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Similarly, chocolate.
by mhb 1y ago
Similarly, chocolate.
- dylan604 1y agoYou can take honey that has crystalized and set it in sunlight to "melt" back into the gooey goodness, but you can't do that to chocolate that has that white powdery stuff on it.
- mhb 1y agoRight. Once the undesirable crystals in chocolate have formed it has to be re-tempered to get the desirable ones to dominate. But it hasn't spoiled.
- quibono 1y agoI've often wondered about this - is sunlight really all that's needed?
- liquidpele 1y agoHeat is needed, not sunlight.
- bdamm 1y agoYou can zap it in the microwave for 10-15 seconds, but I always feel terribly guilty for some inexplicable reason.
- jfengel 1y agoIf you're looking to have a reason.... That's probably going to over-heat the honey, which comes at a cost to flavor. But your grocery store honey is already pasteurized. That's more controlled than your microwave, so if you were looking to feel guilty about something, save it for when your neighbor gives you some from her hive next door.
- tekla 1y agoBloom isn't spoilage.
- LandR 1y agoIs it eatable though ? ANytime I've had chocolate that has the white stuff I've binned it. Even if it isn't spoiled, doesn't it taste bad ?
- abcd_f 1y agoIt's just fat.
- xandrius 1y agoWhite stuff is just either fat or sugar bloom, due to changes of temperature. Not harmful. It's like the white "powder" on hard cheeses, which is just calcium crystalizing over time. Totally safe.
- mhb 1y agoNo. It doesn't taste bad, but the texture might not be as good.
- mhb 1y agoAlso, you can melt it and use it to make frosting, ganache or hot fudge sauce.
- xandrius 1y agoThe white stuff is just fat or sugar blooming, so you can totally melt down chocolate and be good to go.
- dylan604 1y agoLet's see, set a jar of honey in sunlight, or get out your double boiler to melt down chocolate and be sure to get out the molds that I'm sure everyone has. yeah, that's the same thing. roughly. but you'd be good to go to be sure
- mhb 1y agoIs this you confidently asserting the opposite of what TFA says and what is known to be true about chocolate? Impressive. A wise citizen once said: It is telling how someone can think their idea is so novel, and rather than doing research go ahead and announce it like it is something new. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44503723 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44503723