Honey granulation

Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.) honey granulates easily, possesses a golden-yellow color, and an agreeable flavor. 

Cavia, M. M., Fernandez-Muino, M. A., Gomez-Alonso, E., Montes-Perez, M. Huidobro, J. F., and Sancho, M. T. (2002). Evolution of fructose and glucose in honey over one year Influence of induced granulation. Food Client. 78,157-161. 

Dextrose was doubtless known to the ancients because of its occurrence in granulated honey and evaporated wine musts. Efforts to prepare the sugar as an article of commerce were not made until the beginning of the nineteenth century. 

Microscopic Examination.—50 grams of the honey are dissolved in about 150 c.c. of hot water and the solution filtered through a dry filter into a 250 c.c. flask. The filter is washed with small quantities of hot water and the solution made up to volume when cold and shaken this is used for tests 4, 6 and 9. The residue on the filter is usually small in amount and is examined microscopically under low and high powers to ascertain if pollen, starch granules, residues of the different organs of the bee, vegetable elements, etc., are present. 

Bashkir (Ufa) linden honey is colorless and granulates into a white coarse-grained mass. 

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale L.) honey is golden yellow, very thick, rapidly granulates, and has a strong odor and flavor. 

Willow (Salix) honey is golden yellow, granulates into a fine-grained creamy mass, and has a fine flavor. The various shrubs and trees of the genus Salix (about 170 species) occur everywhere in the Soviet Union. 

To Cure Felons. Stir 4 tea-spoonful water into 1 ounce Venice turpentine with a rough stick until the mixture appears like granulated honey. Wrap a good coating of it round the finger with a cloth. If the felon is only recent, tho pain will bo removed in 6 honrs. 

Cavia, M.M., Femandez-Muino, M.A., Alonso-Torre, S.R., Huidobro, J.F., and Sancho, M.T. Evolution of acidity of honeys from continental climates Influence of induced granulation. Food Chem., 100, 1728-1733, 2007. 

Honey has enjoyed some application in medicine for thousands of years. Any number of unfounded medical properties have been ascribed to it among them, relief from nasal and bronchial pneumonia. And some really wild claims have been made for honey combined with vinegar without doubt, the sweetness of the honey makes swallowing the vinegar tolerable, but not curative. Nowadays, honey is employed in some medicinal compounds just to cover up harsh bitter flavors and to prevent granulation. 

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