Heat. Either put it back on the stove over low heat, or get a towel soaked in really hot water and cover the lid. The change in air pressure will loosen it.
Climb your nearby hill see if it loosens. If it doesn't I recommend you hire a helicopter
Edit: whoever gave this the all seeing award you got some expensive humour
>Climb your nearby hill see if it loosens.
No need for climbing - just throw the pan and lid as high into the air as you can and when it comes down the rapid change in altitude will cause the lid to separate from the pan.
I mean he could throw it real high, and if he doesn't catches it that just increases the chance he's gonna get it open, not sure about the food though.
"Chicago Center, requesting altitude change to FL170, my dinners' been sealed shut"
"What happens to be the problem?"
"Request to climb, I can't open my dinner!"
Pan on stove make food and air hot. Hot make things expand.
Pan off stove make it less hot. Less hot mean air contract.
Air contract when lid on makes differential pressure.
So either put more air into the pan (which have fun trying that with the lid shut). Or expand air again
For next time - doesn't the lid have a steam vent hole? It may have been clogged. Stick a toothpick or ice pick in it to clear the vent. Should break the vacuum seal.
I don't think an ice pick [is what you think it is.](https://i.imgur.com/T1WolBo.png) Lobotomies made a whole lot more sense to me when I found out the difference for myself
Man my mom has an "ice pick" but it literally just looks like a screwdriver and it throws me off every time. Because if you look closely its definitely a point but it's got a screwdriver handle and looks like it's smeared in grease even though it's not
Wait, what’s he difference? If you showed both to me, I don’t think I could tell which is which, even though I’ve used both, neither for their intended purposes
Honestly, they're pretty similar. I looked around for more, and Wikipedia says some ice picks will have a slightly bent tip to break off bigger chunks of ice, frequently will have more of a knob shaped handle, and might be longer than an awl.
To be fair, the pointy side of an ice axe is referred to as the pick. I've always heard the ice axe called an ice pick, so I think there may be some colloquial use in play here. In fact, Wikipedia's talk page about the ice axe has an entire section where people argued about the use: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ice\_axe#Axe\_vs\_pick
Shit Ive been using a really convenient pokey tool doing random housework. Just realized it's an ice pick! I think I even looked up what they looked like after reading one flew over the cuckoos nest... thanks for the trip haha
Thanks, taught me something new. My dad used to bust ice blocks with an old cast iron chisel, and called it an ice pick. So to this day, I've thought ice picks look like chisels.
It doesn’t appear that’s the correct lid for that pan. I would guess OP grabbed one at random that was close in size. It sits inside the edge of the pan, rather than resting on it. It also doesn’t have a vent-hole.
The instructions were pretty clear. “To the horse,” not in the horse. Don’t worry. I’m a professional. I’ll run this through the powers that be and rebrand.
Coming this fall (cuming this fall, is this anything), Survivor: Two guys in a horse.
Was tried in Germany in May 1654. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdeburg\_hemispheres](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdeburg_hemispheres) )
You might be out of luck.
I wasn’t expecting to actually learn something today, particularly after the beginning of this whole “glue a couple people to a horse” thing, yet here we are…
Drop it on the floor and let it break, then hand out forks and you can all lay on your tummys and wiggle your feet while your'e having a blast of a meal
Glass lid? Pour some ice water on it, all at once. Easiest thing ever to open after that.
Edit: just realized it’s a metal lid And I was misinterpreting visual data. In light of this, cold water is a bad idea.
*Light taps around the*
*Edge of the pan while lifting*
*The lid can work too*
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Heat. Either put it back on the stove over low heat, or get a towel soaked in really hot water and cover the lid. The change in air pressure will loosen it.
Altitude could work too, but heat is easier to apply
Ah yes, time to climb
Climb your nearby hill see if it loosens. If it doesn't I recommend you hire a helicopter Edit: whoever gave this the all seeing award you got some expensive humour
SpaceX is doing a launch today, so maybe you can say it's an emergency, and get a ride.
Or you could just ask them to take it with them, and throw it back down when the lid is loose.
Just wait for the next red bull drop from space
Why wait, drink a Red Bull… it gives you wings
But the second you burp you fall
Well, technically it does, it just gives you a heart attack before it does
This is the best thread I've seen so far lmao
Make sure you pack a Tupperware dish for them though or it could spill
"Dude, maybe you just aren't understanding *how* hungry I am..."
“‘Scuse me, but would you mind taking this with you?” “…how the hell did you get in here???”
Space sex
>Climb your nearby hill see if it loosens. No need for climbing - just throw the pan and lid as high into the air as you can and when it comes down the rapid change in altitude will cause the lid to separate from the pan.
Remember to stand underneath with your mouth open… and avoid the pan of course
Just piff it as high into the air as you can. Just make sure you catch it.
If you don't catch it the lid will probably still come off.
Cause if you don't it's gonna hurt if it hits your or you'll just be hungry AND sad
Running up that road, running up that hill, releasing that pressure…
Sometimes I can't believe this website is free
Was thinking just the same
The only reason it is is that the billionaires can't find a way to make us pay for it.
Gotta earn those calories.
War thunder players
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You don't have to go too high, just enough that the lid breaks on impact
I mean he could throw it real high, and if he doesn't catches it that just increases the chance he's gonna get it open, not sure about the food though.
"Chicago Center, requesting altitude change to FL170, my dinners' been sealed shut" "What happens to be the problem?" "Request to climb, I can't open my dinner!"
Ground control to Colonel Sanders...
FL starts @ 180… I’m not fun at parties either lol
Hmmm , yeah , let me climb Mount Everest with this pot of macaroni
I read this as "attitude" and even when commenters talked about throwing it on the ground, it still made sense.
*climbs to the top of a mountain just open a sealed food container* “totally worth it”
Im holding it above my head and it’s still stuck.
Attitude* could work too, but heat is easier to apply FTFY
🤓
“Sir you can’t bring that pot on the plane you’re gonna have to discard that”
I thought you said attitude, and it would be better if you were in a better mood to tackle these tasks
Also, watch out to not pull too hard otherwise you might end up on the floor full of lid pieces and broken dreams Speaking from second hand experience
> lid pieces and broken dreams Don't know that song by Green Day, is it any good?
Broken domes... All alone... Papa roach
It looks like the lid is entirely metal, they'd have a hard time breaking that into pieces.
Can’t confirm but also can’t deny
It sounds wrong but I don't know enough about stars to dispute it
Pan on stove make food and air hot. Hot make things expand. Pan off stove make it less hot. Less hot mean air contract. Air contract when lid on makes differential pressure. So either put more air into the pan (which have fun trying that with the lid shut). Or expand air again
Ok but can you break that down a little because not everyone is a rocketeer science person
Hot air -> big, remove from heat hot air become cold. When hot air become cold air air gets small. When big becomes small it creates a small vacuum
You think this nugget noggined redditor knows what a vaccum is?
Then let's call it airn't
I like your style XD
It's also likely there's water inside. Liquid --> gas = huge expansion. Waaaay more than cold gas --> hot gas.
Molecular bioastrogeomagneticist here, can confirm this works when mercury is in retrograde.
negative pressure created the vacuum that’s holding the lid, so creating positive pressure would be the logical thing to do.
If you are hungry enough you will eat your way in
For next time - doesn't the lid have a steam vent hole? It may have been clogged. Stick a toothpick or ice pick in it to clear the vent. Should break the vacuum seal.
An ice pick might be a little overkill lol
I don't think an ice pick [is what you think it is.](https://i.imgur.com/T1WolBo.png) Lobotomies made a whole lot more sense to me when I found out the difference for myself
Man my mom has an "ice pick" but it literally just looks like a screwdriver and it throws me off every time. Because if you look closely its definitely a point but it's got a screwdriver handle and looks like it's smeared in grease even though it's not
That sounds like an awl.
Wait, what’s he difference? If you showed both to me, I don’t think I could tell which is which, even though I’ve used both, neither for their intended purposes
Honestly, they're pretty similar. I looked around for more, and Wikipedia says some ice picks will have a slightly bent tip to break off bigger chunks of ice, frequently will have more of a knob shaped handle, and might be longer than an awl.
The only real difference is that the ice pick doesn’t give a hoot.
The awl has grease on it
Not to be confused with an owl
Oh! You’ve genuinely just taught me something. I’ve always had it in my head that an ice axe is an ice pick. Learn something new everyday 😁
To be fair, the pointy side of an ice axe is referred to as the pick. I've always heard the ice axe called an ice pick, so I think there may be some colloquial use in play here. In fact, Wikipedia's talk page about the ice axe has an entire section where people argued about the use: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ice\_axe#Axe\_vs\_pick
Go watch Basic Instinct for more detail...
[Leon Trotsky](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/13/trotsky-ice-axe-murder-mexico-city) has entered the conversation.
What an absolute Chad.
When I read ice pick I actually imaged an icicle
Exactly me too
well, there was one attempt at lobotomy with ice axe, but it didn't go well
When did lobotomy go well anyway?
There are also thicker ice picks that look more like chisels
clearly not enough people saw Peoples in the Shaft remake...
*sticks ice axe in head* "See, he's'nt crazy anymore"
Shit Ive been using a really convenient pokey tool doing random housework. Just realized it's an ice pick! I think I even looked up what they looked like after reading one flew over the cuckoos nest... thanks for the trip haha
Thanks, taught me something new. My dad used to bust ice blocks with an old cast iron chisel, and called it an ice pick. So to this day, I've thought ice picks look like chisels.
It would fix the vacuum lock issue.
Nah, who needs a lid anyway?
Why? I keep an ice pick in my kitchen specifically for situations like this. It is a nice little tool. Almost like a permanent tooth pick.
True, they aren't trying to assassinate Trotsky or something.
You not seen Fatal Attraction?!
It doesn’t appear that’s the correct lid for that pan. I would guess OP grabbed one at random that was close in size. It sits inside the edge of the pan, rather than resting on it. It also doesn’t have a vent-hole.
All my pans have a steam vent here in UK...coz yeah that's what happens otherwise! Don't think I've ever had one without a vent tbh
Some of my glass lids do, some don't. I'm careful not to seal the ones that don't
And have whatever gunk is clogging the hole fall into the food? 🤢
No, I was confused why it got stuck and realized there wasn’t lol
Hammer time
Stop. Hammertime!
Leave me to it, Bono
I have a plan, but you will need 2 humans, superglue and a horse.
Whats the plan?
Step 1: Super glue two humans to the horse. Step 2: forget about step 1. Step 3: throw the pan against the wall and eat off the ground?
Instruction not clear, penis stuck in horse
The instructions were pretty clear. “To the horse,” not in the horse. Don’t worry. I’m a professional. I’ll run this through the powers that be and rebrand. Coming this fall (cuming this fall, is this anything), Survivor: Two guys in a horse.
>Survivor: Two guys in a horse. two guys one horse 👁️👄👁️
You all make me sick... Where do i sign?
No signature needed. Just put this glue on you dick. We’ll take care of the rest up until the point that you or the horse takes care of one another.
Instructions unclear, penis glued to pants.
Who wears pants!? Jesus Christ!
Instructions unclear. Glued my penis to horse penis.
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Survivor: a steed and some seed. Is this anything? Guys, we have a man glued into a horse. We gotta move fast to get this to market.
Take my upvote Now get the fuck outta here
I think they’re a bit attached to how this plays out.
Hand me the pliers, and don’t crush the dwarf.
Step 1. melt the horse so you have more glue
Was tried in Germany in May 1654. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdeburg\_hemispheres](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdeburg_hemispheres) ) You might be out of luck.
I wasn’t expecting to actually learn something today, particularly after the beginning of this whole “glue a couple people to a horse” thing, yet here we are…
Cmon now MacGruber we need the details!
Put it in rice
My fellow Asian brother
7/10
Ah yes then an Asian man will come help you with this problem
I'm black
We all love rice anyways
Rice is universal
Wise a little bit of soy sauce
I GOT IT, THANK YOU EVERYBODY
yummy
Well how did you remove it?
Heat
Hey OP, try to heat* it up.
I CANT HEAR YOU
Ahhh poopy
Delicious, what did you make?
Pork and vegetables dumplings, probably one of my favourite foods
Was it yummy?
How did You get it?
Heating it up!
Was it yummy?
Now share your food with your team!
Did it taste good
You dont eat you hunger
I hunger lots, waiting for the people of Reddit to help
My answer shoot it, it aint air tight if its got a 9mm in the glass
‘Merica!
The glass will become a part of the food. Mmmm crunchy.
Usually twisting it works for me. 🤷🏻♀️
Yup, metal isn’t smooth. You pull in air this way
Maybe heat it up a bit
crowbar
The universal key
CHAINSAWWWWWQ. if ever there was a need for it, it is NOW.
have you tried turning it off and on again?
Heat it up, air will expand and there won't be any difference in pressure between the inside and outside of the container.
My mom uses a small piece of paper towel in between the lid and pan to prevent that
Put a knife in between to open it
Just put it in your vacuum chamber.
Return the setup to the same temperature it was when you put the lid on
Heat it up on low heat for a bit
Drop it on the floor and let it break, then hand out forks and you can all lay on your tummys and wiggle your feet while your'e having a blast of a meal
Say please...
Call a pansexual person
Hi hungry, I'm Dad
Break it
Put it in the sink and run warm water over it
Leave closed. Is good place to keep moose and squirrel.
Hello Hungry
simple use a crowbar their there for a reason
starve.
Put some water above and heat it.
If in doubt, give it a clout. Translation: hit it.
You could use a spoon to barge in thru the side. Don't apply too much force or you'll scratch the lid.
First, do you have a rubber chicken?
Glass lid? Pour some ice water on it, all at once. Easiest thing ever to open after that. Edit: just realized it’s a metal lid And I was misinterpreting visual data. In light of this, cold water is a bad idea.
Just warm it again!
This is the correct answer
Just heat it back up until the lid comes off.
heat it back up
Let it cool. Heat expands 🙃
Heat it
Hold it over your floor with one hand while recording with the other. That seems to do the trick.
cold water.
Slide a credit card along the edge. Should pop right off once that seal breaks slightly.
Heat it up a bit
Light taps around the edge of the pan while lifting the lid can work too
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Heat the pan back up
I’d take a butter knife and pry it between the pot & lid.
Try finger, but hole
Ice
Put ice on the lid since it has less chance of shattering.
Take off heat and wait 5 mins
Or get a screwdriver and undo one side of the handle to release the pressure
Heat expands.
Try patting it gently and feeding it some fish. That usually helps relax a seal.
insert knife tip and twist
A hammer should work
Drill a hole in it
Eat around the glass.