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3. thundersnow commented 9 years ago
#2,you're right honey shouldn't be heated either. Still a good cough drop though. I have never heard of honey becoming toxic when heated, considering it is an ingredient in many kinds of breads and pastries.
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4. Urmensch commented 9 years ago
It's not true that honey becomes toxic when heated. This idea has its origin in Ayur Vedic medical ideas, but like a lot of these old ideas there is no scientific basis for it. The only toxic honeys come from bees who have fed on flowers that contain dangerous compounds.
Traditional nougat recipes use honey, I have made kilos of the stuff myself. It uses I cup of honey to two cups of sugar for the syrup, and it is boiled. Lots of recipes use honey that gets heated to high temps and no one gets poisoned.
It is true that most of the useful stuff like the vit C, and oils from the clove will have been boiled off the syrup.
Traditional nougat recipes use honey, I have made kilos of the stuff myself. It uses I cup of honey to two cups of sugar for the syrup, and it is boiled. Lots of recipes use honey that gets heated to high temps and no one gets poisoned.
It is true that most of the useful stuff like the vit C, and oils from the clove will have been boiled off the syrup.
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5. master_shake commented 9 years ago
its microwaving the honey that makes it toxic...
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7. ChainTexter commented 9 years ago
I hear using 'em as an enema helps.
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8. kirkelicious commented 9 years ago
#4 gave you a thubs up for bringing some reason to this video and its comments. The vitamin-c will not "boil off" though (under 190°C), but it will neither do anything to relieve your symptoms or help you recover unless youre suffering from a deficiency. So, never mind
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10. thundersnow commented 9 years ago
I don't think the clear vs cloudy conditions are ,related to heating #9, freshly harvested honey is always clear at first, raw or not, and crystallizes into sugar crystals with time and certain temperatures especially cooler temps like in the 50s. This can be reversed by placing the jar in a bowl with hot water. I only happen to know this because my daughter is raising bees and harvests the most delicious honey every year and she taught me a lot.
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12. Urmensch commented 9 years ago
#8 I should have said denatured instead of boil off for the Vit C.
I know it breaks down with high temps and making syrup for sweets will usually be up around the 150 - 160 degree centigrade mark.
You're right, of course, about Vit C being hyped without any good evidence to back it up.
I know it breaks down with high temps and making syrup for sweets will usually be up around the 150 - 160 degree centigrade mark.
You're right, of course, about Vit C being hyped without any good evidence to back it up.
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13. thundersnow commented 9 years ago
Not trying to be nitpicky again #12, but to my knowledge only proteins can be denatured with exposure to acid and/or heat. Vitamin C is an acid. But enjoying snotr discussions about random things.
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15. thundersnow commented 9 years ago
Yes # 14, I agree, it's been a long time ago for me as well that I took basic chemistry and I don't need to use it a lot either, most things I forgot, but some random things stuck for some weird reason.
And yes, that's why I like snotr.
And yes, that's why I like snotr.
+7 1. thundersnow commented 9 years ago