Did You Know – Kitchen Tips #1
Doesn’t it make you crazy when you can’t open a sticky jar such as honey, jam, jelly or molasses? Check out these two ways to help prevent that and more kitchen tips below.
Place a piece of plastic wrap on the top of the jar before screwing the top back on. The plastic wrap prevents some serious sticking to the lid making it easier to unscrew.
Using a clean towel or paper towel, dip it into vegetable oil and rub a very thin layer on the threads of the jar. The thin layer of oil will make it easier to open the next time you use it.
We use a manual can opener and it drives me crazy when I open the can and the lid falls into the can of food. Instead of dirtying a knife to dig it out, try using a magnet.
Don’t ever throw away a jar that still has sauce stuck on the bottom. Instead, use a spatula to get out as much as you can followed by a few tablespoons of liquid (for example water, broth, wine). After you pour the liquid into the empty jar, put the lid on tightly and shake the jar to remove the sauce stuck to the bottom. Pour it into your pan with the other sauce, that way you get your money’s worth!
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Useful as ever. I have always remembered from my schooldays a priest starting sermon with a description of how it is impossible to open a marmalade jar without getting sticky fingers. He immediately grabbed the attention of us boys.
Haha What a smart Priest!
Thank you very much, Diane
You’re welcome!
The magnet is a useful idea! I also didn’t like it when the lid would fall into the can of food, so we bought an electric lid opener.
I loved the magnet one too. We had an electric opener but I got tired of them breaking so I bought a good quality hand opener. I cook so much that I guess I overused the electric. Lol
Some great tips there, especially getting the sauce stuck on the bottom of the jar.
Thank you Paul, I have always used this tip especially with alfredo sauce where I add about 1/4 cup of milk.
These are all great tips – especially for someone who has trouble opening tight jars – me. Thank you!
You’re welcome Betty. I completely understand! I use an opening device a lot!
Great tips.
Thank you Georgetta!
good info!
Thank you Beth!
Great ideas! The one involving a magnet will be very helpful in my household. Take care. Neil S.
That one is a favorite from most people commenting and it’s mine too. Thank you Neil!
These tips are so good! Thanks!
Thank you Mary and you’re welcome!
I especially like the magnet idea. But, as usual, all good Goddess. All good.
That was my favorite too JC! Thank you my friend!
Great ideas Diane! Some things are just difficult to get the lids off no matter if you wipe them down first or not. thanks 🙂
That’s for sure, I always end up running it under hot water when it’s sticky and that usually works too.
Great tips, Diane! And I agree about not making the last bit at the bottom of a jar go to waste!
I don’t indulge much in real honey, often get the corn syrupy ones in the store, and it’s such a treat when I do get the real honey. This post makes me wanna go get one now!
Honey has so many health benefits I always have it in the house. I did a post about honey. https://indianeskitchen.com/2022/11/14/did-you-know-honey/
I do use a Baggie on the top of jam jars. I don’t eat jam all that often because I find it too sweet, but I hate that the jar sticks and you can’t get it open. Good idea with the magnet. I also use a manual can opener. I had an electric one and it was always jamming, so it jammed one time too many and it was gone. (If only everything else could be dealt with so easily.)
Wow the plastic wrap was the first time I heard of this tip, I can’t believe you do it. It grosses me out when the lid falls in. I think about how many people touched it. We bought the manual can opener for the same reason you did. In fact when we were cleaning out the basement I threw it out.
I just put a Baggie on it and if it’s too sticky I throw it away. I think my mom did that for years – she liked jam. Me, I have a jar of jam in the fridge forever as I really prefer my peanut butter without anything sweet on it, but sometimes if my bread is fresh, I make a PB & J sandwich. I only eat the whole grain bread (except if I buy the Rustik sourdough as a treat) and it tends to get stale more quickly.
I just read within the last week not to drink out of a can before wiping off the entire top of the can first and not only for drinking out it, but pouring your drink out of the can. The article said imagine who touched it, or if it was in a dusty warehouse, dirty transport truck, or if pesticides were used in the plant where it was made. I don’t drink pop, but I do buy V-8 and if they don’t have the bottles of low sodium, I get the cans.
A friend of the family worked in a cake mix factory many years ago and I can remember her telling us about how dirty the factory was.
Every other can with the electric can opener would cause a malfunction and you’d have to wrestle the can from the “jaws” so no thank you!
I can’t wait to try the plastic wrap on my jam. I have always wiped my cans of pop and V-8 juice just for that reason. If you knew what goes on in some restaurants you would never eat out. Being a retired health inspector my husband has had some really nasty stories. So I’m sure it’s no different in factories.
I’ll bet your husband has seen in all. In Downtown Detroit we have two famous coney dog places, right next to one another. They’ve been around for years … everyone that visits Detroit has to go to “Lafayette Coney Island” and/or “American Coney Island”. Well Lafayette has been shut down for the second time in a few years for rat problems. This place is world famous. I have to say when I worked at the diner, my manager ran a tight ship – we had to wipe down all the stainless steel with vinegar water on each shift, clean the creamer machine and milkshake machine on each shift. We never had a citation … he was proud of that, but then after the diner was bought by new owners after the owner died, I’d drive by and the front door was open all the time instead of having A/C. I know my manager would have been horrified. He monitored the side door during deliveries to ensure no flies got in and took a broom to sweep down the fishflies that clung to the building as it was all white and open all night during fishfly season.
They give the good business owners a bad name, I’m sure there are plenty of really clean places too.
Yes, I am sure that happens a lot Diane. This place has been in trouble before and their competitor is right next door … since the names are so similar, American Coney Island put up a sign that says something to the effect “don’t confuse us!”
That was a good one!
These are awesome tips – thanks! I have done battle with the lid on top of the honey!
Me too and I will try this as well!
These are very handy tips that every newly married woman should put on her fridge 😁! I especially like the magnet that has to remove the lid from the can.
Oh the magnet was my favorite! What a great idea for a newlywed. When I got married and had a shower and they asked everyone to write their favorite recipe on a recipe card. I still use some of those recipes today.
And they still do the recipe idea for showers – can you believe it! Our friends’ son are getting married soon and the girl who arrange the bridal shower asked us to each send a recipe … it just shows you how popular it still is after all these years! (The only thing that changed is that the recipes are now typed on a fancy template 😁).
You can tell how long it’s been since I was at a baby shower!