Can You Ferment with Raw Honey?

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[@christinecaudill6050]

Thank you beautiful soul for all the informative & fantastic knowledge that you share !! I love it !

[@RedNicole22]

Yes! Honey is like gold to me too. I won’t bake with it either. It’s too beneficial for our health to destroy it or use it in ways I won’t directly benefit from. I plan to be come a beekeeper in two years if all goes well. I’m super excited.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Right! It is rare I use honey in anything I am going to cook as it will ruin the benefits. I use it in my cold and flu syrup but do not add it in during the cooking process, only after it is done and has cooled to room temp

[@WinkTartanBelle]

While I knew mead exists, as a retired nurse I wondered about this very thing. Being now retired, I have been getting more into fermenting and brewing and this information could not have been more timely for me! I know I already love mead, a little once in a while because I seem to be missing a sweet tooth. I have set myself the task of brewing a beer and a mead this winter. I'm doing my research between garden and food preservation tasks. I'm unable to keep bees, being allergic to their stings. Allergic as in a medical emergency. I find them fascinating and adorable, and sorely wish I could keep a few hives. But such is life. I'm very stingy wiith my honey. Thank you!! Hugs and blessings. ;)

[@tamara-lnlhomestead1441]

@Wink TartanBelle, I love honey also but like you can't have my own hives😩

[@tennesseegirl1215]

Thank you for the info about the honey, I didn’t know, blessings

[@tagladyify]

Great video. Thanks Heidi.

[@mothershelper1981]

Wow, not only do you have a wealth of information but we can time travel with you also! Your comment about you have probably already watched the other video which I haven't made yet sounded like a line out of Back to the Future!

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Haha! Yeah, that is the weird thing about being three weeks ahead on my videos and not always sure what order they will go up when I shoot them

[@michellemitchell9204]

Awesome. Thank you so much. I’m learning so much from you. 🙂

[@bushpushersdaughter]

When I wanted to walk away from refined sugar, but also enjoyed a glass of wine a few times a year, I called my local winery whose claim to fame was their mead. I asked the owner (to make sure) that they were using honey to make their "mead". He Laughed at me and said, 'Of course not', honey PREVENTS fermenting!' Wow, what a fibber he was! I have fermented many things with honey in the years since then. It never hurts to ask questions, especially when it goes in your body. I have relaxed my attitude about sugar and now use non GMO raw cane sugar - from time to time. Thank you Heidi! I love your channel! P.S. Made my first order today with Mother Earth Products! Looking forward to trying out the yummy freeze dried fruits and veggies I purchased!

[@RainCountryHomestead]

How can they call it mead if it is not made with honey? They should know better!

[@bushpushersdaughter]

@@RainCountryHomestead Agreed!

[@tonijurkones9797]

Good Morning 🌞

[@lynettetucker544]

🌞 Good morning Hide thanks again for sharing good subject and right on time 🕢 time

[@LG-gw6xw]

Gosh I can’t wait to try this out. They all look so pretty. I’m so curious as to how they taste.

[@sharonbrown2352]

Great information!

[@mrwilliam5955]

Heidi I'm totally hooked on your videos

[@RainCountryHomestead]

😊

[@ediemurray1692]

Ty

[@art4god870]

@raincountry, sending you a smile. 😊

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Thank you for that! 🥰

[@ClickyBuzzClick2ConnectBuzz]

Do you sell DVD's with ALL your FANTASTIC videos and knowledge? I would absolutely buy them!!!

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Not at this time, sorry, I may consider trying to put some together down the road but just do not have the time for another project right now

[@ClickyBuzzClick2ConnectBuzz]

@@RainCountryHomestead Understood! But, I would be the first in line to buy them if you did! :>) Thank you again!

[@trishthehomesteader9873]

Good morning Heidi! 🌞 Do you sometimes feel like you're in a loop?😀🤗 Love and blessings! 💜

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Yes!! Quite often! haha

[@gloriayoung392]

Thank you Hedi I made Some organic lemon vinegar soooo delicious and cleaning with it too GOD Bless you 🙏👣✌👍🐝🌻

[@ruthsmith6920]

can u share reciepe?

[@SoulRebelSmoke]

Great video thank you!💚

[@SoulRebelSmoke]

And honey really is gold. I don’t eat sugar so honey and fruit is my favourite snack/desert lol. Honey is life!! And now that I know it can be used for ferments I got even more use for my weed plants lol.

[@tagladyify]

I’m a bit leery of light colored honeys because I was buying some from a guy at our local market until he divulged that he feeds his bees sugar water regularly, not just as a last ditch effort.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Interesting but honey does come in various shades also depending on the flowers they collect from. I have a good friend that was keeping bees and I know they were as natural with their bees as could be and their honey was pretty light in color. Since they had a lot of blackberries growing wild behind their property, I am sure most of it came from those

[@tagladyify]

@@RainCountryHomestead It would certainly be different if I knew for sure a source of honey was using best practices, but otherwise for a couple of years now I go for the darker colors. There’s no actual way for me to tell for sure, but it’s one precaution I’ve been using since that incident. I briefly had a hive for one season before my bees absconded in the fall when hordes of wasps attacked them 😥. So I am just a novice trying to make the best choices I can. I really enjoyed it, but I don’t think I would do it again with purchased bees. At any rate it is good to know that not all light colored honey is just sugar water processed through bees. 😉

[@user-io7oe6wj1q]

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[@RainCountryHomestead]

As I replied to your other comment like this: I simply do not have the time to translate every video into every language when you can simply turn on the closed caption and select your own language

[@anniek7793]

Awesome video and if you could, would you please make a video on when to cut your herbs back GBY 🙏🏻🇺🇸❤️

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Many will differ depending on the herbs but most are best when cut before flowering

[@wakeup2241]

Thanks for your lovely videos. I want to ferment my vegetable as an option for long term storage. Once I ferment the vegetables can they be put away to use in a year or 2 ?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I keep my fermented veggies in the fridge, that is my personal choice. They can keep for a long time on the shelf but I doubt they will keep for longer than a year unless you are keeping them in cold storage

[@ClickyBuzzClick2ConnectBuzz]

Can I use raisins only and/or honey [blend] to make traditional apple cider vinegar? I already have one seasoned batch of ACV that I can use as a starter as well. Thank YOU!! And, YOU are absolutely amazing & beautiful! God Bless YOU!

[@RainCountryHomestead]

you can make vinegar from only raisins since they are high in sugar but you still need to add quite a bit of them so you may want to still add honey so you do not need to add so many raisins

[@ClickyBuzzClick2ConnectBuzz]

@@RainCountryHomestead Thank YOU sweet pea for your FAST response!! Will do...I'm making my new batch today! Yummy!

[@katysummer9418]

Thank you for the video. Well fermenting garlic with raw honey is what many people do right now but my raw honey has cristalized whichvis natural and so I wondered if honey water would do the job too and it does. I dissolved some honeyvin lukewarm water and will ferment my garlic and see if it will bubble in 3-5 days. How can honey thats super old can still be liquid because thats not normal?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I have heard that honey that is not raw does not crystalize but I am not sure that is true. I have also heard that cheap honey is not always all honey but has been mixed with corn syrup, so that could be another possibility but I am not sure how true that is either

[@eze1015]

How do i ferment grapefruits

[@danielaguilar7077]

Do You have video on figs fermenting with honey thanxs

[@RainCountryHomestead]

No but if I did that I would simply mix the starter with the honey and pour it over the figs in a jar

[@WendyK656]

Heidi, I am going to have to try the honey in stead of the pure cane sugar. Heidi do you add the honey again like the sugar in a few days? Thank you Heidi for more wonderful information.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Yes, just a little

[@ourgan-tg4gw]

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[@ourgan-tg4gw]

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[@francebissonnette]

Merci beaucoup ,j’aimerais tellement en français ❤

[@jthomason20]

Do you think you could ferment lions mane in honey?

[@UATUNER]

Hello I have a drum full of fermented honey can I use it to make fermented garlic/fruits ?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

yes

[@wakeup2241]

Can I fermented vegetable using my homemade kumbucha. I imagine I could. Just vegetables and kumbucha and safe them for when SHTF. It’s coming for sure

[@RainCountryHomestead]

As long as it is active, it should work

[@karenw9996]

My raw honey is crystallized, can I still use that? I want to do honey/garlic/black seed but if it's crystallized I don't know how to make it coat the garlic...and if I set it in hot water I'm afraid I'll overdo and it won't be raw anymore.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

If you set it in a bowl or pan of hot water straight from the tap but do not heat on a burner, it will not harm it

[@derekfrost8991]

You reminded me I forgot to buy honey.. :'(

[@CinemaSasquatch]

Would blackstrap molasses be good as a honey substitute?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Not for fermenting. It may work but molasses is high in minerals which can slow or prevent a ferment

[@Minnesota_Mama_Bear]

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[@unknown-je5oh]

Hello, I started 2days ago with my first honey fermenting. I did it with ginger en lemon. But the top layer now is like watery. Is this a bad sign? Is it oke? Would love it if you could enlight me on this.

[@RainCountryHomestead]

What exactly are you trying to make?

[@unknown-je5oh]

@@RainCountryHomestead like you did in the video with the honey in the jar. Fermenting it. I put Ginger en lemon filled if with honey and closed the lid.

[@earthmuffin28]

Can you ferment with creamed raw honey? I used seed honey...

[@RainCountryHomestead]

Yes, honey fermented beautifully. I even show it in the video that published yesterday on the fermented citrus peels

[@h.123h]

Can i use this as a culture to make yogurt? Can i use this to ferment oats?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

You can try to ferment milk with it but it will not be yogurt specifically because yogurt is a special type of culture. I have never actually tried it to ferment milk yet.

[@h.123h]

@@RainCountryHomestead Thank you for replying! God bless🙏

[@lindachandler2293]

🍯🐓

[@trina8350]

How long does the fermentation starter last? And do you have to burp the jar?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

If you check out the video I mentioned and linked to in the description box, I explain all of that

[@RainCountryHomestead]

@Squires Castle 1) because there is a LOT of information in that video that she will need besides that. 2) it is nice to make at least a few cents for the time I put into the information that costs you nothing but the time it takes to glean it. Do you work a full time job and expect to make nothing for your time?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

@Squires Castle Um...Ok...you are truly blowing that out of proportion. It was not at all meant to be nasty, I am only explaining what many seem to not understand. This is my job and how I put food on the table. Does that make me a wicked person? Funny you accuse me of being nasty while totally ignoring the rudeness of your own comment. Please stop hating on people for simply trying to earn a little something for their time. I would never judge you for expecting fair pay for your hard work

[@RainCountryHomestead]

@Squires Castle Yes, I do, but I cannot afford to do it for free. Many people choose jobs that are fulfilling and helpful to others but get paid. Do you judge judge doctors, those who serve in the military and so on so harshly for getting paid for their time?

[@HeatherRose_]

@Squires Castle your comments don't add anything useful to the conversation and so are totally unnecessary and unwanted.

[@taxat10n1sth3ft]

The woman just said "fermenting hard-boiled eggs" and now I have questions 😂 I have no doubts that she's doing this in a safe way, but I didn't know it was even a thing at all..

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I am guessing by "the woman" you are referring to me and yes, I have been fermenting eggs for years. Some will say it cannot be done but it can and they are quite good. I prefer them over plain hard boiled eggs myself. I typically like to add garlic and red pepper to the process. I have a few videos showing how I do it.

[@taxat10n1sth3ft]

@@RainCountryHomestead Yes, I'm a first time visitor to your channel and I'm delighted that you replied to me, thank you! I'm sorry if I seemed rude with my "the woman" phrasing. I didn't mean to come across that way, I just wasn't thinking... I also was quite surprised that you replied to my comment, since it's been a year already since you posted the video! Thank you for telling me more about fermented HB eggs. I'm very new to fermented foods and I'm consistently surprised by the many ways people use fermenting to preserve foods, and this one definitely has got me thinking!

[@RainCountryHomestead]

You were fine, I think because so many channels do not reply to comments it becomes unexpected so I get it, haha. One thing cool about youtube is that content creators are given one spot to reply to all comments no matter what video so for those who frequent that area, we see them when they come in or at least soon after :)

[@DK-dx7ei]

I made fermented lemon slices and raw honey and ignored it for a while....the lemon rinds are dark and the taste is pretty bitter. Did I ruin my fermented lemon liquid, or is it still good to consume?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

I cannot really say without seeing it myself. I am not sure you would want to use it if it is very bitter anyway

[@taxat10n1sth3ft]

It's made with lemons and their rinds, so the bitterness is probably to be expected. Fermented fruit rinds to tend to turn color during fermenting.

[@archielang7427]

Do you have to dehydrate herbs to turn them into extracts or can you use fresh herbs?

[@RainCountryHomestead]

It depends both on the herb and the type of solvent you are using in your extract. Fresh herbs should really only be used with high proof alcohol and the jar packed tightly because the moisture content in the herb itself will water it down. Dehydrated herbs can often yield a more concentrated extract but on the other hand, the dehydration process will destroy a small amount of the nutrients in the herbs.

[@WanderingNature]

Romans 10:9-13❤