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Default Reviving crystallized maple syrup?

On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 14:48:02 -0600, Terry Coombs >
wrote:

>On 11/4/2018 9:14 AM, graham wrote:
>> On 2018-11-04 7:05 AM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>>> On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 21:48:46 -0500, Terry Coombs >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/3/2018 8:05 PM, graham wrote:
>>>>> On 2018-11-03 4:57 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> ***Please tell me you did NOT put your honey in the microwave ...
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> will kill all the beneficial properties of the honey .
>>>>>
>>>>> Old wive's tale!
>>>>
>>>> ** OK , it's an old wives tale and we beekeepers know nothing about it
>>>> .* You go right ahead and nuke your honey . Mine will never see temps
>>>> above about a hundred degrees - the highest temp usually seen inside a
>>>> hive . Oh wait , what you've got is probably not even real honey , but
>>>> flavored corn syrup . Nuke away !
>>>
>>>
>>> Most honey sold in the US is pasteurized, anyway. And filtered.
>>>
>>> Besides, very few eat enough honey to make any nutritional difference
>>> in diet, even if the enzymes, bee pollen, etc are still there.
>>>

>> My point was that nuking (at low level) is no different to sitting the
>> jar in hot water. Some seem to associate microwave radiation with
>> nuclear.

>
> * Science isn't your strong suit is it ? Look it up if you doubt me
>,but microwaves ARE radiation - of a certain frequency , or wavelength .
>So are X-rays and Gamma rays and visible light . ALL are
>"electromagnetic radiation" .


You seem to have wholly misunderstood what Graham wrote. I guess
reading is not your strong suit.


>Now , about the honey . Because of the way
>microwaves heat , that is by molecular excitation , they destroy the
>organic and microbiological stuff in honey . We eat enough to make a
>difference , my wife has cut way back on antihistamines and other
>sinus/allergy medications . I never took much , now don't take any at all .



"...they destroy the organic and microbiological stuff in honey. "
What exactly does that mean and why is it a negative?

Again, most commercial honey sold is pasteurized, so are you trying to
say that raw honey is somehow intrinsically healthier and not only
better for you in some way, but that it mitigates allergies, too?
Nonsense.

How exactly do you think honey is used by most people? Iced tea?
Straight by the spoonful? Glugged by the pint? Cooking, baking, hot
tea....you know, the usual stuff is where most of it goes.

You are spouting bullshit. Really. You get not only the usual
criticism of anything anecdotal, but slammed for touchie-feelie
bullshit, too.