Creaming Honey

[Lance Hutchings]

Hiya all
Just a quick one so to speak !
Do i have to seed the honey for creaming or will it still cream regardless if I stir it for long enough ?

Thanks as usual

Lance

 

[oliver90owner]

You mean 'soft setting'. Should not be able to buy honey labelled as 'creamed' anymore.

Much easier and less time consuming if it is 'seeded' first. Kept at the optimum temperature and occasionally stirred, probably not take more than a couple days, before it is ready for bottling.

Some honey may never crystallise (well not in the a sensible time-scale).

 

[Lance Hutchings]

Many thanks

 

[Jeff Buzz]

Stupid question I am sure but I have about 80lb of OSR set in plastic buckets can I use my own later ...not rock hard honey to seed the OSR when I come to cream it???? or should I just mix the whole lot together

 

[Chris Luck]

Interesting RAB, what's the issue with "creamed"?

Here it's "miel crémeux" which rather obviously translates as "creamed honey" and AFAIK there is no other term that can be or is used here.

Chris

 

[VEG]

its the do gooders again as it doesnt contain "cream" it cant be called creamed

 

[Chris Luck]

Hand cream? Face cream?

Oh, I like this one, Cream Sherry.

Chris

 

[VEG]

Nowt to do with me I dont make these stupid rules

 

[oliver90owner]

One has to be very careful. There only needs to be one, reading the forum, who thinks it is real cream! Must be accurate with terminology!

The French probably started it with protectionism for 'champagne'. Gone silly, now.

RAB

 

[Chris Luck]

Ahhh, you know my weakness for 'avin a bop at the French.

Chris

 

[Erichalfbee]

There's a video on the forum here from our own mellifluous voiced Rooftops

I've tried to post the link but it doesn't work.
Go to Videos and search for soft set

 

[steve's bees]

heres another good one does dulux cream emulsion have to contain double, single or whipped. I agree with Rab we dont make the stupid rules but we have to stick to them.

 

[dpearce4]

heres another good one does dulux cream emulsion have to contain double, single or whipped. I agree with Rab we dont make the stupid rules but we have to stick to them.

How about Soya Cream, and those little containers you get in cafes "non dairy cream" they havent been anywhere near a cow lol

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker & Eric Clapton?

 

[Chris Luck]

I was waiting for that Mr B.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hftgytmgQgE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hftgytmgQgE[/ame]

Chris

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

Great track, and Clapton's finest hour, hairwise. Was that DLT jigging himself away after introducing?

 

[Firefly]

http://www.scotchwhisky.net/blended/stewarts_cream.htm

 

[Skyhook]

Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker & Eric Clapton?

I was going to say they're the real thing- then realised the problem with that... [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT1iDKkZNYU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT1iDKkZNYU[/ame]

 

[Skyhook]

Stupid question I am sure but I have about 80lb of OSR set in plastic buckets can I use my own later ...not rock hard honey to seed the OSR when I come to cream it???? or should I just mix the whole lot together

Not stupid at all. I had some last-years honey that had set rather coarsely. Ground a few spoonfuls in a pestle and mortar until it was fine and smooth, then stirred that into a couple of pounds of honey warmed back to runniness. When I was happy that had set as I wanted, I warmed a bucket of OSR until it was clear, then stirred in the good stuff warmed just enough to soften it a little. Seemed to work for me!

 

[drstitson]

i would imagine that this wasn't an appropriate subject to Google using a work computer!!!! (especially if searching for images or videos)