I feel like I need to start going out onto street corners and yelling at people who walk by “YOU CAN SQUEEZE A BUTTERKNIFE BETWEEN THE LID AND THE GLASS AND INSTANTLY BREAK THE PRESSURE SEAL! IT WILL OPEN AS IF IT HAD ALREADY BEEN OPENED. YOU DONT NEED A SPECIALISED TOOL OR A GYM MEMBERSHIP!!”
Warming the lid under hot tap water, and gripping it with a hand towel when opening so it isn’t slippery, will also open it much more easily without the risk of chipping glass or damaging lids for something that might need re-closing like pickles vs one-time use like pasta sauce.
Or you can buy a pair of “strap wrenches” used in automotive and plumbing work, for less than $20. I suggest these instead of other kitchen aid devices because many of the made-for-kitchen ones are shit. My elderly MIL uses these all the time.
Oh no that might imperceptibly alter the shape of the butterknife AND the lid and then we’re in a real situation, such as which there’s not a fucking question
The lids might get damaged and might not seal properly when reused. That’s why I always mark the ones which were pried open by stabbing the top of the lid. This way you can not mistake a potentially damaged lid for a good one
I feel like I need to start going out onto street corners and yelling at people who walk by “YOU CAN SQUEEZE A BUTTERKNIFE BETWEEN THE LID AND THE GLASS AND INSTANTLY BREAK THE PRESSURE SEAL! IT WILL OPEN AS IF IT HAD ALREADY BEEN OPENED. YOU DONT NEED A SPECIALISED TOOL OR A GYM MEMBERSHIP!!”
Use a large spoon instead, won’t bend.
Warming the lid under hot tap water, and gripping it with a hand towel when opening so it isn’t slippery, will also open it much more easily without the risk of chipping glass or damaging lids for something that might need re-closing like pickles vs one-time use like pasta sauce.
Or you can buy a pair of “strap wrenches” used in automotive and plumbing work, for less than $20. I suggest these instead of other kitchen aid devices because many of the made-for-kitchen ones are shit. My elderly MIL uses these all the time.
Oh no that might imperceptibly alter the shape of the butterknife AND the lid and then we’re in a real situation, such as which there’s not a fucking question
The lids might get damaged and might not seal properly when reused. That’s why I always mark the ones which were pried open by stabbing the top of the lid. This way you can not mistake a potentially damaged lid for a good one
I know a few who are preoccupied with lids.
Imma post this for good measure
You’re so right all my butterknives have been incapable of spreading butter for years now I shouldve known.
I have been secretly documenting butterknife crimes all this time! The last couple of minutes now since I began! But it’s fine.
Me currently checking my cutlery drawer to make sure you haven’t freed any of them from my enslavement