creamed honey

[Chef Isaac]

I need to fill a big order for creamed honey for a farm that is opening the end of August.

I made the creamed honey today and poured it into the tubs. However.... a few things concern me.

It is hot here.... around 80 degrees (thats hot for here). The house is hot, the garage is hot.... it is hot.

I have no clue where I should store the creamed honey. I know it needs temps in the 50's but I have no clue where to put it.

Should I keep it in the referigerator?

Any advice or suggestions?????

(I did use the 1 pound of seed to 10 pounds of honey. I would have increased the seed for faster development of the crystals but I did not have a lot of seed. )

[Troy]

I made some myself just to see if I could. I did it the hard way.

I could not dedicate a fridge to the 57 deg. optimum temp. so I seeded the honey in the jars at the 10% rate as one should.

I put the jars in the household fridge. I took them out each morning and left them on the kitchen counter to warm up to room temp as when cold they were thick and difficult to stir.

When I got home from work each day I stirred them and put them back in the fridge. after about 10 days to 2 weeks they were pretty well solidified.

I left them in the fridge once they went solid.

So, yes I would recommend storing them in the fridge. If you don't have room just put them in the basement in as cool a place as you can.

Even 80 should not allow them to reliquify, though it might be kinda runny at 80. How will they sell it? Normally when for sale it is on the store shelf at 75 or so.

Can they market it in the fridg? I think it would sell well as a fresh organic thing if enough people would see it in a refrigerated store casing.

[riverrat]

chef
I usually dont do creamed honey until the fall I dont usually have a calling for it until thanksgiving and that is limited. I would try to find a fridge. surely you could kick some of the items out of a fridge at work after all honey and bees should take presidents since they supply they pollinate the food we eat:D

[xC0000005]

Wine fridges can be set to 57 degrees.