HOW TO OPEN A TIGHT JAR
A little fun fact about me is I have the superpower of opening tight jars.
I know it is an unrepresented category in terms of skill sets. But when faced with a jar that has a family member on the verge of hitting the lid on the patio, I step in to open the glass jar.
We do not get to choose our superpower. It chooses us.
But occasionally, I am faced with a jar that refuses to budge. And that is how I landed on this tip for tight jars.
On a whim, I tried this kitchen pantry staple and boom!
The glass bottle released its grip on the lid.
You ready?
Cooking spray is the unexpected solution to a tight jar.
I have the 3-pack of Costco cooking spray (my mom’s tip).
Over the weekend, I had a glass jar lid that would not budge.
With a time-sensitive recipe, I needed a quick fix that did not end up on the edge of our patio step.
Except this was a glass hummingbird feeder.
The sugar and water hummingbird cocktail (plus four seasons of Colorado weather) created a locked jar.
I had 16 ounces of hummingbird nectar for my feeder, but this glass and metal feeder would not budge from the base. It was stuck like bubble gum in a ponytail!
And then I grabbed the cooking spray. I placed the feeder on the kitchen counter and sprayed around the sugar-coated base.
My Plan B was to run it through the dishwasher, like these items, but I didn’t want to wait for an entire dishwasher cycle to complete.
I didn’t even leave the spray on for thirty seconds before my curiosity got he best of my Virgo self. I grabbed the top and bottom of the feeder and rotated the base.
And the glass bottle detached from the lid on the first try!
And then I decided that if it worked on a glass hummingbird feeder, this tip would work for salsa and Gherkin jars.
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