Stop in for a cup of coffee

So I have a technical question for the collective, always socially correct, never Neanderthal group. So we use home made canned jalapeño hickory BBQ sauce. Wide mouth canning jar, so I pour some on the plate, and naturally it drools on the threads a bit. Now I have been married a long time and she broke me of simply licking the threads after pouring many moons ago to keep from getting a sticky lid. So I improvised this morning and wiped it clean with my piece of chicken. I am thinking I was being both efficient and using proper etiquette. Turns out not so much! What say ye oh wise ones? Bonehead stunt for a married guy? Ruthlessly efficient? Or simply lick threads and move on? Or some other method all together?