Posted March 03, 2015
Hold it, we're there. The jar neck/olive density ratio has finally reached a happy understanding and there are now a dozen undamaged olives on a plate ready to be eaten. Just a quick mop up and then I'll see if I can open a new pack of cheese without resorting to spasmodic rage and violence. When you're hungry you should just club something and eat while its still warm. Packaging? Pah!
It sounds like you've had a similar experience.
Stilton: Sometimes packaging can suck. I've just spent the last ten minutes trying to get some black olives out of a jar with a neck only marginally wider than than a gnat's arsehole and all I've got to show for it is three olives (misshapen but edible) and a puddle of brine from all my spoon levering/flicking. They looked good in the jar, but getting the bastards out is a nightmare. Tip: shouting at food doesn't make it cooperate.
LaPtiteBete: What about throwing the jar on your wall and then pick up the olives ? Post edited March 03, 2015 by Stilton