Does putting a metal spoon in real honey damage it?

[BeeMaster2]

I was at my local hardware store yesterday and one of the employees noticed my bee signs on my truck and he started up a conversation. One thing that he asked was the subject line. He said he saw it on Facebook and even pulled it up. He said that the metal destroys the medicinal qualities of the honey.
I have never heard this and told him that.
Has anyone ever heard of this.
I suspect said it and it now is being spread on Facebook which makes people believe it is true.
Personally I don?t think it is true.
What are your thoughts?
Jim Altmiller

[Acebird]

stainless 318, no.

[Michael Bush]

I don't know about medicinal qualities, but while stainless doesn't seem to change honey any, galvanized will make it taste metallic and aluminum may make it taste metallic.

[paus]

All of my extraction equipment is stainless steel and I assume it is 304 or better because it never has rusted.

[Ben Framed]

Good point paus.  My bottler is stainless also..

I will add this to Michaels post; It may be an 'old wives tale' but when I was small we were told we were not leave a silver spoon in the jelly. As we all know, silver will naturally tarnish. Leaving a 'silver' spoon in 'might' add change concerning 'taste'.
Even if the taste changes, does it mean medicinal qualities in 'honey' are lost? 
The feed store guy 'might' have confused fact with fiction concerning metal spoons, by making a blanket statement concerning metal spoons in general. And that part friends is just a guess. lol. 
Phillip

[The15thMember]

I just got the same question from a someone too, and I'd never heard anything about it before either.  Apparently there is something going around about how metal will break down the beneficial enzymes in honey.  I did a little looking around and it's technically possible, since honey is acidic, but not with stainless, and even with other metals the reaction would take WAY longer than the amount of time honey is on a spoon. 

[iddee]

Absolutely... Hold that honey on a non-stainless spoon for 150 to 200 years and it will definitely change it's properties.

Also, it was been proven, back in the 1970's, bacon causes cancer. Further research revealed you only had to eat something like 250 lb. daily for 350 years to get cancer from bacon.

Be careful, there's a lot of deadly stuff out there.

[BeeMaster2]

Thanks everyone, the next time I see him I will let him know.
Jim Altmiller

[Lesgold]

Honey is acidic (about 3.2 to 4.5). Any metal that is reactive will obviously be impacted by exposure to it. As to how it impacts on its medicinal qualities is an interesting question. A mate of mine has some honey stored in metal drums. He harvested it in 1974. It is now black in colour and has a strong metallic taste. The inside of the drums are basically rusting away.

[iddee]

I received a glass jar of honey a few years back that was harvested back about the 70's. It, too, was solid black. I did not taste it, but it was not in contact with any metal as the jar had been on a shelf upright all those years.

[Ben Framed]

Absolutely... Hold that honey on a non-stainless spoon for 150 to 200 years and it will definitely change it's properties.

Also, it was been proven, back in the 1970's, bacon causes cancer. Further research revealed you only had to eat something like 250 lb. daily for 350 years to get cancer from bacon.

Be careful, there's a lot of deadly stuff out there.

 

[Acebird]

Also, it was been proven, back in the 1970's, bacon causes cancer.

No Wally not the bacon it is the chemicals that are put in bacon to cure and preserve it.  Pretty much all cold cut meats.

[iddee]

Ace, YES, the curing chemicals are what makes it bacon. Without them, it wouldn't be bacon.

That's like saying whiskey won't make you drunk. It's the alcohol in it that does.

[animal]

Ace, YES, the curing chemicals are what makes it bacon. Without them, it wouldn't be bacon.

That's like saying whiskey won't make you drunk. It's the alcohol in it that does.

BINGO ! we have a winner !

And thanks so much to Ace for the mental image of bacon being a cold cut ... slap a few slices straight out of the package on some bread and bite down ... gak !

[Acebird]

Ace, YES, the curing chemicals are what makes it bacon. Without them, it wouldn't be bacon.

That's like saying whiskey won't make you drunk. It's the alcohol in it that does.

Not so Wally.  You can buy uncured bacon and bacon that has no nitrates added.  It is still bacon, taste better, much more healthy for you.  The down side is it will spoil quicker and costs more.
Alcoholic drinks have the same issue.  You can add stuff to your mead but it will never taste as good as mead that doesn't have additives.  And in the case of sulfates it is less likely to give you a head ache.

[iddee]

First, I have made bacon. The curing changes it from belly fat or fatback to bacon. NO, it is not bacon until it is cured.

You shouldn't even be discussing alcoholic drinks if you don't know the difference in whiskey and mead. If you take the alcohol out of either of them, you won't have the drink it was. Quit being foolish and admit you goofed.

[animal]

There are also carcinogens in wood smoke. As far as I'm concerned, if it ain't smoked, it ain't bacon.

also ...When you grill meat, that nice smelling smoke contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons .. carcinogenic.

wanna bake a loaf of bread? don't breathe that flour dust, carcinogenic.

Alcohol is classed as a group 1 carcinogen.

"I know not what health concerns others may have, but as for me, give me enjoyment of life, or give me death ! " -- Patrick Animal (and some real people too)

never made bacon, but have made wines, mead, and whiskey ... and they are different. If it's not alcoholic and is carbonated, it's soda ... or a "coke" if you're in Alabama. No alcohol or carbonation in an "alcoholic flavor"... it's an abomination.

[The15thMember]

If it's not alcoholic and is carbonated, it's soda ... or a "coke" if you're in Alabama.

People do that around here too, call every soda "coke". 

[Ben Framed]

lol
In my part of Mississippi, we call a Coke a Coke, a Dr Pepper a Dr Pepper, Pepsi a Pepsi etc. It is only the new folks who are moving in, (Usually from the North or West), who refer to soft drinks as sodas.

[animal]

Ha ! I grew up with "pop"... (pop rouge was strawberry) ..
Grandpa also called it pop because he grew up with actual pop bottles (sometimes soda-water). Parents were like you, Ben. Wife is a military brat and I got soda from her 

[Ben Framed]

Animal, When I was a kid we had a girl move here, (to our school), from Michigan. She also called it pop. I haven?t thought of that in years.

Phillip

[animal]

This got me thinking about my granddad. He told me they called it pop or soda pop because to open it you would "pop" the wire sticking out of the top to "knock the cork inside"... Never actually seen one ...so I tried to look it up ... took awhile ... apparently it wasn't a cork, but a metal disc with a rubber seal and called a "Hutchenson stopper".
My kids were nuts for Ramune .. stoppered with a marble in kinda the same way ... turns out this is a version of a pop bottle popular in the UK and Australia back in the day. (Codd bottle)

[Ben Framed]

I had never seen this Animal. Thumbs Up...

[jimineycricket]

    And do you remember calling the local store and asking if they had "pop in a can"?

[animal]

"THE" can , Jimmy ... and never a call .. in person to the cashier .. get to see the look on their face that way, and sometimes learn new words as a kid. Prince Albert gag too ... buying tobacco as a 6 year old .. all you had to do was say your dad sent you to pick it up and you were golden .. never worked with beer, tho.

I wonder if Ace has realized yet that his "uncured bacon" is partially cured ... by being "seasoned" with celery juice powder and salt

Celery juice powder is high in nitrates ... if fermented with natural bacteria before drying, high in nitrites too .. and still considered a "seasoning"
gotta read them packages ...

[Acebird]

I wonder if Ace has realized yet that his "uncured bacon" is partially cured ... by being "seasoned" with celery juice powder and salt

It is always about concentration isn't it?  You need water and salt to live but you can drink and eat enough to kill you.

[animal]

Cancer is more about odds and chance. You can increase or decrease your odds, but you can't escape the dice rolls. One guy might smoke a pack of cigs every day of his life and die at 90 in a car wreck. Another 25 year old might have never smoked and die of lung cancer. Both beat the odds, or won the lottery so to speak.
All we can do is place our bets according to what we want and are willing to give up, decide if the odds are worth it ... and roll 'em.
That goes for pretty much everything, not just cancer. Ultimately, death is the only life experience that's guaranteed. 

[The15thMember]

Ultimately, death is the only life experience that's guaranteed. 

Evading your taxes, animal? 

[animal]

 

I would like to lodge an official complaint !  This site desperately needs the emoji with the halo above it ! 

"When the federal government uses tax money to further the destruction of the nation, it is the patriotic duty of every citizen to avoid paying taxes." (not gonna cite source)

and pretty sure "avoid" was used for legal reasons ...

[Acebird]

Cancer is more about odds and chance. You can increase or decrease your odds, but you can't escape the dice rolls. One guy might smoke a pack of cigs every day of his life and die at 90 in a car wreck. Another 25 year old might have never smoked and die of lung cancer. Both beat the odds, or won the lottery so to speak.
All we can do is place our bets according to what we want and are willing to give up, decide if the odds are worth it ... and roll 'em.
That goes for pretty much everything, not just cancer. Ultimately, death is the only life experience that's guaranteed. 

Except that intelligence and taking heed greatly increases life expectancy.  No guarantees on an individual basis but exceptional outcomes on a statistical basis.

[BeeMaster2]

I would like to lodge an official complaint !  This site desperately needs the emoji with the halo above it ! 

"When the federal government uses tax money to further the destruction of the nation, it is the patriotic duty of every citizen to avoid paying taxes." (not gonna cite source)

and pretty sure "avoid" was used for legal reasons ...

Animal,
If you use your iPhone, you can use all of the emojis on the phone. That is where I get them from.
Jim Altmiller

[Ben Framed]

😇

[The15thMember]

Animal,
If you use your iPhone, you can use all of the emojis on the phone. That is where I get them from.
Jim Altmiller

Just be aware that many of Apple's emojis will not render on a PC.  The "normal" ones usually do, but newer ones usually don't. 

[Ben Framed]

I have a Mac PC and I do not doubt you Reagan. So far I've not had any trouble using emojis offered on my PC, but I do not seek those often..
The halo works fine from the PC or iPhone.. The one I posted above was from my phone. This one is from my PC...
😇

[The15thMember]

I have a Mac PC and I do not doubt you Reagan. So far I've not had any trouble using emojis offered on my PC, but I do not seek those often..
The halo works fine from the PC or iPhone.. The one I posted above was from my phone. This one is from my PC...
😇

What I mean is a computer running Windows.  Generally Apple computers aren't referred to as PCs.  On my laptop (which I use about half the time for reading on Beemaster and almost all the time for posting) I can see the halo emoji, although it's not rendering in color.  But oftentimes all I can see is a box.   

[Ben Framed]

I have a Mac PC and I do not doubt you Reagan. So far I've not had any trouble using emojis offered on my PC, but I do not seek those often..
The halo works fine from the PC or iPhone.. The one I posted above was from my phone. This one is from my PC...
😇

What I mean is a computer running Windows.  Generally Apple computers aren't referred to as PCs.  On my laptop (which I use about half the time for reading on Beemaster and almost all the time for posting) I can see the halo emoji, although it's not rendering in color.  But oftentimes all I can see is a box.   

The way I bring up emojis on my Mac PC by apple, is by simultaneously pressing 'option', 'command', and 'spacer bar'. From there is a wide assortment of emojis are offered ..

[animal]

Except that intelligence and taking heed greatly increases life expectancy.  No guarantees on an individual basis but exceptional (measurable) outcomes on a statistical basis.

There, fixed it.  ... imo. ... started to say that I fully agreed with you but my internet went down and had time to think. (Xfinity sucks sometimes)
Maximizing time is fine if that's what you value most, but that's not the focus of everyone (not me, for sure). What I am for is for everyone to be well informed of risks so that they can make the best decisions  for themselves ... according to the things they value. That also requires clear and communicable definitions of things and processes to keep us honest with others and ourselves.

My generic hope for people is that they live their best life according to their own values without interfering with others living theirs. Personally, time has had little to with it in my life. Anyway, best to you.

Beemaster, I was just kidding, but thanks. I use cheap androids because I tend to destroy them ... currently on my third phone this year. 

[animal]

test
tried a steal, worked at first but then disappeared. bummer

[Ben Framed]

Beemaster, I was just kidding, but thanks.

I took it that you were kidding but the information might be helpful to someone in the future... 🤷🏻‍♂️ Can never tell. 😊