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NoDo you ever get a a natural soft set Dani
NoDo you ever get a a natural soft set Dani
well at my age and medical history it comes with territory - but SWMBO has yet to complain and I haven't had to revert to the blue diamond yetDo you ever get a a natural soft set
I've got some honey here that has soft set itself. I had no part in it (which explains its success) except storing it after collecting. Its texture is like butter, only smootherProper soft set will have no discernible crystal texture on the tongue
I was chatting to judge at the NHS who said that his naturally set clover honey was so smooth, he entered it in both that class and soft-set. He was mightily pleased with himself for having pulled the wool over the judges' eyes.Do you ever get a a natural soft set Dani ?
Looks a lot like my spring honey, set with a lot of dandilion. Selling as soft set would require it to be softer and smoother. If you have customers that like it like that then fair enough but I wouldn't call it 'soft set', just 'set'Soft set is usually smooth and creamy to taste most use a seed but honey will become a natural soft set over a period of time if it has the right balance of sugars ,here’s a bucket of natural soft set which is soft when you put a spoon in and smooth .View attachment 38584
Thanks for thatFudge, or tablet in Scotland, is made with everything sweet you can lay your hands on. So if your recipe includes golden syrup, replace that with honey.
Your honey in the photo on the right reminded me of the look of the inside of a cherry ripe barI think I will market mine as raw, fudge set honey![]()
Glad you posted the site as we can't get them hereYour honey in the photo on the right reminded me of the look of the inside of a cherry ripe bar.
https://www.lazycatkitchen.com/cherry-ripe-bars/
This thread is worth looking atCan you make fudge from honey?
I had a natural soft set for the first time this year. My sycamore honey at home softly crystallised with v fine smooth crystals . I tried extracting the pollen with a centrifuge but could only see sycamore. What nectar do you think could have caused the fine crystals? Rape isn’t in my part of Yorkshire @Curly green finger'sDo you ever get a a natural soft set Dani ?the bucket in the photo was extracted on the 23rd of June 23 and there is no frosting but plenty of white beekeepers honey on the top though in some of the buckets.
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