Can't get the fricking lids off these jars!

[Taranta]

I know this is a first world problem, but if anyone can offer any cunning solution to aid me try and get into these jars I would be most grateful. I have tried the usual techniques, tapping lid on floor, even took a hammer to one in a fit of pique. Nothing. Nothing at all...gah!

Very carefully, take a sharp knife and pop the tip between the lid and the jar

Twist it gently until it pops.

Voila.

Dip top of jar in hot water? Dry, try to open with rubber gloves as an extra grip?

Have you tried pouring boiling water over them?

It expands the metal in the lid but doesn't affect the glass so they become easier to unscrew.

Pierce a hole in the top with a sharp knife.

Turn jars upside down, tap hard on the countertop (teatowel down to dampen thud) it releases the vacuum and you should be able to open them (right way up again).

Stand in the sink and pour hot water from the kettle over the lid.

Run hot water over the lid (in the sink) and then have a go. Use a cloth for grip.

Or do what I do - try for ages then ask a passing six year old when I've given up. It'll open immediately.

If you don't need to reseal the jar, take a sharp knife and stab a hole in the top. It will equalise the pressure and you'll be able to open the jar.

Stand in the sink and pour hot water from the kettle over the lid

Mind your feet while pouring.

Whacking them on the worktop is my usual solution 😀

Tap the side of the lid on a hard surface and you’ll hear the vacuum ‘pop’. Then it will open easily.

Whack them against the worktop. Always works for me.

I have a large gripper thing with long handles. That usually works, though can still occasionally be a little bit stiff.

Modern packaging can be such a pain in the arse sometimes. Getting into Fort Knox would be easier.

Are you near Cardiff? I love a good jar challenge

Slide a butter knife under the lid edge and try and twist it a bit, should pop the seal fairly easily

Bash the end of a knife / fork / spoon all around the edge of the lid
Swear a bit too if you want

I keep latex gloves for this very thing (since I no longer need to fake tan since lockdown)

Not an immediate solution, but you need something like this

I use a teaspoon under the edge rather than a knife and lever it to release the pressure. Or open wearing marigolds.

If the rubber gloves don’t work, I use the ‘stab it with a pointy knife’ routine that usually sorts the f*. I then put a bit of tape over the hole.

Another vote for whacking the edge of the lid against the worktop.

You need to puncture the lid with a knife - works every time in my experience. Just be careful when you do it and place a tea towel under it so it doesn’t fly off the work surface.

I go with stabbing it with a sharp implement if I don't need to resealable the jar and hot water on the mental of I do

Have you got a charity rubber bracelet, I use that instead of stabbing with a knife.

Very carefully, take a sharp knife and pop the tip between the lid and the jar

This. But I would use a screwdriver or the end of a spoon, not a sharp knife!