A Handmade Honey Pot

by Marisa McClellan, Posted Jan 30th 2009 @ 9:03AM

A couple of weeks ago, I found myself deeply exasperated by my honey storage situation. I typically buy my honey from these folks at Reading Terminal Market, and just store it in the jar it came in. The problem is that over time, the jar's threads get sticky with honey, making it a monumental struggle to get the lid off and on each time I want a spoonful for tea or a dab for toast.

The other night I plum fed up with the honey jar (and that's saying a lot, as I LOVE jars). I pointed my browser at Etsy and searched for honey pots (feeling very much like Winnie the Pooh). I found a number of fun, quirky and lovely options, settling on the pot you see above (the red nob spoke to me). It was made by a potter named Barbara Dunshee who's based in Seattle. She has a number of other whimsical honey pots, sugar bowls and serving pieces, if you're in the market for such things.

The honey pot arrived yesterday and it's absolutely fantastic. It holds about eight ounces of honey and makes adding a few drops to my tea a simple proposition.

How do you store your honey?

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Tags: barbara dunshee, BarbaraDunshee, etsy, honey pot, HoneyPot, stores-and-shopping, winnie the pooh, WinnieThePooh

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1-30-2009 @10:59AM geg said... This may seem a little anal-retentive but when it comes to any jars that house sticky stuff (molasses, honey, jam, etc) I refuse to screw it closed until I can run the lid under a hot water tap, and then I wet my hand and run it over the threads on the jar's mouth until it's squeaky clean.

There is nothing I hate more than fighting with sticky jar threads.
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1-30-2009 @11:00AM Marisa McClellan said... Geg, I don't think it's anal-retentive at all. Frustration with sticky jar threads is what made me buy the honey pot to begin with.
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1-30-2009 @12:04PM Wendy said... I wish I could store my honey in such a nice pot, but I have found ants in my (tightly screwed on lids—I don't get that!) past honey jars. I always say that I'd prefer ants over roaches, but I'd prefer neither, so I can have lovely containers (instead of hermetically sealed ones) to store my sugar and my honey.
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1-30-2009 @11:46AM Marisa McClellan said... Wendy, living on the 20th floor of a high rise means that I sometimes forget about things like ants, but that's a valid concern. I've definitely lived in places where keeping honey in an unsealed container would be asking for trouble.
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1-30-2009 @4:23PM Adam Fields said... I buy local honey and transfer it a little at a time to a small plastic squeeze bottle with a top. It's not pretty, but it's pretty completely mess free, and makes it really easy to measure out small amounts for cooking.
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