How not to open a stuck jar.

All I wanted was some spaghetti sauce. I have a jar of spaghetti sauce. So I'm trying to open this glass jar with a metal lid on it. It's stuck. I try a rubber glove, and it's still stuck. I have a jar of spaghetti sauce with a stuck lid. I run the lid under hot water. Now I have a wet jar of spaghetti sauce with a stuck lid. I tried poking a hole in the lid to let air in. Now I have a wet jar of spaghetti sauce with a hole in the stuck lid. I tried tapping the edge of the lid on the counter. Now I have a wet jar of spaghetti sauce with a hole and a dent in the lid, which is, of course, still stuck. I also have tiny splats of spaghetti sauce on the counter.

Any ideas?

on edit: Got it! Using a bottle opener to pull out the edges of the lid carefully from the glass got the thing open. Now I have an wet jar of spaghetti sauce with a hole and a dent in a badly mangled lid, that is no longer stuck. Soon I'll have dinner.

I think the jar got scared of the Lounge.

Very large bit.

:hi:

Good luck!

you will hear the seal pop and it should open fairly easy.

two good whacks (across from each other) usually do the trick (I'd do it BEFORE I poked a hole in the lid)

My method dents the lid, but not enough so that it can't be closed again.

Although sometimes it gets a number of whacks all the way around - rather than just the two opposing ones.

*mission accomplished*

Run like hell.

And if anybody knows what movie that's a reference to, I'll give you a cyberbrew.

(Mr . roberts)

Just for you...

just like Benny Hill

a Duff man!

Now what's all this about no movie?!"

Got in too late to name the movie, but I figured I could at least respond with another line.

or "Now what's all this crap about no movie?!"
I've heard "crud", but I could swear I first heard "crap".

Have a cyberbrew anyway! :beer:

Maybe my memory's faulty (distinct possibility) but I remember the line as "What's this about no movie?"

:toast:

and found numerous references to "what's all this crap about no movie?".

I'm thinking it was in the play, and possibly in the movie at first, but was censored. It's so odd the way they determine what's obscene!

The other night I was watching some movie or other on TBS, and "bitch" was left alone, even though it was not in reference to a dog. "Dick" was left in there, though it was clearly referring to male anatomy. Yet "God damn" was stricken for its offensiveness. :shrug:

if that would even be noticed.

Mr Roberts is one of my favorite movies...
:beer:

I laughed out loud for like a minute !

Have another !

:beer:

For 15 years I've been unsticking lids this way. Every time I hold my breath because I think maybe the jar will break, but it never does. Always works like a charm.

Very funny scenario, though, UncleSepp. I've experienced variations on that theme.

But instead, I just bang it on the kitchen floor. Works every time.

Always keep a pair in the kitchen. :7

24" pair with a persuader will open ANYTHING

and just bang the top straight down on the counter. Not hard, just a slight bang. Works every time for me.

Please. Stop teasing me.

That's when you know you did it... left.

Best $10 I ever spent.

Hey, it worked with a wine bottle in the version of the Three Musketeers that I saw when I was a kid:shrug:

Actually i was going to say RDX, but same sentiment.
The Professor

Here's what you did try.

• rubber glove (you shoved it where?)
  
• hot water
  
• poking a hole
  
• tapping edges of the lid
  
• bottle opener
  

Apparently you never did actually turn the lid.

sort of hard to describe, and I can't post pictures yet ... It has a handle that causes a gear to move "grabbers" on both sides out or in. The grabbers have sharp ends. Sinks right into the lid, grips it firmly, and viola!... open jar ...

Using a bottle opener, or even the tine of a strong fork, pull the bottom edge of the lid away from the jar. You will hear air rush in, the lid often pops up, and it will unscrew very easily after that. No lid dents, either.

kitchen counter, or better yet, the floor. That always works for me. The impact of the jar hitting something solid releases any air.

Some how I thought this story would end with you getting stitches.

Turn the jar over, give it a sharp rap with the heel of your hand on the bottom. This breaks the seal. Turn it upright. Lid should come off with just a little resistance.