/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Assuming this isn't a troll and you're just retarded run the metal lid under hot water. The heat will cause the metal to expand. Grab a dry towel and wrap it around the warm lid, twist. It will come off. Even if you're a weak, little bitch.

>>8017938
this

>>8017933
Buy a gizmo that cracks the vacuum seal better than a spoon, called JarPop.
Never struggle again...

>>8017938

>implying I can afford a water heater

>>8017944

I just use the claw on a hammer I have. Works all the time.

>>8017944
>>8017938
I've always used a butter knife
it's the only thing I use them for

>>8017933
It is 5am I should not be laughing this hard. I hope you are a troll if not this is the most ass backwards thing I have read tonight and I grade ESOL papers.

>>8017933
You must not be the only one OP.
>I once tried to open a pickle jar by placing it in a bag, then smashing it with a hammer. Only then did I realize that there is no way to separate the glass shards from the pickles.
I think you meant to say you tapped on the rim? But, yea, it can cause glass chipping to enter the food. I recall being warned by my Mom about the damage glass in food can cause to your insides, so I never tapped jelly jars on the counter or floor ever again. In the case of sugary foods like jelly, it does help to warm the lid under a hot tap to soften sugary food near the seal, not to mention it can equalize pressure some, if you do it long enough.
>Then I accidentally opened the bag in the sink to drain the pickles away, only to get the drain clogged full of glass. Had to replace the entire p-trap.
People while doing washing up, tip over or drop slippery glasses in their sink which then break. It's happened before.

If you are weak at opening jars, buy a device. But brute force doesn't mean you should ever resort to a method that might introduce glass into your food. When and if it happens in the food industry they have to do a recall.

>>8018003

>have awesome giant 750ml jar of delicious home made zucchini relish my grandma gave me
>can't get the fucking thing open it feels like it's super glued shut
>hot water trick doesn't work
>end up rapping on it with a heavy knife after my red sore hands tell me to
>it opens
>notice a small inch of the rim of the jar is chipped and shattered
>end up tossing entire jar because paranoid of glass

it was the worst day ever

>>8017933
Kek

>>8017933

I shit my pants literally a foot away from my toilet and had to take a shower with my clothes on as well as mop my floor, but I can take pride knowing that I'm still not as fucking retarded as you, my handicapped compatriot.

>>8017933
Smashes glass in a bag with a hammer bag survives
There's some holes in your story
I'll give this bait a mediocre

if all fails just stab the lid with a knife to let some air in
and if that fails too for some reason, expand the hole and cut out the middle of the lid

you shud get you a REAL MAN to open ur jars for u, dr octo wussy pickel baby :D

jesus fuck yall all you gotta do is slide the tip of something narrow (butter knife is a good choice) under the lip of the lid and pry, that pops the seal and the jar will be easy to open

Get fucking Hillary to do it man

>>8019445
Yeah, they just suddenly pop open when she touches them and people usually forget about emails you deleted or something.

>>8017933
...hillary clinton?

>>8019445

FUCK YOU BEATING ME TO THE HILLARY JOKE FUCK YOU COCKSMITH

>in a world where Olympian strength is tested by a jar of pickles

>>8017938

>>8017933
Educate yourself /ck/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_expansion

>>8017944
>unitasker meme