Tin can pull tabs: Do you shred your fingers to open them or do you use a spoon like a sensible person?
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I play the banjo and not the guitar, so I finger pick these open instead of shred.
Since OP uses spoons, you only need to find warshboard and jug players to round out your quartet!
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You put your flesh under there!?
I get what you mean, I do the same, it just sounded weird.
How do you open a jar? Oh, I just use my hand meat.
How do you open a jar? Oh, I just use my hand meat.
Uh. I would never use my raw handmeat to open a jar. I use the power of my mind!
Jars are at less than ambient pressure. There is a constant external net atmospheric force pushing the seal down. I find it most convenient to simply remove that force. I first don a pressure suit. Then, I take the jar and walk into a large walk-in hypobaric chamber I've built right off my kitchen. I enter the chamber, and then wait approximately 20 minutes for the vacuum cycle to bring the chamber to a partial vacuum. The air pressure in the chamber now matches the air pressure in the can. Once the cycle is complete, I effortlessly remove the lid with a gentle twist. Then I wait 20 minutes for the repressurization sequence. I doff the pressure suit and I then continue my cooking.
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Spoon has a built in fulcrum.
I use a butter knife attached to a 2x4. Then I just clamp the can in a bench vise and there we go!
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I never ever seen anyone use anything else than their finger to open them. It hurts a little bit I guess but at least for me, it's more convenient than getting a spoon first
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OP needs to hit the gym or something. I've always pulled them with my hand and never had a single issue.
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I'm just going to leave this here.. Best most mundane purchase I've ever made! Regular openers can eat a dick after using this type! https://youtu.be/i_mLxyIXpSY
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Finally a normal asklemmy question
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OP needs to hit the gym or something. I've always pulled them with my hand and never had a single issue.
It is not about strength but about getting your finger beneath the tab.
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Press down on the metal with your thumb to give it a bend, then pull on the other end with your ring finger. I don't recommend ripping it all the way off. If you can't open this, you need to get a physical job.
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How do you pry these open? The tab in the picture is really tight against the lid of the can. Is there are trick to loosening these without picking at them with my nails?
You press down on the middle of the tin can with your thumb first, then pull with your ring finger.
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I just slip my finger under it and pull it back. Easy.
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You press down on the middle of the tin can with your thumb first, then pull with your ring finger.
I'll try this method next.
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What is a side cutting opener? If it really does cut the side of the can, won’t it still be sharp just like the lid
Apparently some side cutting openers cut in a way that there are no sharp edges either on the lid or the opened can. Someone linked a video about it in crossposted thread.
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It is not about strength but about getting your finger beneath the tab.
Yeah I'm starting to think there is a bit of confusion bout the issue. Oh well.
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Don't know about you but my fingers are not made of paper.
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Wait, is the spoon and the shredding before or after the can is opened?
I think I misunderstood your question earlier. It's before the can is opened. The can is that picture has a rab that sits very firmly against the can lid. It's hard to get a grip on it without using your fingernails and the tab also has little sharp bits so its very easy for the tab to cut the sensitive fleshy tissue under your fingernails as you pull the tab up. So I switch to using a spoon to Jimmy it open before switching to using fingers to finish the job.
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you can use the spoon handle
Yo, this is what I do.
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I'm on team OP with this one. My nails are too short and 50% of the time I get a can that doesn't play nice.
Either way I use a non-electric can opener since it's quiet. My cat recognizes the sound of these things.
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I split my finger nails.
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I use a table knife. If I had long nails I'm sure they would do the trick though; they aren't that strong
