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A review and a question.
By Kristen | July 26, 2007
I’ve never really liked honey.
I’ve always felt it was okay for certain situations — in tea when you’re sick, mostly. So, when I ran out recently, I wasn’t in any great rush to buy more, seeing as I’m not due to get a cold for another couple months at least.
Still, when I saw honey at my neighborhood Greenmarket, I figured, oh, what the hell; it’s only $2.50, and bought this:
In short, I love it. I don’t know what it is — maybe because it’s buckwheat instead of clover honey? — but the taste is different enough that I’m eating it on whatever I can think of.
Also, I love that it’s packed by Paul and Barb.
Good ol’ Paul and Barb, with their bees, just hanging out, putting honey into jars.
Anyway.
Now the question part: I need a better way of dispensing this honey. I like these bottom dispensing ones, but the Amazon reviews for it are less than stellar. I admit I am intrigued by this bee-shaped one, although it looks like it would make a tremendous mess.
Suggestions?
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July 26th, 2007 at 11:56 am
I had that bottom dispensing one; I ended up sending it back to King Arthur Flour (whose customer service person seemed quite pertubed at me for complaining) because it was a piece of crap that leaked all over the place.
July 26th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Kristen—I really need to not try this honey. Like you, I’ve never liked the stuff, and I hate having cherished, long-held notions destroyed. What would be next, me liking beets?
July 26th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
I never liked honey until I bought some mango honey at the festival. It is so good! It is amazing how much of a difference the source makes.
And I love that bee dispenser!
July 26th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
I bought the bee shaped honey dispenser two years ago. However, I was told it was a fancy schmancy salt dispenser and I was waiting to shell out some cash for fancy French salt.
The only thing I can tell you about the dispenser is that the metal has tarnished quite a bit and there is enough space between the wings and body for bugs to visit.
(Am I making sense these days??)
July 27th, 2007 at 2:06 am
i have one of the bottom-dispensing ones and it’s no good for me. i think that it may work ok with super processed filtered commercial honey, but the really good stuff just clouds up in there and won’t come out.
July 27th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
With all that everyone’s saying here, I think the original jar is probably an excellent dispenser. Just get one of those wooden honey dippers. The following link isn’t an endorsement—don’t want to ruin my amateur status—just a way to show you the implement I mean.
http://www.localharvest.org/store/item.jsp?id=5239
July 27th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Maybe I’ll just buy a syrup dispenser, the kind you see maple syrup in at a diner.
Also, I dunno, Terry — those honey dippers look like they would make a hell of sticky mess.
July 27th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
I had one of those honey dippers as a kid. They work really well. Not great with the commercial stuff but the local stuff works really well with it. And if a 5 year old can use it with out to big a mess…
December 1st, 2007 at 8:48 am