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Martha Stewart Opens Stuck Jars With A Surprisingly Simple Trick By Lottë Reford Oct. 31, 2025 11:39 am EST

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What's your biggest kitchen pet peeve? There's a lot of petty annoyances to choose from: sticky countertops, crumbs in the sink trap, electric kettles left empty so they short out when you try to flick them on, piles of dirty dishes in the sink, untidy fridges — the list goes on. But surely one of the worst is jars that just won't open, and they get stuck at the worst times. The crucial moment in a recipe, for example, or when you're late and just want some peanut butter for your next-level PB&J . Of course, this is where Martha Stewart comes to the rescue. Her trick for opening jars uses no special tools, and it works most of the

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