How can I open this jar?

[RUTHIEBAV]

I do loads of exercise including weights but I CAN'T OPEN MY JAR OF CARAMALISED ONION RELISH aaaggghhhh!!! Usually I just get my husband to help but he's in the U.S. Any suggestions? ... I want ... I want ... it looks so tasty. Ruth

 

[AliA]

Try opening with a rubber glove on - does the trick for me normally

 

[JtB]

Run it under hot water so the lid expands a bit

 

[accountantpete]

A spot of boiling water dribbled on the top expands the metal.

 

[RUTHIEBAV]

Try opening with a rubber glove on - does the trick for me normally

Thanks. Great tip. It worked. My hands are a bit red now though

Yum its smells goooood!
Ruth

 

[RecordAceFromNew]

Put rubber bands around the lid (and if necessary around the jar too, to improve your grip), then put a dish cloth over the lid and twist.

Sometimes running hot water over the metal lid beforehand would also help (because the metal expands more than the glass jar).

 

[Arch]

I'm glad you're in...

Another time (I'm assuming this is a new jar, unopened before): find a teaspoon with a fine edge to the bowl. Insert this under the edge of the lid and lever out gently. The vaccuum will 'pop' and the lid will be easy to remove.

 

[RUTHIEBAV]

Run it under hot water so the lid expands a bit

A spot of boiling water dribbled on the top expands the metal.

Thanks both of you. Rubber gloves did the trick.
Note to self : don't put jar in the fridge until its been opened.
Ruth

 

[vernon]

I do loads of exercise including weights but I CAN'T OPEN MY JAR OF CARAMALISED ONION RELISH aaaggghhhh!!! Usually I just get my husband to help but he's in the U.S. Any suggestions? ... I want ... I want ... it looks so tasty. Ruth

I reckon that would have gone down well with the liver that i've just cooked and consumed.

 

[RUTHIEBAV]

Thanks everyone for answering my cries for help. Can't post personal replies as have mouth full.

Hope it doesn't mean I burp onion on my cycle tomorrow, darn should have thought of that before.

R x

 

[RUTHIEBAV]

Caramelised onion relish? Sounds tasty.

What goes into the relish part?

I cook mean caramelised onions. But guess the relish is a reduced sauce of tomato, salt, pepper, and other seasoning as required? Lemon, chillies etc...

You're totally over estimating my commitment to relish. I only bought it, didn't make it (although have done so in the past, I'm old(er) and lazy now). All I needed to do was open the jar and even that nearly defeated me. R x

 

[slowmotion]

Ruth, you need one of these fantastic tools....the Baby Boa...

Never leave home without one.

http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=136947

 

[RUTHIEBAV]

Ruth, you need one of these fantastic tools....the Baby Boa...

Never leave home without one.

http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=136947

I've got one .... he's in the U.S. at the moment though.

 

[Klaus]

Haven't seen my method mentioned .... don't ask me why this works, it just does (most of the time).

Take glas jar, turn up side down - over sink just in case....
Slap the bottom (now on top) of the jar....
Turn over and unscrew lid....
Job done!

I find pickled gherkin jars are always difficult to open but this does the trick ...

 

[Brains]

Large pipe wrench