Jars for honey

Someone will think - there would be honey, but there will always be a jar. And it will be wrong. Because honey is such a valuable and expensive product that the container for its transportation, storage and use must correspond to its purpose. Without knowledge of these subtleties, you can lose the lion's share of its useful qualities. Moreover, you can generally make it unusable. Therefore, the issue of containers for storing honey is not far-fetched, but urgent and very important.

What honey was stored in before

The honey that was once eaten differed from the modern product in that now on the table is a pure pumped out product. Previously, it was not pumped, but squeezed out of the honeycomb. This means that it contained bee bread, propolis, and podmore - a dead bee. That is, it was a kind of composite of bee products, incredibly healing and tasty. We kept this miracle of nature in wooden barrels. And they had their own secrets:

• You cannot make a keg from coniferous wood, because coniferous wood contains odorous resins. This resin will definitely be drawn out by honey, changing its composition, smell and taste, which is undesirable.
• You can not make barrels for honey and oak, because oak contains tannins, which will also affect the quality and taste of the product.
• Poplar and alder were considered the best tree species for honey barrels from ancient times.
• But the king of all containers for honey products is birch bark barrels and tuesa. It is birch bark, which is birch bark, that does not enter into any reactions with the product, and therefore is considered the best container for storing honey products.

Beautiful honey jars

Everything new is well-forgotten old, perhaps that is why wooden dishes for storing bee products are so popular today.

How to properly store honey

Today people are concerned not only with the transportation and storage of the bee product, but also with its beautiful presentation on the table as an exquisite delicacy. Therefore, many housewives are wondering how to properly serve this product to the table, how to store it, if they are lucky enough to purchase natural honey in large quantities. Let's start with how you can't store and serve it:

• Do not put honey in tin and aluminum containers. Honey is a biologically active product and easily reacts with metal, be it copper, aluminum or tin. It is believed that stainless steel does not react with honey, but containers made from it are expensive, therefore it is unprofitable to use them as containers.
• Plastic cans are only good for transportation - they won't break. You should not store a bee product in them, because plastic is rarely neutral and does not react with biologically active fillers.
• Honey in large or small quantities should not remain open, therefore glass containers for honey products without a lid are not suitable for storing and serving it.

Therefore, if a large volume of bee product was purchased in a wooden barrel, then it is difficult to come up with a better container for storage. In all other cases, it is worth transferring it to a glass, well-washed and dry container, which is equipped with a tightly lapped lid. Store it in a dark, dry place.

Glass jars for honey

Modern jars

It is possible to serve honey for tea appetizingly thanks to the whole industry, which is working on the production of beautiful glass jars for a product of various configurations and equipped with related accessories. In addition, there are many craftsmen who revived the folk craft and made wooden barrels for honey of various volumes - from 250 ml to 5-10 liters.

They manage to decorate all this with woodcarving, old ornament. Not barrels, but works of art. True, they cost the same. Jars for honey are made from birch bark not only beautifully, but also useful. In addition, wooden spoons are made complete with a barrel, which give the tea-drinking ceremony a certain Russian flavor. So, what to prefer:

• Glass container for honey in the form of a barrel made of dark glass, with glass lids, hermetically tightening special metal clamps. This is a very convenient container for storage, and it is also quite suitable for serving. You can buy it along with honey in specialized stores. And you can buy there without honey. The price is reasonable.
• A honey jar with a ceramic spoon is very good for both storage and serving. Ceramic dishes, like glass, are absolutely neutral, therefore long-term storage of honey in such dishes is not only permissible, but also desirable. True, for storage it is better to seal the container with waxed paper over the ceramic lid, tightly tying it with string. This will prevent the honey from absorbing odors.
• Gift option - honey products in a carved wooden barrel will delight every housewife. Even when the donated honey is eaten, such a presentable barrel will not be empty, there will always be a desire to fill it with fragrant honey.

How to decorate a jar beautifully

Giving honey is always appropriate, be it a wedding, birthday, anniversary or a themed party with friends. Depending on the theme of the celebration, the honey jar can be decorated in different ways:

• It is customary to give honey to newlyweds on the eve of the honeymoon, which they have to go through immediately after the wedding. To do this, you can purchase special colored paper, adhesive on one side, for children's creativity. Cut out two red hearts from it, on which the names of the newlyweds should be written. You can draw, if you have the ability, cherubs, cut and stick on a jar next to the hearts. It would be nice to tie lace paper over the lid, reminiscent of the hem of a bride's dress, and tie it with a white satin ribbon. Put a tag on the ribbon with wishes of happiness on your own behalf.
• The hero of the day will surely like honey in a glass container to which a special wooden honey spoon in the form of a spindle is attached. And a sticker with a wish for a sweet life.
• For your birthday, you can give honey in a wooden barrel, on which you can paint bees with acrylic paint with wishes of health and success.
• Depending on the theme of the party that your friends have started, you need to arrange a jar of honey. You can make a carnival "skirt" over the lid, and glue a carnival mask with sparkles to the jar itself, or paint two crossed daggers with acrylic paint and write a pirate cry like "Yo-ho-ho! And a bottle of honey! "

Storage of honey products

In a word, a little imagination and improvised materials, and a gift from a banal jar of honey will turn into a real surprise.

Is it possible to spin honey in jars

Storage of honey products at home is one of the burning topics, especially for those who have acquired a large volume of this wonderful product on the occasion. The question is often asked whether it is necessary to sterilize glass containers before pouring honey into them, and whether it is necessary to twist these jars, as when preserving pickles. So, first things first:

• It is necessary to store honey at a positive temperature of 5 to 20 ° C. The main thing is that the humidity is low, there are no strong smelling products nearby, the honey is well sealed and protected from sunlight.
• Glass jars, clean and dry, are fine for storage. There is no need to sterilize them, honey itself is a natural preservative. In times when there were no refrigerators, the meat was coated with honey, and it kept well for several days.
• You can seal jars with ordinary plastic lids, but so that plastic does not come into contact with honey. Better yet, inside the lid, along the bottom, put a circle of waxed paper.
• There is no need to twist the honey, but if you twist it, it will not lose anything from this, but it will not win either.
• Storing honey products in wooden barrels is the most environmentally friendly way. But for long-term storage, the barrel is coated with wax so that there is no access of air through the pores of the wood.

It should be remembered that honey must crystallize, and if a white bloom appears on the inside of the container, this means that excellent mature honey was purchased.