This isn't all that brilliant...
On Tuesdays and Thursdays I post a picture and just a few words.
...but it's been great for keeping my cabinets free of honey stickiness.
You know how honey jars just always end up being a little bit sticky?
And how said jars always make your cabinet bottom vaguely sticky, especially if you turn them upside down to get the last little bit out?
I've discovered that putting the honey jar in a cream cheese container takes care of that handily. Of course, you could use something more beautiful, like a glass bowl, but I like to keep my glass bowls available for regular food storage, and the cream cheese container is narrow (so it doesn't take up lots of space) and it's also tall enough to keep the jar upright when I turn it upside down.
Ha… Sometimes the littlest things are so hard to figure out. I take organic local honey every day for allergies… (and have to give a little bit to my doggie) and I HATE opening up that jar with the sticky lid… and seeing the ring it leaves on the pantry shelf. Thanks for the little hint. (-:
Great tip!
I do something similar with my 1 gallon jugs of oil and molasses. The oil I keep in a pie tin, with some sheets of paper under it, to absorb excess oil. And the molasses I keep in a pie tin, with a sheet of waxed paper under it. The waxed paper sticks to the bottom of the jug when I pour molasses, and the tin keeps the shelf neat.
I think it is! Good for oil bottles too.
yes! Great Idea! Worth pinning! 😉
My roommate does something similar with a cupcake wrapper.
We've always used the lids from disposable containers, which are less conspicuous, but I think the cottage cheese container might be better for messy little hands, who can make a bottle really drippy.
Strangely enough, I've never had this issue. I wonder why? I would say brand but it seems across the board people have this issue. Except me. LOL It probably also helps that I try to wipe them down and rinse in warm water. I've even taken the lids off and soaked them in a bit of warm water for a bit to de-gunk. But I do that with a lot of things.
Our honey container is just on a plate on the counter. We use it enough we don't bother putting it away. I will have to remember this for if we ever decide to unclutter our counters 🙂
Sometimes it's the little things that are so annoying and we never get around to finding a solution to them, and this is a great solution - effective, fast, frugal.
When I buy honey, as soon as I get home, I transfer it in to a Ball canning jar. Makes it so much easier to warm up in the micro when it starts to crystallize a bit. And if the lid starts getting a bit sticky, I just run it through the dishwasher 🙂
I do something similar with the molasses. I have a square plastic rubbermaid dish that's just the right size to fit the gallon jug in. It took me years to learn this. No more cereal boxes stuck to the shelf--yay!
It is TOO a brilliant post! Even with wiping down the honey bottle, it somehow manages to be sticky still. Thanks!
Gees, mine was doing that just last night...all sticky on the bottom! I could do this nifty trick. Thanks!
Thanks for a great tip! Going to use it for cough syrup that is forever a sticky mess in my cabinets. 🙂
Speaking of honey, when Walgreen has a coupon in their sale flyer, it is cheaper per ounce than Aldi. The perfect scenario is when you are there to pick up a prescription anyway. Love reading your blog!
any way to get rid of those black diamond-shaped boxes with the question marks in them? they're really distracting and don't seem to add anything to the formatting.
--sorry to leave a comment that is all nag! I love reading your blog!
I'm sorry about those...we've been having formatting issues since we moved servers, and the team keeps fixing them, but then they keep popping up again. They just appeared all over the place again last night, and I put in a request for help. Hang in there...it'll be fixed eventually, promise!
Ugh, I *HATE* the eternal stickiness of the honey jar. Great idea!
Yes, it is brilliant. And, I too hope to organize my spaces as you have done in the bathroom. What I realize is that I need to start small just like you did--one cabinet at a time. Thanks