sprinklefingers

oh my sweet, sweet lord. is there anything better than a giant jar of farmer’s market honey?

wait. don’t answer that. i know there is. there are actually plenty of things better. but, for some reason, this year is the year of honey for me. my weekly (sometimes tri-weekly) trip to the farmer’s market always involves tasting at least two types of honey - which then invariably leads to me lugging a quart or so of the sweet nectar back to my car.

it all sounds so cool & local doesn’t it? me buying honey made by local bees, sold by local beekeepers at the local farmer’s market. oooh! how so very now!

until you fast forward to my house and see that i’ve had to clear out a cupboard to store the giant jars of honey i continually buy. it’s kind of disturbing. i mean, i think i have just over 2 gallons of honey in my kitchen as i type this. that’s insane. do you know how long it’s going to take this family to use that much honey?

i spent about 20 minutes of this weekend figuring out what i could do with our surplus. and two ideas came to mind. [which means if i spend even longer thinking/researching what to do with the honey, i’ll come up with more ideas…right?]

first, back in the olden days, didn’t people preserve nuts & fruit in honey? well, that’s what i plan to investigate (future post coming soon!)

next, what if i taught myself to make yogurt and used honey to sweeten it?

done! i’ve used up one whole jar simply by thinking of what to do with all that honey! only like 8 more to go!

now i just have to teach myself how to make yogurt. if you’ll excuse me, i have some bacteria to investigate.