The Practical Reason Maple Syrup Bottles Have Those Tiny Handles - Chowhound

Pam Walker/Shutterstock This may fall in the category of too much idle time in the grocery aisles, but have you ever noticed that maple syrup jars have tiny little handles toward the top? Some claim these dollhouse-sized handles may be a holdover from when syrup and liquids were stored in larger earthenware vessels. The theory here is that the handles became smaller over time as maple syrup began to be sold in…