This is for those of you who make your own syrup. Over the years I've stored my syrup in bowls and find that it's always very messy to heat and the bowls get warped from the microwave plus when you reheat syrup in a bowl you have to have a spoon or small ladle to serve it. A few years ago I tried using a Rubbermaid water bottle so we could just pour it onto whatever and hopefully avoid some of the mess. That was fine until after about 3 uses the bottom of the water bottle warped and was no longer flat and we were back to bowls. Last year it occurred to me that there was a better answer - the Nalgene bottle! Nalgene bottles are made to withstand high heat and they can be boiled and dishwashered with no worries. They don't get warped and they can handle the heat of hot, hot syrup.
I bought this lovely 32oz Nalgene at Target and have been so happy with it! It fits a double batch of syrup perfectly.
(Excuse the bad picture.)
It works like a wonder. The J heats syrup up nearly every day and it has held up through it all. Just unscrew the cap and pop in the microwave to warm. The lid can get a little sticky if too much syrup dries on it but that's easy enough to remedy, just do a quick wipe with a wet washcloth before you close it up again. The only thing you really need to check is the height of your microwave. This bottle barely fits in our but it does fit. If you have a smaller microwave just get a smaller Nalgene.
Nalgene - what a wonder! :)
That is a good idea - I hate cleaning up the sticky mess after trying to spoon/pour leftover syrup from a regular container.
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