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Originally Posted by Locobot
I'm glad that someone besides me knows what a samovar is. I've always gotten a very negative response when I use that word in conversation.
My tea related question: is there any way to revive honey once it's become cloudy and crystallizes? What causes this?
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Someday I will save enough pennies to have my own samovar, lol... *grins*
As for honey, which btw is the world's purest food, you can revive honey by popping it in either a pot of hot water or in the microwave. Once it gets hot the crystals are reabsorbed into the still-liquid part.
Most honeys do not ever go bad, but if you find it smells funny, toss it. Better safe than sorry, lol. But cloudy and crystallized by no means indicates that its bad... Heating it in a pot of hot water on the stove is the most well known method, but microwaving it is faster... Just make sure to remove the metal top if there is one, of course.