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such liqueurs as Benedictine, Drambuie, and Irish Mist Although honey wine, or mead, has all but disappeared, honey beer is popular in Africa Americans use honey in many baked goods for a variety of reasons It can be substituted for sugar — 1 measure of honey is considered the sweetening equivalent of 1.25– 1.5 measures of sugar, although the amount of added liquid must be decreased because honey does contain some water Because it is more hygroscopic, or water attracting, than table sugar, honey will keep breads and cakes moister than sugar will, losing water to the air more slowly, and even absorbing it on humid days Thanks to its antioxidant phenolic compounds, it slows the development of stale flavors in baked goods and warmed-over flavors in meats Bakers can use its acidity to react with baking soda and leaven quickbreads And its reactive reducing sugars accelerate desirable browning reactions and the development of flavor and color in the crusts of baked goods, in marinades and glazes, and other preparations Honey and Health; Infant Botulism Though honey has not been refined the way table sugar is and is chemically complex, it is no wonder food Its vitamin content is negligible; bees get most of theirs from pollen Its antibacterial properties, which led early physicians to use it to dress wounds, are due largely to hydrogen peroxide, one of the products of glucose-oxidizing enzyme and a substance well known and long employed in medicine And honey should not be fed to children less than a year old It often carries the seed-like dormant spores of the botulism bacterium (Clostridium botulinum), which are able to germinate in immature digestive systems Infant botulism can cause difficulty in breathing and paralysis Tree Syrups and Sugars: Maple, Birch, Palm ... peroxide, one of the products of glucose-oxidizing enzyme and a substance well known and long employed in medicine And honey should not be fed to children less than a year old It often carries the. ..crusts of baked goods, in marinades and glazes, and other preparations Honey and Health; Infant Botulism Though honey has not been refined the way table sugar is and is chemically... refined the way table sugar is and is chemically complex, it is no wonder food Its vitamin content is negligible; bees get most of theirs from pollen Its antibacterial properties, which led early