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Make It Easy: What do you keep your honey in?  |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
    
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Feb 25 2010 : 09:49:46 AM
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I'm talking about the stuff we eat, not your significant other (as in Peter, Peter, Pumkin Eater, had a wife and couldn't keep her, put her in a pumkin shell and there he kept her very well).
My husband and I use honey in and on everything, and I buy it by the gallon. But of course, we can't very well pour it out of the gallon jug onto our cereal. So I've tried keeping it in various smaller dispensers: rubbermaid drinking bottles, reused squeezable bottles that other honey came in from the grocery store. They all tend to drip and get sticky on the outside.
Do you have a particular brand or model of container that's widely available and works especially well? |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
    
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Lisa
Georgetown
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
    
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Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
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Posted - Feb 25 2010 : 6:51:42 PM
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I found a pretty, square, heavy glass decanter with an air-tight lid at a Discount store. It's perfect. Being square, there's lots of room to dip honey out w/o bumping the edge and dripping everywhere. THAT'S a plus! hahaha It's also heat-resistant in case I have to heat it in a pan of water on the stove when it crystalizes. 
Sister-chick# 905 Judy Hugs&Squeezles! I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman- |
Edited by - herblady55 on Feb 25 2010 6:53:35 PM |
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StarMeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
    
940 Posts
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MI
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Posted - Feb 27 2010 : 6:33:49 PM
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
    
3470 Posts
Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
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Posted - Feb 28 2010 : 11:11:57 AM
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GoooodOneeee! lolololol
Sister-chick# 905(Oct.7th2009) Judy Hugs&Squeezles! I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman- |
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walkinwalkoutcattle
True Blue Farmgirl
    
1675 Posts
Megan
Paint Lick
KY
USA
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Posted - Mar 02 2010 : 12:09:10 PM
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the basement, chained up to the washer, so he can do my laundry! LOL.
Wait, um, in a honey dipper my mother gave me, and in a mason jar.
Starbucks and sushi to green fried tomatoes and corn pudding-I wouldn't change it for the world. www.cattleandcupcakes.blogspot.com |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
    
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Mar 03 2010 : 07:18:06 AM
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I think I really may have to seek out a honey dipper. But I'll definitely need one that comes with a little jar that has a hole in the little for the handle.
Chained to the washer is appealing too! But he'd be able to reach his tools from there. |
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
    
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Annika
USA
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Posted - Mar 03 2010 : 07:29:02 AM
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heeheehee I was thinkin' the same thing StarMeadow =P Sorry Amie =) I have been trying to think of where I saw the best deals on the little jars and dippers but they aren't very spendy and they look old fashioned and pretty on the table too =)
Annika Farmgirl & sister #13
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
    
3470 Posts
Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
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Posted - Mar 03 2010 : 2:00:54 PM
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Amie...I have to laugh at your comment. DH is down there doing laundry as we speak....and I didn't even have to chain him to the machine. Marrying a man that was a bachelor until he was 51 has it's advantages. He's WELL house-trained!! Horray for me!!! lolol
Sister-chick# 905(Oct.7th2009) Judy Hugs&Squeezles! I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman- |
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
    
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
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Posted - Mar 06 2010 : 11:14:11 PM
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We just use a canning jar and it works well for us! Hugs, Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
    
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CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
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Posted - Apr 02 2010 : 08:09:32 AM
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Well . . . my "honey" doesn't even know how to run the washing machine, so I won't be chaining him to it. He is terrified of the vacuum . . but he is an EXCELLENT cook. So, I think I'll keep my honey in the kitchen.
Along with the other honey . . . we get it from our local bee man by the quart. He uses canning jars and that is what we keep it in.
THANKS for the chuckles girls . . . along with the "sweet". CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665
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tweedlebee
Farmgirl in Training
 
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Samantha
Spokane Valley
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USA
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
    
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Apr 05 2010 : 05:56:06 AM
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| Oh, that honeypot is so sweet (no pun intended). I may just have to buy one of those. Thanks for the link! |
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Twinsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
  
116 Posts
Debbie
Wyoming
USA
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Posted - Apr 11 2010 : 07:34:20 AM
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We get ours from the local "bee man". It is in a gallon bucket, I put some in a mason jar and from there I put it in the creamer of our tea set. I can warm it easily in the microwave and it is easy for our kids to pour.
I do like the idea of a honey pot though!
Twinsmom
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melody
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Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
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classygram
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Brenda
Pleasant Hill
Mo.
USA
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Posted - Apr 11 2010 : 09:02:40 AM
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I keep my huney in nothing special just keep it where its handy when I want it. Now for my big huney, I just keep him in a cage to keep him tamed.
Brenda
"What lies behind us, and what lies before us are small matter compared to what lies within us." Ralph Waldo Emerson
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
    
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USA
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AmethystRose
True Blue Farmgirl
   
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Rosemary
Huntingdon
PA
USA
254 Posts |
Posted - Jan 14 2011 : 2:34:51 PM
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| I don't use honey, but my honey does. We found a glass dispenser at Goodwill which he likes very much, and he is very persnickety. It looks like a maple syrup pourer, but the honey dribbles out in a stream from the bottom. It's very neat. |
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
    
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Laurie
Montrose
CO
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Posted - Jan 15 2011 : 08:02:21 AM
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I use a little honey pot. I tried one of the honey sticks for a while and got frustrated with it as it dribbled all the time on me. I use a spoon, but having the smaller container is great. I just add more as I need it.
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Tammyb
True Blue Farmgirl
    
511 Posts
Tammy
Bluffton
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Jan 15 2011 : 1:42:14 PM
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I use a regular mason jar and a tea spoon ( the kind you use to stir a glass of ice tea with ). I usually have 3 quart jars full on the pantry self and one in the kitchen cupboard. Tammyb
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