Any Chefs in the house? I need some help!
 

ok its not a food question but a cookware question.
i made some soup. i gave tony and myself a bowl and it was delicious. i went back to get seconds. i grabbed the lid handle to pull it off but its stuck.
i'm guessing it created some sort of vacuum or something and now i can't get the lid off the pot. right now i have the pot sitting in in the sink in cold water trying to get the lid to pop off.
help!!!
has this ever happened to you?
or am i just stupid?

turn the lid while lifting up and see if you can break the seal..

also you could try to pry the lid open with a dinner knife or small flathead screwdriver..

Careful I once put a flathead screwdriver through my hand.

Put the lid's knob in your butt, squeeze your buttcheeks together really tight and jump up really fast!

Quite possibly - putting the pot in cold water will make it contract, thus making it HARDER to get the lid off. Try hot water instead...

i tried a knife and its too thick lol

Bring the soup back up to a boil - it was probably cooling off that created the suction.

lid issue
 

You may have to put the pot back on the burner over low heat...

When it cooled, the air inside contracted, creating a low pressure (vacuum) seal. If the hot water doesn't work, you need more heat...just do it slowly. Don't want the lid to go flying.

Hope this helps...

grrr i'll try

ok i put ice cubes on the lid thinking that might shrink the lid a bit...if that doesn't work i'll try to make it boil again. :)

1. You take off your shoes and socks.
2. Insert foot in my crotch or mouth.
3. Enjoy.

:winkwink:

its like a cruel joke she made really good soup too lol

ok its on the stove and we're trying to boil it now.
its not going to create some sort of bomb is it?

If it does, the top will be off :thumbsup

yeah and there will be a huge mess. i have to keep my face pretty so tony is in the kitchen trying to get the lid off. i don't need 3rd degree soup burns lol

we got it! we're trying to save the soup now. i have to go!!!

lmfao at this whole thread.

tony404 saves the day and the soup!

Thank you Peaches. For a moment I was standing by it and it was getting hotter and hotter. Im think Im going to get fragged by a pot of soup lol

I think I've made just about every cooking mistake there is to make :upsidedow

NEVER EVER put a lid on hot food, always wait for it to cool.

Guess you shouldn't have gone back for seconds

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

but i'm a big girl...we have seconds...its like a rule or something.

yeah that happens once in awhile... I twist the lid to get it off.

Hell a lot of people have seconds. jdavis is a prick for making that comment. Like he has never had seconds, please. :winkwink:

:2 cents:

Gotta give a big "duh" to this thread.

I didnt pay attention in science class in school lol

lol that didn't work at all.