what is the difference between honey and syrups or just thickened sugar water?
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In addition to the flavor stuff, honey also has a water content of like 16%. It’s extremely dry compared to most other syrups. We use distillation to bring maple sap down to 33% water when we make it into maple syrup.
In general when cooking it’s easier to thicken a syrup by adding something that provides the additional viscosity than it is to remove water from something without burning it so most things we make have more water than honey does.
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