Bought a jar today. Used it years ago when Fabs had ulcers It is good for the tummy and other things, a natural antibiotic - don't you know Anyhoo, we both had a dessertspoon and boy was it sweet - hope its not got added sugar ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Have you tried Manuka ?
I've eaten honey but don't know if it was manuka. Is there something different about it? Should I google it? http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/manuka-honey-medicinal-uses#1 All I have right now is Trader Joe's creamed honey.
I have never heard of it either. I use unpasteurized honey for the health benefits. Will certainly google this, and thanks Patsy.
All raw honey has a lot of health and medical benefits, and can be used both internally and externally for healing. One other thing that I have read is that it is always good to get local raw honey, because it is made from plants that grow in the area where you live and is thus more beneficial than honey made from plants that grow elsewhere. It does look like the Manuka honey is very anti-bacterial ; but I would not pay extra money just for that purpose. I already take the coconut oil which is also antibacterial, as well as antiviral. Many years ago, I had a horse that got a very bad cut on its fetlock (ankle) and I was treating the infection. I read about using honey, and smeared some on the cut. By that night, the honey had pulled out so much infection from the leg that the whole bandage was an icky green color, and the foot started healing much better when I added the honey every time I cleaned the wound.
Yes very good for wounds Yvonne Manuka is expensive but it is the best too - will be giving it a good go to see how it goes
I have a funny story about honey, from when I owned a health food shop in the 1980s, we sold honey from a local supplier who collected and bottled his own, he always put a sell by date of 100 years on his bottles. One day a local trading standards officer called in the shop, and after purchasing a bottle of the honey, declared that it was illegal to give a sell by date of 100 years, so the poor old guy was warned and made to re-label the bottles. The truth is honey will last indefinitely (the trading standards officer admitted that) even after thousands of years in Egyptian tombs, it has been found to be perfectly edible...............if he had given no date he would have been in the clear evidently....
Honey does not need refrigeration, @Patsy Faye . Like @Terry Page mentioned, honey that has been found in Egyptian tombs is still perfectly fine, and honey (unless it is polluted with something else) never spoils. The antibacterial properties of honey keep it safe from any kind of spoilage. The consistancy might be thinner in the heat of summer; and harder if you refrigerate it; so I guess it would depend on how hard you like your honey to be for what you use it for. I always just store things like honey and molasses in a jar in the cupboard and it is fine. So, as long as you are buying pure raw honey, it should be fine to keep in the cupboard year around.
I'm not sure about the creamed honey I bought at TJs and there are no instructions on it. It's real not creamed because it's pure honey, maybe just whipped but I put it in the fridge but I'd rather not because it gets so hard that I can't spread it.
I was surprised at how 'runny' the honey is and of course Fabs gets into a right mess with it So if its not a problem in the fridge, I think I will do that, as this apartment is very hot @Yvonne Smith