Today is National Knife Day and Can Opener Day. For a long time I prided myself on using a manual can opener instead of an electric one. Trying to be more 'green' in my cooking practices, you know. But last year I finally bit the bullet and bought a very nice electric can opener. It's so much easier to open large cans like cans of pumpkin and chili sauce. Of course I only open those kinds of cans about twice a year so I don't think I'm doing too much harm to the environment. A few years ago my out-law (my daughter-in-law's mother) gave me a most excellent Christmas gift. It is a rubber coated tool that looks like a large 'church key' but is made for opening tightly sealed jars. Instead of banging a pickle jar on the counter or holding it under hot water, all I have to do is hook this jar opener on the edge of a jar (like you would hook a bottle opener on a beer bottle) lift up, and 'pop' the seal is broken, and the jar unscrews easily. Unfortunately, I have never seen this nifty little gadget in any store. If I ever do, I will certainly give many of them as Christmas gifts.
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