Honey in the field


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I have been watching Dave Canterberry's Yurt series, and he just did a video on honey. I was a little embarased as a beekeeper he had uses for honey that I was not aware of. I have in the past cleaned out toothpaste tubes and used a childrens medication syringe to re-fill the tube with (warmed) honey. I carred this in my pack anytime I went on a packpack trip. I had forgotten about it. Do any of you carry honey with you on trips or with your gear and if so how do you pack it.
 
Love me some honey! Anyway, I use to carry it in box type packets (already prepackage). Then I had an explosive situation with that , so I quit carrying.
I came accross the prepackage honey, soft side like ketchup packets, at KFC and Chickfalay (if that is how you spell it).
However I liked your idea on the toothpaste tube pretty slick.
 
3lbs of light clover honey
D47 yeast
gallon of boiled and cooled water
1 teaspoon of yeast nutrients
take about half the water and mix honey a little at a time till all the honey is mixed . put in a clean gallon jug add water till it is about an inch from the neck cap shake it up . set it on the counter and shake it every time you walk by for a day. after 24 hour pour about 4 oz in a clean cup stir in yeast and nutrients pour back in bottle and shake replace cap with an airlock set in a dark warm area after bubbles slow down (week) add water to bring level in to neck . after a month syphon clear liquid off into a clean jug leaving leas in bottom of first jug top off with clean (boiled and cooled) water repeat till you stop having sludge in the bottom at 6 month it is drinkable and gets better with age:4:
Roy
 
Read the ingredients on tha kfc honey it's only 7%honey
 
dunno about how much honey is in it...but the KFC packets are a real treat on some bannock or pancakes after a few days out. :)
 
What a nifty idea using a toothpaste tube. Could you tell how you clean it out , does the 'minty' come out of the tube?

A horse owner I know used pure local honey to slather on to his horses injury. There were alot of comments on how well and fast this horse healed up. He's since mentioned using it on an injured dog , and commented on how the dog kept licking it off.

Marsh.
 
Honey is a natural antiseptic. It won't allow mold to grow nor does it ever spoil.

If it starts to crystalize, just put the container in some warm water for an hour or so, it will return to liquid form.

Honey and a bit of lemon juice (and whiskey if you desire) will kill a sore throat in nothing flat. If you add the whiskey it makes the process more fun.

Honey was found in King Tut's tomb. After warming it up, it was still edible.
 
I carry raw honey only in a small screw-top plastic container. Not only does it sweeten my tea, but its medicinal characteristics work extremely well for small cuts, infected insect bites, blisters, scrapes or abrasions, etc. (most of the over the counter antibiotic creams, like Neosporin, just don't work for me).
 
Marsh said:
What a nifty idea using a toothpaste tube. Could you tell how you clean it out , does the 'minty' come out of the tube?

A horse owner I know used pure local honey to slather on to his horses injury. There were alot of comments on how well and fast this horse healed up. He's since mentioned using it on an injured dog , and commented on how the dog kept licking it off.

Marsh.
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As an alternative to minty honey, these work well for many products Marsh...

http://www.rei.com/product/696007/coghlans-squeeze-tubes-package-of-2
 
hunney

PMSteve said:
Honey is a natural antiseptic. It won't allow mold to grow nor does it ever spoil.

If it starts to crystalize, just put the container in some warm water for an hour or so, it will return to liquid form.

Honey and a bit of lemon juice (and whiskey if you desire) will kill a sore throat in nothing flat. If you add the whiskey it makes the process more fun.

Honey was found in King Tut's tomb. After warming it up, it was still edible.
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mmmmmmmmmm-hunney! Honey in a pot, honey in a jar
Honey on a stick, honey in the hive
Honey from near or even from far
I love me some honey,and that ain't jive
-ECBear
 
Honey is an excellent source of potassium. Bacteria cannot live in the presence of honey, because the potassium sucks the moisture from them.
 
I carry a little squeeze bottle with Honey, several more with Olive Oil, Molases, Butter, powdered milk, powdered butter milk and the like.
It only explodes when its contaminated with something, pure honey keeps a LONG time. Biskit mix in a zip lock, flour in annother one, goos groceries there
 
straws... melt the bottom... childrens medicine syringe to fill... melt the top... use the straw to stir tea
 
Peacelovingirl said:
Beware of botulism... it does sometimes happen in hunny. and it can kill you.
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Honey by itself is fine, unless contaminated. Botulism is most common when people mix it with garlic and let it sit. Garlic can carry botulism spores which hatch in anerobic environments aka no oxygen, which the surrounding honey provides. Can happen in canned food too. Proper pasteurization kills it.
The raw unpastuerised honey has more medicinal qualities, which are destroyed with heating. That said, doctors do advise not to give infants honey, as they have not built up a complete immune system.

I do not carry honey on hikes. Even in a sealed container I find that honey gets into the threads of the screw top and generally makes a mess. Brown sugar and cinnamon is something I prefer to carry instead.
 
PMSteve said:
Honey is a natural antiseptic. It won't allow mold to grow nor does it ever spoil.

If it starts to crystalize, just put the container in some warm water for an hour or so, it will return to liquid form.

Honey and a bit of lemon juice (and whiskey if you desire) will kill a sore throat in nothing flat. If you add the whiskey it makes the process more fun.

Honey was found in King Tut's tomb. After warming it up, it was still edible.
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You had me at whiskey.
 
Trail Dust said:
I carry raw honey only in a small screw-top plastic container. Not only does it sweeten my tea, but its medicinal characteristics work extremely well for small cuts, infected insect bites, blisters, scrapes or abrasions, etc. (most of the over the counter antibiotic creams, like Neosporin, just don't work for me).
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id be lickin my wounds like a dog!:D
 
Honey is like peanut butter yet another addiction of mine I can eat either straight up right out of the jar. Nothing better than a honey peanut butter sandwich :D

I recall seeing someplace about there being something called honey straws.
 
The raw unpastuerised honey has more medicinal qualities, which are destroyed with heating. That said, doctors do advise not to give infants honey, as they have not built up a complete immune system.

I do not carry honey on hikes. Even in a sealed container I find that honey gets into the threads of the screw top and generally makes a mess. Brown sugar and cinnamon is something I prefer to carry instead.
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Very true. One of my backpacking partners is an ER physician, the other is a paramedic and retired flight nurse. All three of us carry raw honey, pure tea tree oil, and pure lavender (essential oil) for small skin issues. So much for modern medicine. :) Yes, infants should never be given honey or peanut butter. Both of my family medical guys have some stories regarding each...and a few more things that clueless parents have given to their underaged children.

Haven't had much of an issue with the raw, thick (like paste) honey getting down into the container threads. When it has, I was being sloppy and it cleaned up real well with a warm wet rag. I carried raw honey when we did a thru-hike on the PCT several years back. Though several things got sorted out along the trail (they always do), the honey stayed in the kit. Ya just don't want to have any accidents with it however, like in the bottom of the pack. :)
 
Yes, I do carry honey.

Keep in mind that the magical properties disappear when it gets processed and pasteurized.

I also like raw honey, because it has a stronger, less cloyingly sweet taste, and I can use much less of it for the same flavor. Fortunately, I have a person nearby that sells big jars of raw honey, as it's my most used form of sweetner around the house.
 
plumberoy said:
3lbs of light clover honey
D47 yeast
gallon of boiled and cooled water
1 teaspoon of yeast nutrients
take about half the water and mix honey a little at a time till all the honey is mixed . put in a clean gallon jug add water till it is about an inch from the neck cap shake it up . set it on the counter and shake it every time you walk by for a day. after 24 hour pour about 4 oz in a clean cup stir in yeast and nutrients pour back in bottle and shake replace cap with an airlock set in a dark warm area after bubbles slow down (week) add water to bring level in to neck . after a month syphon clear liquid off into a clean jug leaving leas in bottom of first jug top off with clean (boiled and cooled) water repeat till you stop having sludge in the bottom at 6 month it is drinkable and gets better with age:4:
Roy
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AH! Mead! Nectar of the Gods! :dblthumb:
 
Besides all of its other properties, it also makes a great sugar substitute.

A little sweet cornbread made over the fire, is excellent.
 
Marsh said:
What a nifty idea using a toothpaste tube. Could you tell how you clean it out , does the 'minty' come out of the tube?

A horse owner I know used pure local honey to slather on to his horses injury. There were alot of comments on how well and fast this horse healed up. He's since mentioned using it on an injured dog , and commented on how the dog kept licking it off.

Marsh.
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I just use hot water and a kids tylonol syringe to flush out the remaining paste and then use the same syringe to put the honey in. It is a lot easier with the small travel tubes, but with some time and almost boiling water the big ones come clean to. No other flavor but the honey, but I have always used dark fall honey for this with strong flavor just because we sell all of the light spring clover honey and keep the dark strong honey for our use.
 
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