. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1900 THE AMERICAN Honey Vinegar as a Preservative. 1!V M. K. REEVE. HE question has been discussed in several pub- lications devoted to bee culture, whether vinegar made with honey as a base wciild be a good preservative. One writer said it spoiled pickles; another declared that honev vinegar was as good as any other. I can sav from practical experience that when pi-operly made, there is no reason why a vinegar of this sort should not be as effective as any, particularly the "fake" vinegars that are so extensively on the mar
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1900 THE AMERICAN Honey Vinegar as a Preservative. 1!V M. K. REEVE. HE question has been discussed in several pub- lications devoted to bee culture, whether vinegar made with honey as a base wciild be a good preservative. One writer said it spoiled pickles; another declared that honev vinegar was as good as any other. I can sav from practical experience that when pi-operly made, there is no reason why a vinegar of this sort should not be as effective as any, particularly the "fake" vinegars that are so extensively on the market now a days, State Food Inspection Hoards to the contar}- notwith- standing. Several days ago our firm engaged in the manufacture and sale of mead—a beverage which was made by the fermen- tation of a mixture of Cuban honey and Demarara sugar, flavored with certain spices. This was bottled and served a- round to the retail shops. Naturally con- siderable of it went sour in hot weather, and had to be exchanged. The sour ma- terial accunmlated fast, and there were several barrels of it on hand at the end of the soft drink season. The problem was to get rid of it. So we studied up on the science of vinegar making, and .set up a generator. This was a whiskey barrel. It was bored full of half-inch auger holes, sloping downwards, and was then filled with beech shavings procured from a shoe- last factory. A false bottom was put in, on which the shavings rested, and a loose head was dropped on top. A spigot was inserted in the barrel, and the generator was ready for business. The already sour mead was poured into gallon stone- ware jugs and heated over night on a shelf above the kitchen range; in the morning it was poured in at the top of the generator and allowed to percolate through the shavings. The air admitted through the sloping holes in the sides of the barrel did the business of .supplying the required oxygen, and a few runnings through the barrel, was all that was necessar
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