Social networks are a great space to share ideas and tricks that seek to make our lives easier. From unusual ways to make poached eggs to how to remove the bitterness from eggplant, it seems there are tricks for virtually every aspect of cooking.
One of the most common problems we face when cooking is when we want to open a canning jar and the lid simply won’t budge. For this, there are many strategies that we can apply, from asking someone with more force for help to using rubber gloves to prevent the bottle from slipping. For this, a trick published by the user @elchinito_jianli on TikTok has recently gone viral, who claims to have the best Chinese trick for opening jars: tap the lid a couple of times against a solid surface.
The only drawback with this trick, which has already accumulated more than 600 thousand views, is that it has not surprised anyone. In the comments, users claim that “that’s Spanish,” or “that’s not Chinese, that’s from grandmothers.” Some have even taken it with humor, with comments like “my grandmother, who was Andalusian, did that but I’ll start investigating to see if I have Chinese ancestors.” What is true is that doing this as a way to loosen the lid of a jar can be dangerous if we do not do it carefully, since we run the risk of it slipping and breaking.
If you don’t want to risk ruining a canning jar that seems impossible to open, there are a couple of tricks that can help you loosen the lid. One of them consists of hitting the base a couple of times with the palm of our hand, as this will make the contents move a little, until we hear a small “pop” sound that will indicate that the seal has been broken. empty. Since there is less pressure in the jar, the lid should come off more easily.
For this reason it is important to try not to knock the canning jars when we make the purchase. Once the vacuum is lost, the food inside is no longer preserved the same and must be consumed or stored in the refrigerator.
Another trick that doesn’t require hitting the jar is to loosen the lid with hot water. All you have to do is leave the preserve under the tap for a few seconds so that the lid expands a little so that it can be opened without problems. However, this trick only works with metal lids, as plastic lids could melt upon contact with heat.
