Ok, I love adding honey to things, but scraping two spoons off is a pain in the neck. Is there any "easy" way to dispense honey?
Lisa
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Ok, I love adding honey to things, but scraping two spoons off is a pain in the neck. Is there any "easy" way to dispense honey?
Lisa
Coat the spoon with oil first (no need to glop it on, just dip it and shake it off really well) before measuring out the honey and none of it will stick to the spoon.
Sarah
Urm..We often purchase honey packaged in squeezy type bottles/containers.
The other option is & i'll try to explain this one...My fave cafe has these twisty stick type things that you wrap the honey round & it pours nicely onto toast etc...
Does this make any sense..?? It's late fri night :o
One spoon and one finger?
I dunno, I've either used squeeze bottles or used tubs and scooped with one spoon that I scraped off with my finger. (then licked off the honey)
If I'm putting honey on hot cereal I get a big glob on the spoon I plan to eat with and pop the entire shebang into the cereal bowl. The hot cereal melts it free of the spoon.
If you have a honey pot you can use a honey dipper, but I've never bothered so I don't know how well they work. They seem popular.
You could also use straight honeycomb. That's fairly neat and you can cut it with a knife. My favorite way to eat honey, but hard to find sometimes.
I always buy the bottle that looks like a little bear just because he's so cute:o
I like Knot's suggestion. :)
If you want to get all fancy and are in need of yet another kitchen trinket thing, you can always try using this.
I have one of those. The hole is rather small, so they only work if your house is pretty warm (like maybe over 72F) and the honey is flowing well. Ours worked well in the hot summer before we got air conditioning. After that, it was never really warm enough in the house, and it never worked in the winter for us either, cause the temp stayed between 60-68F.Quote:
Originally Posted by sundial
I use two pound squeeze plastic bottles, and I reuse them over and over. I eat 3 heaping tablespoons of honey every day. Plus, I like comb honey too!
Not to derail...but how do you eat comb honey?? They sell it at the local farmers market and I'd like to give it a try.
do you eat the wax, too? I got it once, and while nice, I just never knew what to do with the wax - eat it or spit it out?
My problem exactly. I think the bees just laugh at me.Quote:
Originally Posted by badger
Yup, eat it all. It's especially good on hot things, like toast, then the wax melts... mmmm!
But you don't 'have' to eat the wax. I don't, I spit the wax out, but only after chewing all the yummy honey out of it like chewing gum. Somehow it seems even more rare and wonderful when you are chewing it right out of the honeycomb cells where the bees so carefully stored it. :p
I can see how it'd be cool to let the wax melt on toast, but my toast never seems hot enough. :( I've heard of people putting the chucks on hot oatmeal or hot mixed grain cereal, too.
We don't eat the wax - it gets saved for other more beneficial uses! But, yes, you can totally eat it if you want.
And I second the squeeze bottle. We bought a couple of honey bears to give our honey as gifts last year and kept one for ourselves. That's the honey we use. The rest of it is stored in glass jars and the honey bear just gets filled as necessary.
We tried going with the wooden honey server thingy and it really made a mess. I figure it was our lack of skills, but quickly learned that you don't need skills to fill a honey bear and squeeze it! :p
Yup, the main way I eat honey is with my yogurt. I just dip the clean spoon in and then use the honeyed spoon to eat the yogurt. It doesn't melt off, but it's fun to lick. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
I do the oil thing. Usually because I'm baking bread or something, 2 tablespoons oil and 2 tablespoons honey.
I buy 'the bear' too and then reuse the bottle for dish soap (for those of us who still do our own dishes vs. using the dishwasher). :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Zen
Yep. Amazon calls them "honey dippers" and they work great for small amounts.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycanuck