapmakers use them:
Either loved or hated:
Several recipes:
Civil War honey recipe and lots of beauty recipes:
Laughing and seeing you on the 4th of July, still trying these recipes.
Let us know if you do, we may want to try them also, post some of them here.
There is so much out there that we do not know, as it does not get pushed today as the ‘in’ food.
Thanks for asking, an interesting set of searches.
[Of course, I had to peek:]
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070305205512AAxN10d
Bees make honey, but you could probably make a sweet syrup that tastes like honey. Here is one that I found on the internet.
Made from Scratch Pancake Syrup
Make your own pancake syrup right at home! You probably have all the ingredient on hand! This would make a nice gift, with some pancake mix, a spatula, and maybe a frying pan in a basket. Just a thought.
Makes 3 1/2 pints in 25 min with 10 min prep time
3 cups water
3 cups granulated sugar
3 cups brown sugar
1 cup corn syrup
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 tablespoon maple flavoring
You could cut down on the amount of ingredients. Just use the recipe as a guide.
Combine the first 4 ingredients in a large saucepan.
Stir on medium high heat until it boils. Add the lemon juice, vanilla and maple flavoring. Stir.
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Homemade Honey Recipe #18862
I have not tried this, but found it a fascinating recipe. If anyone prepares this, do let us know the results!
by Lennie
7 eight ounce jars
10 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon alum
3 cups water
2 cups fireweed blossoms
1 cup red clover blossoms
2 1/2 cups white clover blossoms
1. In a large saucepan, bring water, sugar and alum to a boil and boil for 10 minutes.
2. Take off heat.
3. Rinse off blossoms in strainer and drain well (be sure not to leave any green parts on blossoms or honey will be wild or grassy tasting).
4. Stir in blossoms and steep for 3 hours.
5. Remove flowers, strain through cheesecloth if necessary.
6. Reheat to a boil, then pour into jars and seal.
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Laughter, there is this video and lecture, covers far more than I will understand..........you need to see the diagrams...granny
Artificial Honey - Formation of a Sweet Imitation
Objective: Hydrolytic Decomposition of Sucrose, Invert Sugar
Peter Keusch
German version
Supermarket products:
table sugar
citric acid
Apparatus and glass wares:
hotplate
crystallizing dish d = 12 cm
beaker 100 mL
beaker 250 mL
petri dish d = 9 cm
Experimental procedure:
70 g of household sugar are dissolved with stirring in 100 ml of dest. water placed in a crystallizing dish. After adding 40 mL of a aqueous solution of citric acid the mixture is heated for 60 min while stirring. Then the solution is allowed to cool down for 20 minutes.
Result:
On heating and subsequent cooling, the solution is gradually transformed into a yellow viscous liquid.
Video clip (Download RealPlayer .rm file)
Discussion and background:
· Citric acid catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose giving a mixture of equal parts of glucose and fructose:
The formed mixture is known as invert sugar, the name stemming from the fact that it rotates the plane of linearly polarized light in the opposite direction of sucrose. Sucrose is dextrorotatory - it rotates polarized light clockwise (+ 66°). The hydrolysis product fructose is strongly levorotatory (-92°). Glucose on the other hand rotates polarized light to the right (+52°). Invert sugar rotates the plane of the polarized light counterclockwise (-20°) due to the strongly levorotatory nature of fructose.
· Artificial honey is the old synonym for invert sugar cream. In order to make a cream, starch sugar and starch syrup are accumulated in commercial made invert sugar.
· Bee honey is an invert sugar formed by the enzyme invertase from nectar gathered by bees. Also bee honey consists basically of glucose and fructose. The honey bee’s stomach emits an enzyme, invertase, that chemically breaks down the disaccharide sucrose into the two monosaccharides.
Reference:
G. Schwedt: Experimente mit Supermarktprodukten, Wiley-VCH-Verlag, Weinheim (Germany) 2001
Index of Lecture Experiments
Lavender Honey Recipe #63539
We made this in a “Cooking with Herbs” class I went to a few months ago. The lavender adds a wonderful taste and aroma to the honey. Drizzle over toast, scones, pancakes, waffles, granola....possiblilties are endless! This will fill your kitchen with such a heavenly smell as it simmers. I use it drizzled over my sour crean pound cake (recipe to be posted soon)
by Kozmic Blues
1 cup
Ratio
1/4 cup lavender flowers
1 cup honey
1. Simmer lavender flowers in honey over a double boiler for 1 hour.
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Dandelion Honey Recipe #303476
Something nice to do with all those dandelions on your lawn, make a treat from the flowers! Dandelion honey is great on toast, muffins, pancakes, and biscuits. Source: 225 Family Friendly Recipes with a Dash of Sophistication by Peggy Trowbridge Filippone. About.com I haven’t made this yet, will post update when I do!
by Elly in Canada
1 1/2 cup
4 cups dandelion flowers (petals only)
4 cups water
3 slices lemons, 1/4 inch thick
1/2 vanilla bean, split in half
2 1/8 cups granulated sugar
1. Pick dandelion flowers during the daylight while in full bloom, remove petals, then measure petals only; discard the green stem parts.
2. Place petals in a heavy saucepan along with the water, lemon slices, and vanilla bean.
3. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove from heat and let steep for 6 hours.
4. Strain dandelion tea through cheesecloth and discard solids.
5. Place remaining liquid in a heavy saucepan and bring to a low boil. Gradually add sugar while stirring until sugar is dissolved. Lower heat and let simmer to desired syrupy thickness (may take up to 4 hours).
6. Pour into jars and enjoy.
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http://www.emerils.com/recipe/3393/Lavender-Honey
Lavender Honey
Instructions
Heat 8 ounces of light honey in a double boiler. Add 8 tablespoons of fresh lavender buds, or four of dried. Stir on low heat for 30 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to partially cool. Strain and pour into in a jar.