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To Clarify Honey (Melt the honey in a water-bath)

Melt the honey in a water-bath, remove the scum, and pour off the clear. Less agreeable than raw honey, but not so apt to ferment and gripe. 1570. Siller's Method of Clarifying Honey. Any quantity of honey is dissolved in an equal part, by weight, of water. The liquid is allowed to boil up 4 or 6 times without skimming; it is then removed from the fire, and after being cooled, brought on several strong linen strainers, stretched horizontally, and covered with a layer of clean and wellwashed sand an inch in depth. When the solution has passed through the strainers, it is found to be of the color of clear white wine; the sand being allowed to remain on the strainers, is rinsed with cold water, and the whole of the liquor is finally evaporated to the thickness of syrup.

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