{"id":183,"date":"2023-11-05T18:33:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T18:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chmy.uk\/?p=183"},"modified":"2023-11-05T18:35:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T18:35:32","slug":"til-the-easy-way-to-open-a-sealed-glass-jar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chmy.uk\/index.php\/2023\/11\/05\/til-the-easy-way-to-open-a-sealed-glass-jar\/","title":{"rendered":"TIL The easy way to open a sealed glass jar."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One thing I learnt recently was how to open a glass jar, the easy way. Pressure is created when the jar is filled and cools down. This pressure tightens the lid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I get older, my grip is not what it used to be. I regularly open a product that comes in large lid jars. I&#8217;ve found opening them difficult. I&#8217;ve tried a turning strap, but it can be awkward, even if successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I sometimes can open them by hitting the bottom of the jar. I also learned you should invert the jar first, and wait 10 seconds before hitting it. For the product I buy, this is successful 1 out of 10 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The way I have found still requires some force. It doesn&#8217;t require a twisting motion but a squeeze. The idea is to squeeze the edges of the lid with your palm heels. If you are successful, you will hear a quiet pop as it is released into the jar. This is the same as poking a hole in the lid or lifting it gently with a can opener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My success rate with this squeezing technique is 100% so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I learnt this from Jordan Howlett in on one of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RK8SMr4KHlM\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RK8SMr4KHlM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube Shorts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One thing I learnt recently was how to open a glass jar, the easy way. Pressure is created when the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mildly-interesting"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chmy.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chmy.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chmy.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chmy.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chmy.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chmy.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186,"href":"https:\/\/chmy.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions\/186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chmy.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chmy.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chmy.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}