Test Kitchen: Opening Blister Packages

Guest Writer:  Ruth Morse

GRAND OPENING of MORSE'S TEST KITCHEN

OPENING BLISTER PACKAGES

Thanks to all the crooks in the world, half of what you purchase is sealed, double sealed, glued, in a container with a child protection cap that only children can open, or---worst of all!!---hermetically sealed in a blister package.

Those blister packages are stinkers! The rounded edges are evil! If you try to cut one open with a knife, you risk losing hunks of pretty necessary flesh. If you try going the scissors route, you might damage the product inside.

So we got this email with tons of hints in it. I zoned right in on the one about opening blister packages.

See how easy they make it look?

I can try that, me thinks! I even had some blister packages sitting around waiting to be opened! Got out my trusty can opener that looked almost identical to the one in the above photo. Grabbed that stinking blister package and. . .
 had at it.

Huh? Sure, my trusty can opener glided around the edge beautifully. It came to a halt at the corner, though. NO PROB, I'll just get the sides open and deal with the corners later. . .

. . . Zip, Zip, Zip around the package.

One small problem: there was no cutting going on. Just mangling of the welded plastic sides.

I was SO disappointed! I really wanted this hint to shine. This is, don't forget, the GRAND OPENING of MORSE'S TEST KITCHEN.

And what rating do we give this idea?

BFF

BFF? In the MORSE'S TEST KITCHEN

that stands for:

BIG FAT FLOP.

Sorry.

Don't lose heart. Our next report will contain a huge, shining, success.

You can hardly wait, huh?

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...and one more thing......

uh, I'll get back to you when I remember it.

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The Cheap Senior Citizen is a Guest Writer who shares helpful hints and results from her test kitchen.

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