When handling these packs on a hot day, be careful to hold them with two hands. The honey is warm and soft, and the pack is flimsy, and so easy to drop because it folds up in your hands. That warm, soft honey spreads so quickly, and so stickily.........
I'm going to be DAYS cleaning up.
The rest of the pot (I lost half of it) is going in a proper jar with a proper lid.
And I'm going to email the honey company with a suggestion or two. I don't remember honey pots being so soft and "fold-y" back in the day before plastic containers.

punkinthefirst - 2020-02-02 22:49:00

I didnt even know you could get honey in cardboard.....Is this from the supermarket?

dibble35 - 2020-02-03 06:27:00

dibble35 wrote:

I didnt even know you could get honey in cardboard.....Is this from the supermarket?

Yep.....1kg packs, no less. But they're just too flimsy, and collapse in your hands on a hot day when the honey is warm and runny. I've emailed the firm concerned, so we'll see what happens.

punkinthefirst - 2020-02-03 07:36:00

Save the bees...give up eating honey.
They need it more than we do and it's just a form of sugar anyway.

lythande1 - 2020-02-03 11:16:00

dibble35 wrote:

I didnt even know you could get honey in cardboard.....Is this from the supermarket?

Waxed cardboard was usual pack, until when?

amasser - 2020-02-03 12:00:00

I keep my honey in the fridge. It is easier to spread if it has been in the fridge. Good luck with the clean-up of this sticky stuff.????

ffloss - 2020-02-03 13:02:00

amasser wrote:

Waxed cardboard was usual pack, until when?

Probably 40 -50 years ago when I was newly married.

punkinthefirst - 2020-02-03 14:00:00

lythande1 wrote:

Save the bees...give up eating honey.
They need it more than we do and it's just a form of sugar anyway.

Bees are being decimated by diseases such as American Foulbrood and Varroa Mite, not by beekeepers' collection of their honey.They have also been affected by the loss of a lot of their forage plants. No decent farmer starves his animals, and beekeepers are no exception. To be honest, if the bees had enough in their supers to last the winter, they just might give up collecting nectar, and pollinating the foods that even vegans depend on.
Also, you probably haven't tasted the Moutarda di Cremorne ( a delicious Italian condiment with fruit, vinegar, honey and mustard that I was going to make with it.) Everything in moderation, surely, including sugar........

Edited by punkinthefirst at 5:50 pm, Mon 3 Feb

punkinthefirst - 2020-02-03 17:46:00

lythande1 wrote:

Save the bees...give up eating honey.
They need it more than we do and it's just a form of sugar anyway.

Oh, go away

rainrain1 - 2020-02-03 18:26:00

lythande1 wrote:

Save the bees...give up eating honey.
They need it more than we do and it's just a form of sugar anyway.

How daft. Beekeepers ( me included ) love their bees; we would never let them starve. They produce way more than they need when they're properly husbanded. What a shame their product is not packaged more respectfully.

Edited by junie2 at 12:09 am, Wed 5 Feb

junie2 - 2020-02-05 00:07:00

junie2 wrote:

How daft. Beekeepers ( me included ) love their bees; we would never let them starve. They produce way more than they need when they're properly husbanded. What a shame their product is not packaged more respectfully.

......I read somewhere to never put honey in the fridge...Just cant remember the reason....anyone???

korbo - 2020-02-05 10:25:00

Possibly alters the flavour, as it does to tomatoes eaten from the fridge

rainrain1 - 2020-02-05 14:29:00

rainrain1 wrote:

Possibly alters the flavour, as it does to tomatoes eaten from the fridge

And chardonnay............way too cold when served from a fridge. Kills the flavour.

awoftam - 2020-02-06 20:40:00

awoftam wrote:

And chardonnay............way too cold when served from a fridge. Kills the flavour.

:)))

rainrain1 - 2020-02-07 07:13:00

awoftam wrote:

And chardonnay............way too cold when served from a fridge. Kills the flavour.

Soooooo, do you keep your Cab Sav in the fridge, heard someone talking about not needing to chill some wines, but missed which ones. I don't really go for Chardonnay, but with company i will drink anything.

rainrain1 - 2020-02-10 18:31:00

awoftam wrote:

And chardonnay............way too cold when served from a fridge. Kills the flavour.

Along with Sauvignon

buzzy110 - 2020-02-12 16:01:00