To find Aldi jars insanely difficult to open??

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Nearly broke my wrist this week opening a jar of strawberry jam. Had to literally change dinner plan at short notice yesterday as literally Could Not open the fucking pesto. Why???

Yes, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this!
They've also changed the curry sauce jars that have curry powder in a little plastic container on the top. It took me about 15 mins to get the plastic bit off the other day.

I use this for plumbing, but it works for jar lids too.

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God why does everyone make it so hard. It’s just a vacuum seal which is easily broken with a bottle opener.

Well in my case I'm disabled and have very limited use of my left hand as well as weaker grip in my right hand

Yes, I have been having trouble with aldi jars just lately, they are on ridiculously tight.

I always just stab the lid in the middle with a knife. Not so useful if you want to reseal.

I bought a rubber grippy jar opening device after this happened a few times - never looked back!

This thing, great for bottles etc too. Because it's fully flexible you can open really small things too

This made me lol 😂

I had a wine related nightmare recently when trying to remove the screw top and the bit which should break then you twist the lid off hadn't been cut enough so it was basically a metal prison for the bottle top.

Use the bottle opener part of a tin opener and it just pops, it releases the vacuum and the lid comes off easily, safer than stabbing it.

You need to tap the edge of the lid to distort it. You can even use a knife handle to dent the lid. You need to release the vacuum.

Cheap food is quite often just cheap packaging. I can open fuck all from Aldi.

Tap the rim of the lid quite gently on the edge of the worktop. You might have to rotate it round and tap in a few places, but it doesn't take long and you don't have to tap very hard - the seal breaks easily and if you bang too much, you face the contents leaking out.

I read about this on here some time ago when looking for a solution to opening the massive Lidl jars of gherkins, which even DP cannot do and he's very much A Big Man With Big Strong Hands.

@ByTheGrace I'm left pondering the relevance of the boa constrictor. Could you explain? Do you actually wrestle boa constrictors to strengthen your grip? Surely not.

OP, get a grip.

Yea to this. I had a jar of bolognaise that I couldn’t open at all the other day. I nearly chapped my neighbour who is a PT to see if he could do it. Luckily i finally got ir after a lot of swearing.

@Newlifestartingatlast I have the same issue with vanilla paste. Last jar I didn’t do up properly so that I could easily access again. Forgot this time after first opening so it is inaccessible. Debating just chucking it. I do wonder if they actually think about the user when designing packaging (see also balance me skincare which is becoming harder to access- assume cost cutting but means I don’t buy some of their items now).

This every time

You need to stop al the banging, heating, bending tips of knives and get some cheap and cheerful silicone jar openers. Every kitchen needs them!

Though the sane and sensible thing to do before they arrive is to use a can opener, as @spanktastic shows.

Just use a regular bottle opener to lift the edge until the vacuum seal pops; then it will turn easily.

Wow great tips!

We shop at Aldi and this week I've had two things that I couldn't open. A glass jar of pasta sauce, and then a bottle of squash.

I wondered if it's something to do with the weather conditions as I don't normally have any problem opening things.

A silicone thingy would open the squash Owl.

I have always had knackered hands, they, and the can opener, have made a huge difference. I even carry one with me, in my handbag. Sometimes bottles of juice have badly cut lids/twists. If I have my opener I am fine.

I keep an uninflated kids party balloon in the kitchen drawer. Makes a perfect gripper for jar opening. No need to buy gadgets.

That's a great tip!

I dont find silicon or rubber gloves help because you still need a good strength which I dont have

I also want to know how to open things like marmite/bovril once they're stuck on after use or even before use, its not the same techniques as discussed above

As previously stated a knife under the lid until you hear a pop then you will be able to open the jam or run it under hot water and then you will be able to open the jam. I always struggle to get Aldis jam open but both these methods work.