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[chickadoodles]

I got 4 new breeds of turkey eggs today! I am so eggcited!

 

[Wisher1000]

Pig# 4's candidates for our first boar

I don't have any experience with pig selection, but based on other animals, I would choose this one. It is bigger, seems broader in the shoulders and between the ears, and seems to have a more well sprung ribcage. Of course, this is all I can see from the photo and angles can deceive. What do you think?

 

[perchie.girl]

Funny Story....I really surprised some of my co workers yesterday...We were having an Ocho de mayo party because we could not find an open room until then. A Costco jar of pickled jalapenos would not open. I tried, a lady tried and others were saying to bang it on the table. Then they wanted to pop the lid off with a can opener. I said no, I know a better way and picked up my paring knife and popped a hole in the top.

There were gasps around the table and some saying does that work? Of course it works! I explained that popping the hole breaks the vacuum and the lid comes right off. You then put a piece of tape over the hole so that the lid works.

I guess you really cannot take the farm kid out just because you go to the City.....

OH MY GAWD

I never ever dreamed of that.... An ice pick would be perfect...

Putting that in the back of my brain for future use.

deb

 

[ronott1]

OH MY GAWD

I never ever dreamed of that.... An ice pick would be perfect...

Putting that in the back of my brain for future use.

deb

Yes, ice picks are perfect for popping a hole in a lid.

 

[vehve]

I prefer taking the wrong end of a fork or spoon, placing it between the edge of the lid and the jar, and prying it out a bit. Once you force it out enough for the seal to no longer keep the vacuum, it's easy to open the jar, and your lid stays intact.

 

[Peep_Show]

I prefer taking the wrong end of a fork or spoon, placing it between the edge of the lid and the jar, and prying it out a bit. Once you force it out enough for the seal to no longer keep the vacuum, it's easy to open the jar, and your lid stays intact.

A bottle opener works equally as well done in the same way. Just slip it under the lip of the lid and a little torque and you can feel the vacuum release.

 

[perchie.girl]

I prefer taking the wrong end of a fork or spoon, placing it between the edge of the lid and the jar, and prying it out a bit. Once you force it out enough for the seal to no longer keep the vacuum, it's easy to open the jar, and your lid stays intact.

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for a screw on lid? it doesnt defeat the seal perminantly and ruin the ability to screw it back on?

deb

 

[ozexpat]

I don't have any experience with pig selection, but based on other animals, I would choose this one.  It is bigger, seems broader in the shoulders and between the ears, and seems to have a more well sprung ribcage.  Of course, this is all I can see from the photo and angles can deceive.  What do you think?

Great methodology

That's our boy

 

[vehve]

Deb, you honestly only need to nudge it a bit, maybe half a millimeter, and it bounces right back, but it's enough to fill the vacuum with air and enable opening the lid that's stuck.

Oz, Wisher, seems like a good way to choose. Although, the angle in the pic might be a bit misleading.

 

[microchick]

for a screw on lid? it doesnt defeat the seal perminantly and ruin the ability to screw it back on?

deb

Seems to me it would hasten the spoilage of whatever contents was in the jar.

Years ago I was in a church kitchen struggling to open a jar. I usually don't have too much trouble but this lid was showing me no mercy. The custodian was wandering through and asked if he could show me how to get the lid off easily. I said sure but kidded him that he wouldn't have any trouble with it given he was fit and a man. He proceeded to fold up a cloth towel, hold it on the bottom up end of the jar and then with the ball of his hand hit the bottom of the jar using the towel as padding. On the third hit I heard the tone change from thunk thunk to a hollow THUMP and then he handed the jar back to me and told me to try it. I was dubious but did and to my surprise, the lid popped off without straining my arms or my patience.

Works to this day on even the stubbornest jar lids.