"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 5/1/2015 5:15 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> "jinx the minx" > wrote in message
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>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>>>> "jinx the minx" > wrote in message
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>>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>>>>>> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message >>
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>>>>>>> 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.
>>
>> OMG! He was breaking the lid on purpose. You missed my point. Yeah,
>> it gets the jar open, but...
>
> No, YOU missed the point. If we punctured the lid in order to break the
> seal we certainly would transfer the unused portion from the jar into
> another container. If you did it, it would merely be an excuse to throw
> out more food.

I have never punctured a lid nor would I.