/int/ - International

The other day my sister saw me struggling with a jar and demanded that I let her try and as soon as she tried it came off...

Never happened to me. I always get them open.

Bernd and Bernd's mum always asked Bernd's sister to open stuck jars. Bernd's sister is a gym goer and obsessed with lifting and training and has more muscles than Bernd who is slightly obesse.

Get a noife and whack it a few times on the rim of the lid with the blunt backside. The dents let air in and eliminate the vacuum working against your effort to do benis in baginer.

I can pretty much always open them. Usually just with muscles, if not I escalate: bounce the rim of the lid on something hard, run hot water over the lid, and as the last measure, jam a knife under the rim of the lid from below. The last one feels a bit like admitting defeat tbh because it might damage the air-tightness of the container. But it usually doesn't. Much better to gently pry around the whole circumference than to stick it in one place and actually bend it.

>>22205 That's cheating tho and you then create a route for the air to get in spoiling the food

>>22216 Look at Mister Grandma here, collecting emptied jars to fill them with homemade jam or bolognese again. Pls send some :3

>>22220 Not having a collection of fancy jars for reuse would be very unslavic

>>22230 Do you use them for kwas?

>>22205 Better: squeeze a lever (like a fork or spoon) between the lid and the glas, and lift it very gently. This way you can exchange air without permanent damage. It makes a tiny *chuck* sound.

>>22243 Huh, clever. I'd concur that the sound would probably more like a *sip* tho, quintessential to know it right to not fuck up.

>>22245 Yeah the sound depends on the lid and the pressure. But chuck was probably too hard. More like fump when it's a big one.

That’s just every day of my life.

>>22249 >More like fump when it's a big one. Hmmm... Bernd hun, keep talking like that.

>>22230 The jars can be reused often, but the lids have to be replaced after a couple of uses. I really like the small pesto jars. They are about as big as baby food jars, but the lids are of higher quality.

>>22270 I recently found a liking in those glass cans that instant covfefe comes in. Essentially a large drinking glass with a lid that contains most of any spill for a short duration if it should tip, perfect for any Lauer & Power settis.

>>22243 >Huh, clever. seriously? this solution is like on the surface. I've been doing this since like 12 yo.

also in my universe a simple piece of fabric helps 99% of the time

>>22265 Okay Bernd will insert random noises in his posts on /int/ when you dont expect them. >>22290 >I've been doing this since like 12 yo. That's great! >>22302 >a simple piece of fabric helps 99% of the time Yeah it usually does. But when not, then liftig the lid is better than destroying it.

thats why i always walk around with an elastic band, no bottle will remain unopened

This. >>22243 Also nice hiss. I use a table knife tho.