What is the purpose of a 4" honey plate?!
What is the purpose of a 4" honey plate?
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9 months ago
The plate in question is from a china pattern created around 1900. It is very small, just 4 inches across. It is not large enough to hold a pot of honey and apple slices.
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9 months ago
The plate in question is from a china pattern created around 1900. It is very small, just 4 inches across. It is not large enough to hold a pot of honey and apple slices.
Diana D is spot on. The 'apple and honey plate' is used for serving a sweet treat. Put honey in the dish and apple slices around. Dip the apple slices in the honey syrup, very sweet. It's traditionally used as part of Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur.
Of course you could just put a small bowl on a plate... But the ornate display is part of the tradition.
(in response to your further info - are you *sure* it's actually a honey plate?? It might just be a plate. Or it might be the dish for the honey to go in? You could check your local antique dealer and see what they think the plate's purpose is.)
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http://www.judaism.com/search.asp?nt=aoa...
i'm really not sure. but accourding to my gourmet magazines honey is the new rage. i pesonally love honey on good sharp italian cheese, like pecarino romano. it might be a fun way to sample four different kinds of honey.
Perhaps it has to do with Judiasm as they speak of it to use when serving honey with apples - a traditional holiday sweet treat.
With the high holidays coming they are probably advertising "honey plates: whereas other times you don't hear about them. To be truthful, this is the first I have heard of them.
A honey plate that small, froma pattern that old, was designed to "catch flies." A small amount of honey was placed on the plate, then set on the sideboard, or a table, a fair distance from diners. This way the flies were busy eating honey and not bothering diners. This plate was in the days before air conditioning, and open windows (and flies) were common.
YOU PUT THE HONEY DIRECTLY ON THE PLATE------USE A KNIFE TO SCOOP UP A BIT TOO PUT ON YOUR SCONE
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The small honey plate is"filled" with honey then placed in the center of a larger plate and the apple slices are arranged with the ends of the slices touching the edge of the smaller honey plate and encircling it. Depending on the size of the larger plate, you can have a second circle of apple slices. Use different kinds of apples to create a colorful display.
It is only for honey, honey. A nice sticky pool of it. Unless there was a pot that came with it. Apple slices would have been served separately.