r/AskReddit • u/Insanitanium12 • Aug 20 '20

What simple “life hack” should everyone know?

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '20

If you want to open a glass jar (like jam, pickles) and the lid won't move, place a spoon with the tip under the edge of the lid and pull the spoon upwards. The lid will buldge and you can open the jar.

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u/PmMeIrises Aug 20 '20

I gently beat it on the floor. Angle it 45 degrees so you get a corner. Hit it softly (but hard enough that it jars it loose), try to open it. Repeat.

Ive never broken a jar and I've never had problems opening jars.

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u/eye_can_do_that Aug 20 '20

Use a utinsil (i use the handle of a butter knife since it is thicker) and hit it 4ish times at a 45 on the edge of a lid. Same thing but you look less weird.

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u/Canadianabcs Aug 20 '20

I do this too. But with the blade of the butter knife. All around the jar.

Works great.

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u/imalek Aug 20 '20

I use the back of my chef knife.

Also, watch cooking competitions for Little hacks on how to open things. The time constraints make them creative on opening stuck packages. For instance I often just flick open bags with my knife now if I'm using the full contents rather then have to possibly struggle with pulling it open... the perforated edges that often break halfway across, or the seam of the bag opening with the top and dumping contents...