Storage life for Sugar?

[Preppergirl]

Small tip for lumpy or rock hard sugary or powdered substances: use a mortar, pestle and tea strainer for reviving sugar, powdered sugar, coffee creamer, cocoa, powdered mIlk etc .
Chisel off a chunk and roughly break it down into smaller pieces and then push it through a tea strainer with the pestle ( I like marble or granite pestles best to prevent wood particles from being ground into the powder ) . One could also use a grinder , hand mill, nutmeg grater etc. Even with those methods available to me I tend to grab my mortar and pestle most often especially if small quantities are needed.

[acman490]

I don't have any idea what the storage life of sugar is. Our sugar doesn't last longer than 2 months. But with molasses and honey, since it's seldom used, it just stays in the ref for years. Still it's good.

[Tinman]

If my memory serves, Apparently when they opened some of the tombs in Egypt there was honey stored with the pharoahs and it was still edible. One of the reasons it has medicinal value is it is a excellent antimicrobial/ antibiotic/ Pick your miniscule baddy!

[utsteve]

Thanks for all the knowledge here. Will use these ideas as I put some LTS away

[MustangGal]

I am thinking about storing my salt and sugar in small mylar bags. Simply because it will be easier to deal with a small hunk of salt/sugar as opposed to a 50 rock of it.

[boatchick18]

Does anyone have any experience with the powdered honey? Is it the same as regular honey (once liquefied) or are the benefits lost to dehydration.
I keep honey but my always seems to crystalize as soon as I get through about half of the bottle. I put it in warm water but it is never the same afterwards.
Maybe I am buying the wrong kind of honey....

[ANVIL]

If sugar gets hard put the hunks & clumps of old hard sugar in a papr bag and use a rolling pin to breck them up them roll it back to smouth sugar. As for honey. Non of us will live long enough for it to go bad and nothing can grow in it acording to a 3rd generation bee keeper who had 3,000 hives. He told me honey will not allow oxygen in so things will not grow encased in honey.

[Climber]

Molasses and honey if not allowed to be overheated, will not go bad. Molasses may turn to sugar, but it will still serve you well. Honey, may get sugary, but as discussed it can be rendered back to honey. The trick is about 140