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How To Easily Open A Stuck Jar Lid Without Breaking Your Arm By Joe Hoeffner June 8, 2025 5:20 pm EST

You've got a perfectly delicious jar of pickles in your fridge ( maybe Vlasic, the brand that has a stork on the label for pregnancy-related reasons), but when you try and open it you're stymied by an utterly airtight lid. You brace yourself against the counter, you grit your teeth, you grunt like an Olympic weightlifter, and yet nothing works. Should you give up and live a life free of pickles ( or tomato sauce , or salsa, or some grocery store salsa verde ) from here on out? Don't be silly. There are plenty of ways to open a stubborn jar, including (but by no means limited to) running the lid under hot water or giving it a firm tap with a butter knife.

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