Advice on a practical household problem

Gin

My worst enemy is the shrink wrapped packaging around meat, bacon and fish. One of these days I am going to do myself a nasty injury as my only effective means of attack is a large cooks knife. How do others manage? I have arthritic hands so pulling the little flap on the corner release the vacuum is an impossibility. My grandson opens all my pill packaging as it defeats me but not a child!

I use kitchen scissors to cut round the whole thing at the edge of the actual meat. You have to hold it over the sink to do it, as it starts leaking and making a mess once the scissors bite.

The non-shrink-wrapped rectangular containers of cubed meat, mince, etc are not so bad, but the corner pulls often don't work. I use a small pointy knife to stab the plastic cover and cut through it.

I sometimes use a tin opener to prise the lid slightly. Other times I use nutcrackers.

Marmite jars are bad. Once used, the Marmite turns into glue around the glass threads.

keepcalmandcavachon

Allira

Caleo

NotSpaghetti

What sort of glass containers have tight plastic lids please?

Luminarc

You send them to the charity shop and buy a different kind of storage jar!

I'm not bring facetious- that's what I would do.

I even managed to break a nail getting a cardboard lid off a large pot of yogurt the other day.

This is the sort of approach I now find myself taking to many of life's niggles.
Sort of 'Niggle De Cluttering'

If it irritates?
Chuck it!!

Elegran

Gin

My worst enemy is the shrink wrapped packaging around meat, bacon and fish. One of these days I am going to do myself a nasty injury as my only effective means of attack is a large cooks knife. How do others manage? I have arthritic hands so pulling the little flap on the corner release the vacuum is an impossibility. My grandson opens all my pill packaging as it defeats me but not a child!

I use kitchen scissors to cut round the whole thing at the edge of the actual meat. You have to hold it over the sink to do it, as it starts leaking and making a mess once the scissors bite.

The non-shrink-wrapped rectangular containers of cubed meat, mince, etc are not so bad, but the corner pulls often don't work. I use a small pointy knife to stab the plastic cover and cut through it.

I use scissors to cut off the entire top of the plastic packet, then for frozen stuff like fish fillets I don't try to reseal but wrap the whole thing in a food storage bag and clip it with a clothe peg

Steam from the kettle , on the container…..