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!!”
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
Their username checks out
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
Use a large spoon instead, won’t bend.