On Wednesday, January 2, 2013 10:43:14 AM UTC-6, Steve B wrote:
"Cross-Slide" wrote in message

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On Tuesday, January 1, 2013 8:53:48 PM UTC-6, Steve B wrote:

My wife has some honey that her mom put up about ten to fifteen years

ago.



Some have comb in it. It had started to crystallize. We put it in hot



water for a time, and the crystals disappeared. Now, the comb has

melted.



How do we separate the wax from the honey?







I figured there were enough old people here to find someone who knew

this.



The foodie newsgroups on the Internet are not user friendly unless you

are a



member of the ruling cabal.







Steve



Many people eat the whole honey comb for the health benefits.

They pay extra for the honey comb which is normally has the wax separated

for sale as wax.



You are lucky...



Uh, it is impossible to get the crystallized honey out of the jar and the

combs. Any ideas?



Steve

Once it is warm enough, the crystallized honey Will melt.
If you do not get it ALL melted, the crystals will start re-form starting from the remaining crystal "seeds"
It is a supersaturated/highly saturated sugar solution, so it is trying to grow crystals, all it needs are "seeds" which the un-melted crystals will provide.

If it is hot enough to melt, the crystals Will melt..

It's delicious!