{"id":1997,"date":"2007-10-18T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-17T18:07:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-02-05T16:13:34","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T23:13:34","slug":"lee-valley-jar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/lee-valley-jar\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Valley Jar Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I always used a spoon, until I was given one of these lid poppers. I was skeptical, but I now find myself reaching for it without even thinking. An 8.5 x 5-cm piece of metal, it&#8217;s bent in the middle and curved at each end to accommodate just about any size jar lid. It&#8217;s very simple and straightforward: Simply place it on the jar top with either of the rolled sides caught under the lid&#8217;s lip (which side of the opener depends on the lid size); Then, hold the opener in place and use it as a lever. The bend in the metal serves as the fulcrum. The downward pressure of your hand provides enough force to release the vacuum seal without distorting the lid. I can happily report no more bent spoon handles, no more splatters, and no more spills. Just a nice &#8220;pop&#8221; when the vacuum breaks, and I&#8217;m home free. I have not tried the previously-reviewed plastic <a href=\"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/jarpop\/\">JarPop<\/a>, but I&#8217;ve had this steel one for at least 3 years. It has never bent, nor has it rusted.<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metal seal popper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[26],"tags":[1320],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9785,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997\/revisions\/9785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}