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--------------------FROM: LINDA TAYLOR-------------------------
Herbal honey is super
-simple to make. Get a
-clean jar, and make
Sure that it's sterilized
-good, and pack it with the
-herb of your
Choice. I recommend rose,
-mint, orange peel, Lemon
-peel, cinnamon,
Clove etc. The sweet
-herbs. I've even used
-lemon grass. Heat enough
Honey to fill the jar.
-Just to the point where it
-is steaming, but
Not boiling. Pour this
-over the herb, cap it, and
-let it sit in a
Sunny window for a few
-days. Strain out the used
-herb, and put a
Sprig of fresh in the jar
-with the flavored honey.
-That's it! It's
Super delicious, and
-doesn't keep very long
-around my house at all.
My daughter loves peanut
-butter and honey for lunch.
Herbal honey is similar to
-jelly. If you want to
-keep it for some
Time then process this in
-a hot bath for about ten
-minutes. Honey
Doesn't mold, and
-pasturized honey, the type
-you buy in the grocery
Store, usually won't spoil.
-The only kind of honey
-that you really
Have to watch out for is
-raw honey. It's not been
-pasturized at all.
To process honey get a pot
-of hot boiling water
-going. Use Mason
Jelly jars with the ring
-and lid for this. Dip
-your jars, and lids,

in the hot water and leave there for about 30 seconds to sterilize.
Then dry on paper towels. pour your herbed honey into the sterilized
jars, add a sprig of fresh herb, and put the lid on. Submerge the
jars in boiling water, and let sit for five to ten minutes. Always
use pasturized honey to make herbal honey as raw honey can have
botulism bacilli in it. And never give a small child even pasturized
honey. Even the tiny amounts to be found in pasturized can be harmful
to a child under the age of one. I usually don't bother even to
process the honey if it's for home use. I just use the pasturized
kind, and put up in sterile jars. I've never had any make me sick, or
go bad yet, and I've been doing this for about four years now. Honey
is not just honey, as so many people think. There are variations of
honey that should be addressed. Whatever is available, locally, is
what you will get in your honey. Wildflower honey is wild honey.
That means that it's been obtained in a semi wild area where alot of
wildflowers are expected to grow. Everything from violets to hedge
rose. It's probably one of the most potent forms of healing honey one
can use. It's also a bit more expensive than other types of honey.
Then there is orange blossom honey. There is nothing guaranteed to
relax a person more than a cup of herbal tea with one or two
teaspoons of orange blossom honey in it. Orange blossom is a
calmative. Then there is clover honey. And this is slightly anodyne.
For the making of herbal honey I recommend that you use orange
blossom or wildflower honey. Both seem to take to the herbs you use
much better than the clover honey does. Clover honey, though, is
great for skin problems. Just spread this on the face, let set for
about fifteen mintues, and wash off with a warm wet washcloth. Steam
the face with mint tea afterwards, and it will get out any impurites
in the skin you might have. Very relaxing also if combined with a hot
bath.

Submitted By MARGE CLARK On 5-26-95

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