"Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "jinx the minx" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>>> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message >> ...
>>>> Michelle wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I wondered if anyone had any tips or tricks for
>>>>> cooking with a broken arm. My sister had a car
>>>>> accident, and is in a cast for 5 weeks. Fortunately,
>>>>> it's the left arm, and she is right handed, so she can
>>>>> do a few things - but chopping is right out.
>>>>
>>>> When I couldn't use one hand, I'd open
>>>> a jar by getting on the floor, holding
>>>> the jar between my feet, and using my
>>>> my good hand. When that didn't work
>>>> with a particularly obstinate jar of
>>>> salsa, I had the brilliant idea of
>>>> relieving the vacuum in the jar by
>>>> stabbing the lid with a knife. That
>>>> worked! The lid came right off!
>>>>
>>>> Or maybe it didn't. Maybe disaster
>>>> ensued. I could be lying. You pay
>>>> your money, you take your chances.
>>>
>>> Hehehe. I remember Sheldon saying some stupid thing about doing
>>> something to the jar lid to break the seal. Only what he said to do
>>> would render the lid unusable. So it would work if you were going to use
>>> the whole jar at once but not if you wanted to keep some for later.
>>
>> Normal people would put the leftovers in a different container, not toss > it
>> out.
>
> Really? So... Normal people would take one pickle from the jar, then
> put the remaining contents in another container? I don't think so.

If the lid was broken, yes.
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jinx the minx